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Eli Yishai

Former interior minister Eli Yishai arrives to testify before the Meron Disaster Inquiry Committee, in Jerusalem, on May 17, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 6, 2026, 10:01 am
Former Shas leader Yishai said to mull run with new Eisenkot-linked Haredi party
Ex-minister holds meetings with leaders of The Haredi Public in bid to capitalize on dissatisfaction among Shas voters; reports say Eisenkot associates helped shape party strategy
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Meir Mazuz speaks at a press conference the Yachad political party in Bnei Brak, March 27, 2019. (Yehuda Haim/Flash90)
April 19, 2025, 10:28 pm
Prominent Haredi rabbi known for homophobic remarks, far-right politics dies at 80
Netanyahu and other coalition leaders eulogize Meir Mazuz, who blamed COVID-19 and Meron disaster on homosexuality, denounced Bennett-Lapid government members as ‘worse than Nazis’
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then Minister of Interior Affairs Eli Yishai at the Knesset in 2012 (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
April 24, 2019, 12:32 am
Ex-Shas chief Yishai says PM promised him post for pulling out of election
Head of Yachad party, seen as taking away right-wing votes if it ran, claims Netanyahu assured him ministerial role if he withdrew and UTJ got at least 8 seats, according to report
By ToI Staff
Leader of the Yachad political party Eli Yishai speaks at the campaign opening event in Bnei Brak, March 12, 2019. (Aharon Krohn/Flash90)
March 27, 2019, 4:44 pm
Eli Yishai’s Yachad party drops out of election race, boosting right
Former Shas minister endorses United Torah Judaism; Union of Right-Wing Parties candidate hails Yishai’s ‘responsible step,’ courts his base
By Marissa Newman
Yachad party chairman Eli Yishai speaks at the 16th annual Jerusalem Conference of the 'Besheva' group, on February 12, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
March 10, 2019, 1:03 pm
Netanyahu reportedly tried to push Eli Yishai out of elections
But Yachad’s religious mentor is said to have rebuffed PM’s request that party drop out of campaign in order to avoid risk of loss of right-wing votes
By ToI Staff
Election poster created by supporters of Yachad Party leader Eli Yishai showing him with a slogan that says 'So that there won't be a child with a father and a father.' (Twitter)
February 13, 2019, 11:16 pm
Yachad party’s Eli Yishai fails to condemn anti-gay campaign by followers
Former Shas chief rejects furor over homophobic poster, apparently created by supporters, as ‘fake news,’ but appears to agree with its sentiments
By ToI Staff
Head of the Jewish Home Party Rabbi Rafi Peretz with new party member Yifat Erlich in Tel Aviv, February 13, 2019. (Flash90)
February 13, 2019, 11:55 am
Journalist Yifat Erlich joins Jewish Home party
Writer placed 3rd on religious right-wing faction’s slate; MK Moti Yogev accuses former leader Naftali Bennett of ‘raping’ the party, apologizes later
By Michael Bachner
Head of the National Union party MK Bezalel Smotrich, speaks during an event of the Movement for the Quality of Government, in Modi'in, February 4, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
February 12, 2019, 6:02 pm
Far-right parties heading for merger, National Union leader says
Bezalel Smotrich says Jewish Home, Otzma Yehudit, Yachad and his own party can’t afford to be divided; accuses Bennett of leaving religious Zionist camp
By Stuart Winer
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) speaks with Education Minister Naftali Bennett on November 13, 2017, in the Knesset. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 30, 2018, 11:42 am
Netanyahu said set to lower electoral threshold to protect right-wing majority
Panel reportedly to convene Sunday to discuss lowering 3.25% threshold, making it easier for smaller parties to enter Knesset, amid fear right-wing splits will hurt PM’s base
By Michael Bachner
Counting ballots from soldiers and absentees at the Knesset in Jerusalem, a day after the general elections, March 18, 2015. (Photo credit: Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
September 16, 2018, 5:12 pm
PM seeking to lower electoral threshold, after raising it before last election
Move could help Netanyahu cobble together government following the next national ballot and prevent right-wing votes from being wasted
By Raoul Wootliff
Chulent (Kobi Gideon/Flash 90)
January 8, 2018, 9:09 am
Mini-market law brings a day of risk over the day of rest
Even if the coalition manages to pass the bill shuttering shops on Shabbat, pundits fear the move could end up tearing apart Likud and society at large
By Joshua Davidovich
File: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaks with Interior Minister Aryeh Deri during a plenum session in the Knesset, January 11, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 23, 2017, 12:36 am
PM said seeking to lower vote threshold for Knesset entry
Shas party leader Aryeh Deri says the change — which could allow bitter rival Eli Yishai back into legislature — will not go ahead
By Stuart Winer
February 6, 2017, 9:13 am
Dry Deri needed an onion to cry for Rabbi Ovadia
Shas head used old Hollywood trick to stimulate tears in leaked 2015 election campaign video
By Jacob Magid
Rabbi Meir Mazuz attends a press conference of the Yachad political party in Bnei Brak, December 25, 2014. (Photo by Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
September 11, 2016, 12:35 pm
Top rabbi blames garage collapse, rocket explosion on divine anger
Rabbi Meir Mazuz, head of Tunisian Jewry in Israel, says God’s unhappiness over desecration of Shabbat is cause of recent disasters
By ToI Staff
Leader of the Yachad political party Eli Yishai on his campaign tour, March 08, 2015. (photo credit: Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90)
April 3, 2016, 12:46 pm
Eli Yishai said in talks to join Kulanu party
Former Shas leader denies negotiations are taking place, as does Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon
By ToI Staff
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