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Opposition Yesh Atid MKs Elazar Stern (left) and Meir Cohen (right) shout during a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee hearing on legislation to freeze the arrests of ultra-Orthodox draft dodgers, July 12, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 12, 2026, 10:32 pm
Bill approved for final Knesset readings would ease continued mass Haredi non-enlistment for at least 7 months
Coalition-backed legislation much more far-reaching than earlier versions, gives current and future Haredi draft dodgers immunity from arrest, freezes existing criminal proceedings, and makes oversight over immunity process impossible
By Jeremy Sharon
Shas MK Yinon Azoulay attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, January 8, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 20, 2026, 3:18 pm
2 minors nabbed for alleged attack on Shas MK’s son over Haredi draft exemption bill
Assailants reportedly curse victim over IDF draft issue in latest attack on ultra-Orthodox lawmakers by hardline elements; Shas casts incident as ‘desecration of God’s name’
By Sam Sokol
Haredi extremists chant "Traitor" and bang on the door of Shas MK Yinon Azoulay's apartment in Ashdod, November 19, 2025. (X screenshot)
November 20, 2025, 11:14 am
Extremist Haredi protesters chant ‘traitor’ at Shas lawmaker’s door
Yinon Azoulay becomes third ultra-Orthodox MK to be attacked over proposed conscription bill
By ToI Staff
Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee legal adviser Miri Frenkel Shor (right) and chairman Boaz Bismuth during a discussion on ultra-Orthodox conscription, September 8, 2025. (Dani Shem-Tov/ Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
September 8, 2025, 8:47 pm
Debate over conscription law hindering Haredi enlistment efforts, opposition MKs say
Ultra-Orthodox media, politicians emphasize Haredi contributions to national security after member of Hasmonean Brigade, yeshiva student neutralize terrorists in Jerusalem attack
By Sam Sokol
MK Moshe Gafni attends a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, June 23, 2025. (Oren Ben Hakoon/FLASH90)
June 25, 2025, 3:13 pm
Senior Haredi lawmaker: ‘I don’t understand what we are fighting for in Gaza’
Right-wing lawmakers assail Moshe Gafni, whose party has threatened to bolt Netanyahu’s coalition if it does not pass a law exempting Haredim from IDF service
By Sam Sokol
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting for his Religious Zionism party at the Knesset in Jerusalem, March 17, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 22, 2025, 6:07 pm
‘Send your children to fight’: Smotrich spars with Haredi MKs over hostages, IDF
Dispute among coalition members sparked after Shas and United Torah Judaism lawmakers slam finance minister for saying that ‘returning the hostages is not the most important thing’
By Sam Sokol
United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Gafni chairs a meeting of the Knesset Finance Committee, July 2, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz, Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
July 4, 2024, 6:30 pm
Lawmakers aim to give parents greater control over their children’s savings plans
New legislation would allow funds granted by the government’s ‘Savings Plan for Every Child’ program to be transferred from banks to more profitable deferred savings options
By Sam Sokol
Bank of Israel governor Amir Yaron speaks at the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) conference in Jerusalem, May 30, 2023. (Oded Karni)
July 3, 2023, 10:54 pm
Coalition MK accuses central bank chief of trying to weaken shekel
Shas lawmaker Yinon Azoulay slams Amir Yaron for penning letter to PM warning against bill that would have let Treasury intervene in interest rates moves, which sunk shekel
By Carrie Keller-Lynn and Sharon Wrobel
Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron arrives at a cabinet meeting on the state budget at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, February 23, 2023. (Alex Kolomoisky/Pool)
June 28, 2023, 2:20 pm
Coalition pauses interest rate bill, backing down to central bank pressure
Government to reevaluate after banks next week propose own plans for better consumer terms; Bank of Israel governor had called bill a ‘serious blow’ to central bank independence
By Carrie Keller-Lynn and Sharon Wrobel
This combination of photos shows Shas MK Yinon Azoulay (L) and Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman. (Olivier Fitoussi and Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 1, 2023, 11:01 pm
After Shas MK mocks Liberman’s Moldovan origin, envoy protests ‘ignoramus’ remark
Ambassador responds with ‘extreme dismay’ to Yinon Azoulay’s mention of his country ‘in a negative connotation’ while feuding with Yisrael Beytenu leader
By Alexander Fulbright
Yisrael Beytenu party chairman MK Avigdor Liberman attends a discussion and a vote in the assembly hall of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on May 15, 2023. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
May 31, 2023, 9:39 pm
Yisrael Beytenu: Shas MK racist for calling Liberman ‘ignoramus from Moldova’
Party leader Liberman clashes with ultra-Orthodox Yinon Azoulay over education standards; MK Forer asks Knesset Speaker to remove Azoulay from chair of House Ethics Committee
By ToI Staff
MK Abir Kara reacts during a plenum session in the assembly hall of the Knesset, in Jerusalem on August 2, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 6, 2021, 10:02 pm
Yamina’s Kara panned for voting down the self-employed benefits he championed
After unemployment payouts legislation falls by single vote margin, opposition heaps scorn on Kara, who headed group claiming to represent those who would have been helped by bill
By Stuart Winer
Shas parliament member Yinon Azoulay seen during a opening campaign event of the Shas party in Jerusalem on July 22, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
September 9, 2020, 2:12 am
Shas MK Yinon Azoulay tests positive for coronavirus
Azoulay is 5th lawmaker to catch COVID-19, apparently infected by a family member; Knesset investigating to discover who may have been exposed
By ToI Staff
Arabs citizens pray prior to a protest against the decision by the Tel Aviv Municipality to demolish an old Muslim burial ground which was discovered after plans had been made to build a new homeless shelter and commercial space at the site. June 12, 2020. (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90) îúôìì
June 15, 2020, 6:42 am
Abandoned for a century, Jaffa Muslim cemetery brings up old ghosts and new fury
Plan to build homeless shelter on burial site draws condemnation from Arab, Haredi MKs; raises claims of excessive police force; and is riling up firebrands as violence spirals
By Aaron Boxerman
Then-Foreign Minister Israel Katz speaks during an emergency meeting the at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on February 13, 2020. (Flash90)
June 8, 2020, 5:35 pm
Finance minister browbeats fellow coalition MKs at committee meeting, some leave
In discussion of bill that would incentivize businesses to rehire workers, Israel Katz refuses to hear reservations even from his own Likud colleague; debate truncated by row
By ToI Staff
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