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Former Yesh Atid MK Elazar Stern (left) shakes hands with Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot, in an image published on August 24, 2026. (Gadi Eisenkot/X)
August 24, 2026, 11:32 am
Former Yesh Atid MK Elazar Stern makes widely expected jump to Eisenkot’s Yashar
Eisenkot praises ex-IDF manpower chief as ‘outspoken voice for universal service’; Stern says he strives for society ‘where everyone takes part and bears responsibility for its future’
By ToI Staff
MK Elazar Stern speaks during a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 14, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 14, 2026, 2:46 pm
MK Elazar Stern announces Yesh Atid exit ahead of likely run with Eisenkot
Lawmaker says will he continue to collaborate with Lapid’s party ‘if I remain in politics’; he is the second Knesset member in recent days to quit Yesh Atid
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of Channel 14 TV's Shimon Riklin during a broadcast on May 18, 2026, when he discussed potential operational plans regarding Iran's uranium stockpile. (X)
May 19, 2026, 11:37 am
Uproar after Channel 14 anchor talks about Iran strategy without censor approval
Lawmakers call for Knesset defense committee to hold urgent meeting on Shimon Riklin, anchor at pro-Netanyahu channel, who spoke on air about dealing with highly enriched uranium
By ToI Staff
Gadi Eisenkot attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 9, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 7, 2026, 8:19 am
Eisenkot accuses Netanyahu of ‘fabricated defense’ in Oct. 7 probe response
Former IDF chief asks state comptroller to allow review of full meeting minutes, accusing premier of publishing partial, misleading account of decisions made before Hamas attacks
By ToI Staff and Lazar Berman
Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee legal adviser Miri Frenkel Shor (right) and chairman Boaz Bismuth during a discussion on ultra-Orthodox conscription, September 8, 2025. (Dani Shem-Tov/ Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
September 8, 2025, 8:47 pm
Debate over conscription law hindering Haredi enlistment efforts, opposition MKs say
Ultra-Orthodox media, politicians emphasize Haredi contributions to national security after member of Hasmonean Brigade, yeshiva student neutralize terrorists in Jerusalem attack
By Sam Sokol
Ultra-Orthodox soldiers are drafted into the military at an induction center, April 28, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
May 21, 2025, 8:42 pm
Only 1,212 of the 24,000 Haredi men called up in past year have begun enlisting
Haredim continue legislative boycott for third week in effort to pressure PM to pass a law exempting yeshiva students from military service. Coalition bills removed from agenda
By Sam Sokol and Emanuel Fabian
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a meeting of the Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee, April 27, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 27, 2025, 8:55 pm
At Knesset hearing, AG dismisses accusation of selective enforcement in leak cases
Shin Bet admits to probing law enforcement, denies gathering intelligence on politicians in investigation of Kahanist elements infiltrating police
By Sam Sokol
Ultra-Orthodox students at the Ateret Shlomo yeshiva chain dance and sing at the wedding of the seminary chief's son, in Mishor Adumim in the West Bank, March 11, 2025. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 13, 2025, 10:15 am
Outrage as students at state-funded Haredi yeshiva sing anti-Zionist, anti-enlistment anthem
‘We don’t believe in the government of infidels and we won’t show up at their [army] recruitment offices,’ sing thousands of Ateret Shlomo young men at mass wedding
By ToI Staff
United Torah Judaism MK Meir Porush attends the Jerusalem Masters 2024 chess event, at Safra Square in Jerusalem, September 26, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 13, 2025, 5:04 pm
Hotline linked to cabinet minister is advising Haredi callers to ignore draft orders
‘You don’t have to do anything, just ignore them,’ assistance center established by Meir Porush tells father of yeshiva student who was instructed to report to IDF
By Sam Sokol
MK Elazar Stern attends a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, June 26, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 6, 2025, 7:48 pm
MK Elazar Stern: Imprisoning the ultra-Orthodox in yeshivas is ‘against Judaism’
‘Everyone should be a soldier,’ former IDF manpower chief tells Times of Israel, calls to provide limited number of service exemptions for top Talmudic scholars
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a press conference in Tel Aviv, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP/Maya Alleruzzo, Pool)
October 20, 2023, 10:43 am
Poll: 80% of Israelis say Netanyahu must take public responsibility for Oct. 7 failures
PM still hasn’t said publicly that he will shoulder blame; 69% of Likud voters think he should; Yesh Atid MK criticizes leader Lapid, says party needs to join emergency government
By Michael Bachner
Elazar Stern of the Yesh Atid party attends a plenum session in the Knesset in Jerusalem, on July 6, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 14, 2023, 1:10 pm
Yesh Atid MK says he’s open to party joining unity government with Netanyahu
Party rejects idea as personal view of Elazar Stern, who is evasive as to whether Yesh Atid chief, Opposition Leader Yair Lapid, is also open to it
By ToI Staff
A discussion on the government's judicial overhaul plans in the assembly hall of the Knesset in Jerusalem, on February 20, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 21, 2023, 2:19 pm
Yesh Atid mulling plan for all opposition MKs to resign to protest judicial overhaul
MK Elazar Stern says not all parties agree to potential move, colleague Debbie Biton says it’s ‘definitely on the table’
By ToI Staff
Josep Borrell, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, in Brussels ahead of the Association Council meeting with Israel (EU)
October 3, 2022, 7:38 pm
EU’s top diplomat presses Lapid on Palestinians at opening of Brussels meeting
PM emphasizes mutual interests and values at start of first Association Council session in a decade
By Lazar Berman
Knesset Member Elazar Stern. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
October 2, 2022, 5:01 pm
Intel minister to lead Israeli delegation to EU in Lapid’s stead
Yesh Atid’s Elazar Stern to travel to Brussels for Monday meeting of EU-Israel Association Council, which is being held for first time in a decade
By Lazar Berman
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