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May 30, 2024, 7:58 pm
Massive traffic as central Israel highway closes for 24 hours under Haredi pressure
Major project to install pedestrian bridge over Ayalon Highway carried out overnight Thursday-Friday as ultra-Orthodox prevent work on weekend, which would violate Shabbat
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June 20, 2023, 12:03 pm
United Torah Judaism says it won’t vote with coalition in protest of missing funding
Coalition party says its government offices have not yet received cash promised in budget negotiations last month
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April 16, 2023, 2:04 pm
Ahead of annual memorial day, 147,199 Holocaust survivors living in Israel
Figure includes 521 survivors who immigrated from Ukraine after Russian invasion; around 15,000 died over previous year; average age of survivors is 85
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December 28, 2022, 9:16 am
UTJ inks coalition deal with Likud, ending internal squabbling ahead of swearing in
Agreement says Haredi party will get Housing Ministry and newly rebranded Jerusalem and Jewish Tradition Ministry, 3 deputy ministers and chairmanship of 4 Knesset committees
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November 5, 2021, 9:31 am
Coalition leaders fete approval of budgets, putting wind in their sails
PM declares Israel now ‘back on track’ after Knesset approves first state budget in over 3 years; Meretz minister says gov’t can get on with ‘normal life,’ but warns of pitfalls
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October 27, 2021, 5:00 pm
Plan for major kashrut reform advances through Knesset committee
Ultra-Orthodox lawmakers fume over proposal, which would open up kosher certification to private agencies
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March 25, 2021, 12:55 am
United Torah Judaism angry at Netanyahu for sending its voters to Smotrich
Though ultra-Orthodox Shas and UTJ are expected to keep their Knesset strength, they had expected a better showing; ‘He walked all over us,’ one MK says of PM
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December 27, 2020, 10:02 pm
MK warns of spiritual side effects as vaccination drive continues on Shabbat
All 4 HMOs vaccinate over-60s on sabbath; rabbis say clinics’ computers violate rules, and they’re unlikely to give approval if there isn’t 24-hour effort on weekdays
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October 8, 2020, 8:12 pm
Bnei Brak hospital chief resigns after saying Hasidic public ‘killing people’
Lashed for his comments on widespread flouting of virus rules, Moti Ravid insists he was referring to ‘extremist sects’ in the ultra-Orthodox community
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August 12, 2020, 7:43 pm
UTJ leader said to tell party MKs that Netanyahu must be reined in
Housing Minister Yaakov Litzman reportedly calls to vote against bill seen as preventing elections, in bid to pressure PM for yeshiva funding
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June 22, 2020, 7:26 pm
New lawmakers sworn in under controversial law
Seven MKs enter Knesset to take up seats vacated by ministers, but one joins the opposition instead of siding with the government
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May 31, 2020, 6:50 am
How ultra-Orthodox parties became the biggest winners in Israel’s new government
While others were distracted by annexations, rotations and newfangled ministries, Shas and UTJ quietly won control over key ministries and major bottlenecks of economic policy
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Knesset passes law protecting restaurants that donate their excess food
In effort to reduce food waste, Israel become fifth country to introduce laws absolving donors of legal liability for damages caused by donated goods
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August 22, 2018, 10:42 am
After ultra-Orthodox protest, minister halts Tel Aviv bridge work on Shabbat
Israel Katz orders planners to find alternatives to constructing pedestrian walkway straddling Ayalon highway over weekend, despite need to shut part of busy freeway
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December 18, 2017, 12:14 am
Cabinet sets minimum quota of 7% public sector jobs for ultra-Orthodox
Over next three years, religious sector to gain greater representation in government work in effort to integrate community
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