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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 432

Yigal Guetta

View of a plenum session of the Knesset, July 2, 2018. (Flash90)
July 30, 2018, 4:46 pm
27 gone out of 120: Knesset sees record number of dropouts
Almost a quarter of lawmakers have given up their seats since being elected in 2015, and the number is likely to rise
By ToI Staff
Shas MK Yigal Guetta (R) submits his letter of resignation from the Knesset to Speaker Yuli Edelstein (L) on September 17, 2017 (Knesset speaker's office)
September 17, 2017, 11:41 am
Shas MK resigns amid furor over his attendance at nephew’s gay wedding
Yigal Guetta submits letter to Knesset speaker, ending 20-month stint in politics; will be replaced by Bat Yam Deputy Mayor Rafael Barnaz
By ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers take a shower at a deployment area near the border with the Gaza Strip on August 2, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 14, 2017, 3:24 pm
People of the boot
Papers’ focus on a minor military reform shows how much of a people’s army the IDF is, while Shas’s focus on homophobia show what it takes to get kicked out
By Joshua Davidovich
Shas MK Yigal Guetta in Jerusalem, February 16, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 13, 2017, 9:08 pm
Shas sages said ‘divided’ over resignation of gay wedding MK
Compromise may be in the works after Yigal Guetta holds off from formally resigning; he notified Shas leader but not Knesset speaker
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A police officer in the southern French city of Toulouse, June 2012. (Bruno Martin/AP)
September 13, 2017, 1:57 pm
7 said wounded, 3 of them cops, in terror attack in Toulouse
Assailant shouted ‘Allahu akbar’ as he was wrestled to the ground by police, eyewitnesses say
By ToI Staff
Shas MK Yigal Guetta is seen during a committee meeting at the Knesset on June 16, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
September 13, 2017, 11:29 am
Shas MK forced out for attending his gay nephew’s wedding
Yigal Guetta’s resignation comes after ultra-Orthodox rabbis called for him to be fired for his ‘public desecration of Heaven’
By ToI Staff
Shas MK Yigal Guetta (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 12, 2017, 10:02 pm
Rabbis urge removal of Shas MK who attended nephew’s gay wedding
‘We’re going in order to make him happy, because he’s my sister’s son,’ Yigal Guetta told his kids; letter slams MK’s ‘public desecration of Heaven’
By ToI Staff
MK David Bitan (Likud) and MK Rachel Azaria (Kulanu) (Photo credits: Flash90 and Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 9, 2017, 7:53 am
Unhappy with bill, Israel’s coalition chief won’t rush binary options ban to Knesset
After committee approves already watered-down legislation, Likud’s David Bitan tries to reopen debate, is told he’s too late, rebuffs committee chair’s plea to bring law urgently to parliament for final approval
By Simona Weinglass
Shas MK Yigal Guetta in Jerusalem, February 16, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 6, 2017, 5:31 pm
Shas lawmaker hospitalized while on vacation in Prague
MK Yigal Guetta has been moved between hospitals; Israelis officials working to fly him home for treatment
By ToI Staff
Shas party leader and Interior Minister Aryeh Deri, right, presents his letter of resignation from the Knesset to Knesset Speaker MK Yuli Edelstein, October 31, 2016. (Knesset spokesperson)
October 31, 2016, 7:39 pm
Shas party leader resigns from Knesset, remains minister
Aryeh Deri says move will give him more time to focus on interior and rural development portfolios, other cabinet duties
By Stuart Winer
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem, March 6, 2016. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)
March 24, 2016, 10:07 pm
Netanyahu: Wholesale attacks on Reform Jews ‘unacceptable’
PM condemns Orthodox lawmakers who said movement is destroying Judaism, akin to Purim villain Haman
By JTA
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