Sharren Haskel

‘Backstabbing those who serve’: Deputy FM slams coalition laws aiding draft evaders - interview

Explaining why she has voted against the legislation, Haskel said in her interview with the Post that, “we are at war, and when we have a pyramid of priorities, security always has to be on the top."

JUNE 14, 2026|ByKESHET NEEV

Deputy Minister MK Sharren Haskel attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, May 20, 2026.

Deputy Minister MK Sharren Haskel attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, December 2, 2025.

Netanyahu's coalition 'massively pressuring' MKs to vote for haredi draft bill, Haskel tells 'Post'

Haskel told The Jerusalem Post that over the weekend, “phone calls were made to almost all coalition members in order to check their positions and pressure them to vote on the conscription law.”

MAY 18, 2026|ByKESHET NEEV

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sharren Haskel on a three-day diplomatic and economic mission to Athens.

Greek-Israeli relations are 'flourishing,' Israel's deputy foreign minister tells 'Post'

Deputy Minister Sharren Haskel served as a keynote speaker at the Maritime Med conference and the East Med Energy Transition Summit.

MAY 14, 2026|ByMATHILDA HELLER

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara cast their vote during the elections for the Likud Central Committee, at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, November 25, 2025

Members of Israel's Right in talks to form new party as alternative to Likud

The initiative, informally described as “Likud B,” is being advanced by right-wing figures, many of whom have had strained relations with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

APRIL 25, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Grapevine October 16, 2022: The power of the press

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

OCTOBER 16, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

Hundreds of Americans march in a Feast of Tabernacles parade through Jerusalem in 1996.

Israeli MK cuts hair in solidarity with Mahsa Amini, women of Iran

MK Sharren Haskel cut her hair while giving a speech as a show of support for the 'Women, Life, Freedom' movement.

OCTOBER 14, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

MK Sharren Haskel before the cannabis legalization vote

Cannabis decriminalization bill fails to get Knesset majority

Prior to the defeat, the coalition managed to get one crucial win, when the Knesset voted 64 to 50 against a bill calling for the government to express its sovereignty over all of Judea and Samaria.

JULY 28, 2021ByIDAN ZONSHINE, GIL HOFFMAN

Ministerial committee advances cannabis decriminalization

By the end of September, the government expects Israelis will be able to carry 50 grams of cannabis, or 15 seeds, for recreational use, and reclassify CBD as a food additive.

JULY 12, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN, IDAN ZONSHINE

Hundreds of Israelis gather in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on April 20, 2021to protest in favor of cannabis legalization and for reforms in the medical cannabis market.

New Drug Committee head seeks redemption for cannabis legalization failure

Shefa spoke with The Jerusalem Post last Thursday about his plans for his role as the head of the Knesset’s Special Committee for Dealing with Drugs and Alcohol.

JUNE 29, 2021ByIDAN ZONSHINE

HRW exploits human tragedy to further its political agenda - opinion

HRW’s report is part of a concerted NGO campaign, as documented by NGO Monitor, to use the term “apartheid” in order to lobby the International Criminal Court to open an investigation against Israel.

MAY 8, 2021BySHARREN HASKEL