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MK's Moshe Gafni and Ya'akov Asher attend a United Torah Judaism party meeting at the Knesset on July 10, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 17, 2025, 11:34 am
Security beefed up for 2 UTJ lawmakers over threats from Haredi extremists — report
Gafni and Asher receive second-highest level of protection after rioters targeted latter’s home, smashed Shas MK’s car window on Saturday night to protest conscription bill
By ToI Staff
A police officer stands next to a broken car window in footage of the mob attack on Shas MK Yoav Ben-Tzur's car in the Jerusalem area, November 15, 2025. (Screenshot from X)
November 16, 2025, 6:08 am
Haredi crowds smash MK’s car window, protest at another’s home in furor over draft bill
Mob targeting Shas lawmaker Yoav Ben-Tzur draws widespread condemnation; Bnei Brak home of UTJ’s Ya’akov Asher also sees protests
By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol
People shop at the BIG Fashion Mall in Glilot, central Israel, March 4, 2025 (Tal Gal/Flash90)
April 2, 2025, 6:54 pm
Tel Aviv suburb says it’ll defy order to shut new mall on Shabbat amid Haredi threats
Ultra-Orthodox vow boycott of all chains operating in new BIG fashion mall in Ramat Hasharon if it opens on Jewish rest day; Lapid: ‘Stop interfering in lives of secular people’
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara arrives at a Jerusalem Day conference at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem, June 5, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 11, 2024, 12:35 pm
AG orders daycare funding cut for ultra-Orthodox students who defy draft orders
In letter to labor minister, Baharav-Miara says no justification to subsidize those who don’t serve; Shas party calls move a ‘mark of Cain’ on legal system
By ToI Staff
United Torah Judaism chairman Yitzhak Goldknopf meets with relatives of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, June 3, 2024. (UTJ Spokesperson/X)
June 4, 2024, 1:35 pm
Both ultra-Orthodox parties back Gaza hostage deal, following far-right opposition
UTJ, Shas respond to hostage families’ calls to free their loved ones: Goldknopf: Party will back any deal that releases captives; Ben-Tzur: We sanctify life over victory
By ToI Staff
MK Moshe Arbel arrives for the opening session of the Knesset in Jerusalem on November 15, 2022 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
April 17, 2023, 2:23 pm
Replacing Deri, Shas appoints Moshe Arbel to head health, interior ministries
Haredi party’s Council of Torah Sages says decision a temporary one until Knesset approves legislation permitting Deri to return to role despite his criminal convictions
By Ash Obel
Signage at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa is put up after the hametz law is passed by the Knesset on March 28, 2023. (Courtesy of Rambam Medical Center)
April 9, 2023, 6:16 pm
Health Ministry says ‘hametz law’ doesn’t let hospitals search or confiscate food
Responding to petition filed after pregnant woman’s cookies were taken by guard, ministry tells High Court new law only allows hospital staff to inform guests of rules at gates
By ToI Staff and Renee Ghert-Zand
A security guard is seen at Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital, as medical teams go on 24-hour strike in protest of recent attacks on hospital medical staff, May 19, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
April 4, 2023, 3:03 pm
High Court petitioned on hametz law after hospital seizes pregnant woman’s cookies
Organization promoting religious freedom says legislation allowing hospitals to prevent entry of leavened goods during Passover shouldn’t supersede laws protecting patients’ rights
By ToI Staff and Renee Ghert-Zand
Rescue and medical teams at the scene at a fatal construction accident in Ashdod, February 8, 2023. (Flash90)
February 8, 2023, 4:44 pm
Two construction workers killed by collapsing wall in Ashdod
Both suffer head injuries and are declared dead at scene; labor minister vows to up supervision in effort to stamp out worksite deaths
By ToI Staff
Yoav Ben-Tzur, acting health minister (right), with Aryeh Deri at the Ministry of Social Affairs, Jerusalem, on January 1, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 31, 2023, 3:25 pm
Week after his appointment, acting health minister hasn’t shown up for work – report
Yoav Ben-Tzur, a temporary appointment after Shas head Aryeh Deri was fired on High Court orders, hasn’t even been briefed by ministry officials
By Nathan Jeffay
Aryeh Deri speaks during a Shas party faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on January 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 24, 2023, 12:28 pm
Hinting at plans to return, Deri temporarily fills his vacated ministerial posts
Shas’s Michael Malkieli named acting interior minister, Yoav Ben-Tzur acting health minister, as Deri’s dismissal takes effect; positions must be permanently filled within 3 months
By ToI Staff
United Torah Judaism MK Yisrael Eichler in Jerusalem on September 4, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 31, 2020, 3:01 pm
MK diagnosed with coronavirus 10 days after vaccination shot
UTJ lawmaker Yisrael Eichler, who has had first of two-shot inoculation, said to be feeling well; diagnosis comes day after Shas party’s MK Yoav Ben-Tzur tested positive for virus
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox Jews walk in Jerusalem on October 19, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 19, 2020, 12:27 pm
As Haredi schools rebellion goes on, health minister admits enforcement is weak
Edelstein vows to do what he can to crack down on ultra–Orthodox schools continuing to open illegally; Bnei Brak deputy mayor says city will not comply with rules
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
Illustrative photo of a Dan bus. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
June 26, 2017, 11:58 pm
Ultra-Orthodox parties look to put brakes on Saturday bus service
Lawmakers ask Transportation Ministry to cancel permits issued to a handful of cities for limited bus operations
By Stuart Winer
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