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Shas chair Aryeh Deri (left) attends a Knesset plenum session and a vote on a bill to split the duties and powers of the attorney general, on July 15, 2026 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir attends a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of Operation Entebbe at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, July 12, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 16, 2026, 5:11 pm
Deri accuses IDF chief of election interference for opposing ban on arresting draft dodgers
Shas chair, a member of key security cabinet, claims Zamir harmed the army by speaking out against law benefiting Haredi evaders, says he no longer recognizes High Court’s authority after it froze legislation
By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A man outside the Chief Rabbinate headquarters in Jerusalem, October 31, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 15, 2026, 8:09 am
Knesset passes law restoring Chief Rabbinate’s monopoly over kosher certification
Coalition passes raft of contentious laws aimed at appeasing Haredi parties, which say their ‘rift’ with Netanyahu is over
By ToI Staff and Zev Stub
Shas minister Haim Biton attends an Education, Culture, and Sports Committee meeting at the Knesset, on August 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 13, 2026, 12:24 pm
Police grill Shas MK for 2nd time on suspicion of funneling taxpayer funds to party paper
Case of Haim Biton, who allegedly used public funds to pay employees’ salaries while heading Shas school network, will be sent soon to prosecutors to decide on possible indictment
By Charlie Summers
Minister of Heritage Amichay Eliyahu attends a unity conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 22, 2026 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 12, 2026, 4:04 pm
Otzma Yehudit minister suggests far-right party may woo Shas voters
Comments by Heritage Minister Amichay Eliyahu follow Haredi party’s refusal to pledge support for another Netanyahu-led coalition until draft exemption law is passed
By ToI Staff
Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, during a weekly teaching at the Yazdim synagogue in Jerusalem, on June 7, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)
July 12, 2026, 1:37 am
Top Shas rabbi signals openness to working with Eisenkot rather than Netanyahu after election
PM won’t ever ‘repent,’ but his challenger still may, says Yitzhak Yosef, reflecting party’s shifting alliances as it fumes over coalition’s failure to deliver a law on IDF exemptions for Haredi men
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Atarot Heritage Center in Jerusalem, July 5, 2026.(Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 7, 2026, 8:54 am
Netanyahu said seeking Haredi loyalty after election, but party leaders noncommittal
‘First you pass the laws, then we’ll talk,’ United Torah Judaism said to tell PM; Netanyahu also seeking greater control over Likud slate, reportedly warns that current list can’t win
By ToI Staff and Ariela Karmel
Rabbi Aryeh Yazdi curses the IDF chief of staff at a Bnei Brak event against the arrest of Haredi draft dodgers, June 29, 2026 (Video screenshot)
June 30, 2026, 2:03 pm
Haredi rabbi’s rant against ‘accursed’ IDF chief sparks political firestorm
Netanyahu, Shas issue condemnations of Rabbi Aryeh Yazdi’s invective during Bnei Brak rally, Bennett vows to end state funding for ‘anyone who preaches against Zionism’
By ToI Staff and Nava Freiberg
Members of the Red Cross watch while Israel Prison Service officers prepare Palestinian prisoners for release from Ketziot Prison as part of a deal in exchange for hostages held in Gaza, on February 26, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 30, 2026, 4:21 am
Bill to ban Red Cross visits to Palestinian prisoners fails as Haredim boycott vote
Coalition chief reportedly asked opposition MKs not to vote against measure but was rebuffed; Ben Gvir feuds with Shas as he rails at the ultra-Orthodox party for boycotting vote
By ToI Staff
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi attends a committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 2, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 30, 2026, 3:16 am
Likud said to be courting Ra’am for help on passing media overhaul law
Netanyahu’s party said offering to halt demolitions in Bedouin Negev communities to secure abstention on controversial legislation; Shas reportedly agrees to support bill if kosher certification reform is reversed
By Ariela Karmel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to reserve combat officers in Gush Etzion in the West Bank, June 23, 2026. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)
June 23, 2026, 9:50 pm
Haredi parties deny report of deal with Netanyahu to pass array of pre-election laws
Report claims sides agreed on Oct. 20 election date, and to pass laws to boost rights of Torah students, stop arrests of draft-evaders, constrict AG’s role, hold PM’s favored political probe of Oct. 7
By Sam Sokol
Shas chairman MK Aryeh Deri in the Knesset, June 3, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 22, 2026, 6:06 pm
Almost all bills removed from Knesset agenda as Haredi boycott enters second week
Shas chairman Aryeh Deri warns that unless law benefiting yeshiva students and draft evaders is passed, ‘we will not support any coalition legislation’
By Sam Sokol
Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, during a weekly teaching at the Yazdim synagogue in Jerusalem, on June 7, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)
June 21, 2026, 8:52 am
Top Shas rabbi: US-Iran deal is divine punishment for arrests of Haredi draft dodgers
Ex-Sephardic chief rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, known for controversial remarks on matters of religion and state, also says ‘garbage’ attorney general to blame for Trump’s ‘turn against’ Israel
By Sam Sokol
Motti Babchik, a senior UTJ political operative, and thousands of Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men protest outside an IDF Military Prison near Kfar Yona, central Israel, against the jailing of seminary students who failed to comply with an army recruitment order, June 17, 2026. (Tal Gal/Flash90)
June 18, 2026, 10:20 pm
Enraged by arrests of draft evaders, Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community is in revolt
Yeshiva students are blocking roads and breaking into police stations as Haredi parties hold coalition’s legislative agenda hostage. PM said to be considering halting detentions
By Sam Sokol
Police inspect a damaged car at the home of Supreme Court Deputy President Noam Sohlberg in the West Bank settlement of Alon Shvut, after ultra-Orthodox Jews attacked the home in protest against the jailing of those who failed to comply with IDF draft orders, June 3, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 4, 2026, 2:48 pm
Supreme Court president: Haredi rampage at justice’s home was attack on rule of law
Amit vows court system and judges will not bow to violent intimidation; 62 suspects to face custody hearing, some said refusing to cooperate; GroPro cameras and drones seized
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Shas leader Aryeh Deri in the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 27, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 1, 2026, 1:29 pm
Internal ultra-Orthodox politics are driving an unprecedented assault on the AG
Facing intense pressure from constituents over the failed draft exemption law, Shas chairman Aryeh Deri and right-wing allies are inciting a rebellion against law enforcement
By Shalom Yerushalmi
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