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MK Elazar Stern leaves Yesh Atid party, announces he will resign from Knesset

Stern has been a member of the Yesh Atid party since 2015, and has previously served as the Intelligence Minister in 2021-2022.

|ByTZVI JASPER
MK Elazar Stern speaks during a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, July 13, 2026.
MK Boaz Bismuth, chair of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee leads a committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, September 17, 2025.

Netanyahu halts meetings on haredi draft bill, sparking opposition fury

The first discussion to present the outline of the newly updated bill had been slated for Monday.

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MK Elazar Stern attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on June 26, 2024.

Guy Lerer, Channel 13 to pay NIS 410,000 in damages to Elazar Stern for defamation, court rules

The court emphasized that the impact of these defamatory statements was compounded by their timing, as Stern was a candidate for a prominent public role at the time.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid seen with MK Elazar Stern at a press conference in Tel Aviv

Yesh Atid MK defies Lapid, calls for unity government with Netanyahu

Elazar Stern's faction leader and opposition head Yair Lapid said that a unity government with Netanyahu's Likud would "ruin the country."

|ByTROY O. FRITZHAND, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Nachman Shai to be considered for Jewish Agency Chairman

Shai is among several candidates to head the Jewish Agency since Elazar Stern withdrew his candidacy last Tuesday in the wake of a scandal regarding anonymous IDF complaints.

OCTOBER 17, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Former Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai.

Jewish Agency finalists to be decided Monday

Lapid left Washington for Israel on Thursday evening and will work on finding a candidate over the weekend.

OCTOBER 14, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
TZIPI LIVNI – her candidacy smacks of desperation that overlooks the fine crop of dynamic candidates already standing for the Jewish Agency’s top post, especially the women.

Sex, the Jewish Agency and Israel’s clueless intelligence minister - opinion

Only someone who’s been living in a cave could be that disconnected from the goings-on in the world.

OCTOBER 14, 2021ByRUTHIE BLUM
Israeli parliament member Elazar Stern attends a Finance committee meeting regarding compensation for the victims who suffered from the recent days fires, November 28, 2016

Jewish Agency rejects Lapid request to postpone chairman vote

Report: Lapid wants Tzipi Livni to run for the position. She did not deny the report in response to 'Post' query.

OCTOBER 13, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid at the Knesset, October 5, 2021.

Elazar Stern withdraws candidacy for head of Jewish Agency

Stern was set to be interviewed by the ten-member Jewish Agency chairmanship selection committee on Wednesday, but he opted not to in the wake of the IDF scandal. 

OCTOBER 12, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
MK Elazar Stern attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, on March 1, 2017

Aliyah minister backs Yankelevich over Stern for Jewish Agency chair

Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata's comments come after Elazar Stern, until now the leading candidate, revealed he would shred anonymous sexual harassment complaints in the IDF.

OCTOBER 12, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON
View of the Jewish Agency headquarters in Jerusalem,

Stern's anonymous sexual assault complaints gaffe - editorial

In an interview, Intelligence Minister Elazar Stern said that he had shredded anonymous sexual harassment complaints submitted against officers in the IDF.

OCTOBER 12, 2021ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Israeli parliament member Elazar Stern attends a Finance committee meeting regarding compensation for the victims who suffered from the recent days fires, November 28, 2016

Lapid defends Stern, rejects claims of shredding harassment complaints

Yesh Atid head Yair Lapid defended party member Elazar Stern who boasted that he shredded anonymous complaints in the IDF.

OCTOBER 11, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN, ELIAV BREUER
Leader of the "Yesh Atid" political party Yair Lapid (R) seen with MK Elazar Stern at a press conference in Tel Aviv, on January 18, 2015

Stern raises ire saying he shredded anonymous complaints as IDF manpower chief

Intelligence Minister and Jewish Agency chair candidate Elazar Stern commented after accusations of sexual harassment were leveled against the newly-appointed Shin Bet chief in an anonymous letter.

OCTOBER 11, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN, TAL SPUNGIN
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Stern scandal: Israel must address sexual assault complaints - analysis

Elazar Stern's admission that he shredded complaints showed Israel has a broken system that doesn't enable victims of sex offenses to file reports.

OCTOBER 10, 2021ByEVE YOUNG
Elazar Stern at the Presidential Meeting