Arye Deri

Outcome of state budget vote uncertain amid coalition crisis over haredi draft

By law, if the state budget is not approved in all three readings by the end of March, when the fiscal year closes, the Knesset will automatically dissolve, and elections will be called.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his cabinet seen at the Knesset plenum, June 11, 2025
 Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as lawmakers gather at the Knesset plenum to vote on a bill that would limit some Supreme Court power, in Jerusalem July 24, 2023.

Netanyahu convenes emergency meeting as haredi parties threaten to block state budget vote

Supreme Court justices preside over a hearing at the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem, December 1, 2025

High Court to hear two cases blocking haredi education funds amid legal disputes

Shas leader MK Aryeh Deri seen during a Shas party meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 23, 2023.

Shas threatens to oppose 2026 state budget over haredi food-voucher exclusion


Grapevine February 15, 2023: He'll be 64

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG places a wreath during the memorial ceremony for prime minister Ariel Sharon.

'Deri Law' to face Knesset preliminary vote on Wednesday

The bill is an amendment to Basic Law: The Government. It passed in the Ministerial Legislation Committee on Sunday.

 ARYE DERI, head of the Shas Party, leads a faction meeting in the Knesset this week.

Letters to the Editor February 13, 2023: Is it normal?

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

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Israel's dilemma: Does the Knesset or the High Court have final say? - analysis

What if the government says one thing, the court says the opposite, and the parliament rejoins that the government no longer needs to abide by what the court says?

 LIKUD PARTY head Benjamin Netanyahu, Oct. 3.

Arye Deri quitting politics was not part of plea bargain, Mandelblit admits

"Law enforcement did not excel in this case," Mandelblit said in an interview with Channel 12.

 Outgoing Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit at his retirement ceremony, February 1, 2022.

Judicial reform makes Israel more like Hungary than the US - legal expert

Mordechai Kremnitzer is opposed to Levin’s plan, warning that it would deal a fatal blow to the Supreme Court, the balance of power, and Israel’s robust democracy.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confers with former interior and health minister Arye Deri at the weekly cabinet meeting on January 8.

Deri continues to run ministries from afar, ignoring High Court ruling

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: Deri seems to be continuing as usual, even enjoying the perks of working from home. But this will lead to a showdown with the High Court.

 Head of the Shas party Aryeh Deri, leads a faction meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on February 6, 2023.

The Western Wall bill was a costly mistake by Netanyahu's gov't - analysis

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's response to criticisms often shows how serious of a threat he views them.

 Benjamin Netanyahu visits at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, the night before the Israeli general elections, October 31, 2022

Labor presents mock bill to place Arye Deri 'above Israeli law'

The proposed bill would edit the Basic Law - the Government to state that Deri could not be tried for theft, corruption or tax offenses.

 ARYE DERI gives the thumbs-up sign on Wednesday outside his Har Nof home in Jerusalem.

Haredi site bashes Kotel bill: 'Increases polarization and hatred'

In a rare and dramatic opposition to the Haredi leadership, an editorial on the site bashed the bill proposed by Deri and the Shas Party.

 The Western Wall is seen in a photo taken February 9, 2023