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Moshe Arbel

Shas MK Moshe Arbel submits his formal letter of resignation from the Knesset to Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana, on May 17, 2026. (Courtesy Amir Ohana)
May 17, 2026, 6:47 pm
Former Shas minister Moshe Arbel resigns from Knesset; defied party line on key issues
Ultra-Orthodox lawmaker, who served as both health and interior minister, broke ranks to say no moral justification for exempting Haredim from IDF if not studying in yeshiva; urged action against settler violence
By Sam Sokol
Medics at the scene of an incident at an unlicensed daycare in the ultra-Orthodox Romema neighborhood in Jerusalem, on January 19, 2026. (Magen David Adom)
January 19, 2026, 8:01 pm
Haredi leaders blame babies’ deaths on state’s push to draft ultra-Orthodox men
Shas, UTJ link tragedy at overcrowded, illegal daycare to attorney general’s instruction to cut childcare subsidies for draft evaders; hundreds protest babies’ autopsy
By Rossella Tercatin and Sam Sokol
Shas party leader MK Aryeh Deri, right, speaks with United Torah Judaism No. 2 MK Moshe Gafni during a Knesset plenum session in Jerusalem, February 10, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 20, 2025, 9:42 pm
Government tries to contain fallout after Haredi exit, with Knesset recess days away
Netanyahu reportedly weighs election threshold change as coalition faces uncertainty and shrinking numbers, though 3-month parliamentary hiatus will likely save it from rapid fall
By Ariela Karmel
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee delivers remarks as US President Donald Trump hosts Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a dinner in the Blue Room of the White House on July 7, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images via AFP)
July 18, 2025, 6:55 am
Huckabee threatens to declare Israel does not welcome Christians, as visa row blows open
US envoy pens scathing letter to interior minister, accusing Israel of blocking Christian groups from entering Israel and warning of reciprocal steps against Israeli visa seekers
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Greta Thunberg on a plane leaving Israel, June 10, 2025 (Foreign Ministry via X)
June 10, 2025, 1:02 pm
Thunberg, 3 other flotilla activists booted from Israel; 8 held for refusing deportation
She claims she was kidnapped, interrogated; Trump: ‘Israel has enough problems without kidnapping Thunberg’; Report: Katz wanted to film activists watching Oct. 7 atrocity film, but was stopped
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar attends a conference organized by the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs, at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem on March 27, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 1, 2025, 9:51 pm
Sa’ar: World must intervene in Syria to defend Druze from regime’s ‘terrorist gangs’
Interior Minister Moshe Arbel also appeals to Netanyahu for ‘immediate intervention’ on behalf of minority, after two days of sectarian violence in Syria said to kill 73
By ToI Staff and AFP
Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest the IDF draft outside the Jerusalem enlistment center, April 28, 2025. (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel)
April 28, 2025, 4:59 pm
‘Zionists are not Jews’: Haredi extremists harass recruits from their community at IDF centers
Police clash with jeering, road-blocking protesters; IDF chief denounces extremists, says army ‘needs everyone’; Religious Zionism MK appears at base to support Haredi recruit
By Sam Sokol, Stav Levaton and Charlie Summers
Posters for United Torah Judaism candidate Shmuel Greenberg defaced ahead of the 2024 municipal election in Beit Shemesh. (Sam Sokol)
March 20, 2025, 5:45 pm
PM, President Herzog, Haredi ministers condemn mob attack on Beit Shemesh mayor
‘We must denounce the extremists and the violent among us,’ says United Torah Judaism chairman Goldknopf in wake of assault on Degel Hatorah’s Shmuel Greenberg
By Sam Sokol
European Parliament member Rima Hassan speaks during a rally in central Paris on May 29, 2024, to protest an Israeli strike on a camp in Rafah. (Zakaria Abdelkafi/ AFP)
February 24, 2025, 9:04 pm
Israel denies entry to EU politician who backs boycott, sanctions, armed struggle
Israel announces move against French-Palestinian Rima Hassan just before arrival; EU says delegation chair Lynn Boylan also barred, calling off entire trip to Jerusalem, Ramallah
By Jacob Magid, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
File: Interior Minister Moshe Arbel attends a Knesset committee in Jerusalem on April 1, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 13, 2025, 3:09 am
Interior minister orders 3 Palestinians to be deported for alleged terror support
Moshe Arbel says the three East Jerusalem residents have all expressed backing for terrorism and have family members who carried out attacks
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Arabs and Jews protest the escalating violence and riots between the Arab and Jewish population at the time, in Jaffa, on May 14, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
February 2, 2025, 5:12 pm
Poll: Overwhelming majority of Jewish Israelis don’t trust Arab compatriots
72% of Jewish citizens suspicious of Arabs, reverse felt by 43% of Arabs; half of Jews feel more hostility from Arabs since start of Gaza war, 40% of Arabs feels same from Jews
By ToI Staff
Enrico (right) and Imelda (center) speak at the funeral of their son, Cedrick Garin, who was killed in Gaza, at Kiryat Shaul Military Cemetery, on January 25, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)
November 24, 2024, 8:44 pm
Filipino father of slain IDF soldier to be granted permanent residency in Israel
Enrico Basilio was deported to the Philippines when his son Cedrick Garin was 2 years old; now promised permanent residency after Cedrick was killed in Gaza
By ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir is flanked by police officers the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, after his visit to the Temple Mount, on the Jewish fast of Tisha B'Av, August 13, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 26, 2024, 1:49 pm
Cabinet ministers warn Ben Gvir endangering Israel with ‘reckless’ Temple Mount moves
PM insists status quo at flashpoint site remains unchanged after Ben Gvir says he’d support building a synagogue atop it; coalition, opposition members call for him to be fired
By ToI Staff
People stand inside their damaged home, a day after an attack by Jewish settlers on the village of Jit near Nablus in the West Bank that left a 23-year-old man dead and others with critical gunshot wounds, on August 16, 2024.(Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
August 16, 2024, 2:57 pm
White House leads international outrage over settler rampage, calls for accountability
Top EU diplomat to propose sanctioning government ‘enablers’ of Israelis who ran riot through West Bank village; settler leader claims attackers were outsiders
By Jacob Magid, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Sheikh Ekrima Sabri is seen at his home in Jerusalem, February 22, 2024. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
August 2, 2024, 7:32 pm
Al-Aqsa imam eulogizes Haniyeh, is detained on suspicion of incitement, terror support
Interior minister says will revoke residency permit of Ekrima Sabri, a former grand mufti of Jerusalem with history of antisemitism, past accusations of terror incitement
By ToI Staff
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