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Yitzhak Goldknopf
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In Beit Shemesh, neighborhood after neighborhood turns Haredi, squeezing out others
By
Zev Stub
Residents of the Neve Shamir neighborhood are up in arms over plans to turn what was initially intended to be a mixed community into an ultra-Orthodox one
June 16, 2025, 8:16 pm
Pared-down Knesset convenes in conference room for wartime session amid Iran strikes
In front of mostly empty seats, lawmakers table ‘nonessential’ discussions as plenum only debates legislation seen as urgent or important to war
By
Sam Sokol
June 12, 2025, 5:21 pm
UTJ’s Goldknopf resigns from cabinet after Knesset fails to pass dissolution bill
Chairman of ultra-Orthodox party says enlistment compromise fails to live up to PM’s promises, says he can ‘no longer take part as a member of this government’
By
Sam Sokol
June 4, 2025, 2:59 pm
Elections may loom as senior rabbis tell Haredi UTJ party to bolt coalition
Party’s spiritual leaders, fed up with failure to pass a law exempting yeshiva students from conscription, reportedly refusing to speak with Netanyahu; UTJ would need Shas’s support to bring down government
By
Sam Sokol
May 29, 2025, 6:36 pm
Shas said to join threat to bolt coalition over failure to pass draft exemption bill
Rabbis of Sephardic ultra-Orthodox faction to convene after Shavuot to discuss issue, party officials say, amid similar ultimatum from Ashkenazi counterpart UTJ
By
Stav Levaton
and
ToI Staff
May 28, 2025, 10:06 pm
UTJ said upping threats to ditch coalition over failure to pass Haredi draft exemptions
Reports say party will weigh quitting or moving to dissolve Knesset if law isn’t passed after Shavuot; Shas reportedly trying to keep party in government
By
ToI Staff
May 8, 2025, 9:50 am
‘The final deadline’: Could the IDF conscription crisis bring down Netanyahu’s government?
Without a bill shielding Haredim from the draft, the Knesset’s ultra-Orthodox parties are weighing tactics from boycotting votes on coalition legislation to toppling the government
By
Sam Sokol
May 2, 2025, 10:49 am
In Beit Shemesh, neighborhood after neighborhood turns Haredi, squeezing out others
Residents of the Neve Shamir neighborhood are up in arms over plans to turn what was initially intended to be a mixed community into an ultra-Orthodox one
By
Zev Stub
April 30, 2025, 11:34 am
After protests, ultra-Orthodox minister staying away from Memorial Day ceremony
Bereaved families express relief over decision, after telling Yitzhak Goldknopf to skip Kiryat Gat event and instead work on ‘recruiting yeshiva students’
By
Stav Levaton
and
ToI Staff
April 29, 2025, 6:10 pm
Despite protest, Goldknopf refuses to step back from Memorial Day ceremony
Bereaved families tell Haredi politician to skip Kiryat Gat event, work on ‘recruiting yeshiva students’ instead; minister’s aides says ‘no negotiations underway’ to replace him
By
Stav Levaton
and
ToI Staff
March 24, 2025, 9:42 pm
UTJ’s Goldknopf symbolically resigns minor role in PMO amid row over Haredi draft
Housing minister keeps his main portfolio but relinquishes 2nd job after outcry for his dancing to anti-Zionist song; he cites lack of progress on military exemption for yeshiva students
By
Sam Sokol
March 24, 2025, 6:23 am
Haredi minister dances to anti-Zionist, anti-IDF song, draws bipartisan calls to fire him
Yitzchak Goldknopf filmed among crowd singing ‘We will die and not enlist [to the IDF]’; he apologizes after initially dismissing criticism as ‘incitement’; PM praises disavowal
By
Sam Sokol
and
ToI Staff
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
March 20, 2025, 1:55 pm
Clearing path for budget vote, MKs pass Economic Arrangements Law as Haredim back down
Ben Gvir’s return to the coalition defangs UTJ chief Yitzchak Goldknopf’s threat to scuttle 2025 state budget unless law exempting yeshiva students from IDF service is passed first
By
Sam Sokol
March 20, 2025, 5:02 am
Haredi extremists attack Beit Shemesh mayor and his family, overturn his car
Assailants injure Shmuel Greenberg’s 19-year-old son; video shows armored police rushing mayor from scene as mob shouting ‘Nazi’ chases him
By
Sam Sokol
March 12, 2025, 6:43 pm
Coalition to drive forward budget, judicial appointments bills in intense Knesset push
As the state budget March 31 deadline looms, justice minister aims to ram through key judicial overhaul reform, while Haredi MKs insist on a military service exemption law
By
Jeremy Sharon
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