shas Archives – J-Wire

Calls for early elections intensify after Haredi leadership rejects Netanyahu coalition

TPS-IL — Thu, 14 May 2026 09:04:58 +0000

On Wednesday Rabbi Dov Lando, the senior spiritual leader of the Haredi United Torah Judaism party’s Degel HaTorah faction, called for dissolving the Knesset. He proposed bringing forward elections over the coalition’s failure to pass a long-promised draft exemption law for yeshiva students. The seven-member UTJ faction said on Tuesday it would pursue legislation to […]

The post Calls for early elections intensify after Haredi leadership rejects Netanyahu coalition appeared first on J-Wire.

Shas quits Netanyahu government, stops short of toppling it

Pesach Benson — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 07:16:14 +0000

The Orthodox Shas party quit the Israeli government on Wednesday, but a decision not to immediately topple the government gives Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu time to resolve the thorny issue of mandatory army service for yeshiva students. Although the move technically leaves Netanyahu’s government with 50 of the Knesset’s 120 seats, Shas’ Council of Torah Sages […]

The post Shas quits Netanyahu government, stops short of toppling it appeared first on J-Wire.

‘Netanyahu doesn’t have options’: Israel’s governing coalition on brink of collapse

TPS-IL — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 13:28:44 +0000

Israel’s coalition crisis deepened on Monday when the Haredi Orthodox Shas party announced it would support a preliminary vote to disperse the Knesset on Wednesday, prompting one analyst to tell The Press Service of Israel that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has run out of options to keep the government afloat. Without controversial legislation exempting yeshiva […]

The post ‘Netanyahu doesn’t have options’: Israel’s governing coalition on brink of collapse appeared first on J-Wire.

Israeli Government divided by US ceasefire proposal

Pesach Benson — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 20:53:11 +0000

The Israeli government is divided over a US proposal for a ceasefire, with leaders of the Orthodox religious parties voicing support on Tuesday while far-right leaders threaten to quit the coalition. “I told the representatives of the kidnapped families today that our position is that there is nothing greater than the value of life and […]

The post Israeli Government divided by US ceasefire proposal appeared first on J-Wire.

Likud, Shas sign preliminary coalition agreement

Pesach Benson — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 04:09:11 +0000

Likud and Shas leaders signed a preliminary coalition agreement in the early hours of Thursday morning. Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu now has preliminary agreements with all of the parties in his right-wing coalition. The deals allow Netanyahu to begin distributing other cabinet positions and Knesset committee appointments to members of the Likud. Under the agreement […]

The post Likud, Shas sign preliminary coalition agreement appeared first on J-Wire.

Shas Chairman MK Aryeh Deri resigns from Knesset ahead of plea bargain

Aryeh Savir - TPS — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 04:53:38 +0000

Member of Knesset Aryeh Deri, chairman of the Shas party, submitted his letter of resignation to Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy on Sunday, after he signed a plea agreement last month according to which he will confess to tax offences, pay NIS 180,000, and leave the Knesset. Deri was initially suspected of receiving large sums of […]

The post Shas Chairman MK Aryeh Deri resigns from Knesset ahead of plea bargain appeared first on J-Wire.