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

Cannabis legalization bills pass key hurdle

Gay conversion outlawing postponed.

JUNE 21, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN

An employee checks cannabis plants at a medical marijuana plantation in northern Israel March 21, 2017

Knesset committee to approve bill to legalize cannabis

The use of cannabis will be permitted to Israelis from the age of 21, with the exception of those working in security positions.

JUNE 21, 2020ByAARON REICH

Employee tends to medical cannabis plants at Pharmocann, an Israeli medical cannabis company in northern Israel

Likud's Haskel: ‘If We Don’t Step Up, Nobody Else is Going to…’

Lawmaker woos right-wing voters to support ruling party

AUGUST 14, 2019ByTARA KAVALER/THE MEDIA LINE

Likud MK Sharren Haskel participating in a panel in Germany

Sharren Haskel covers head in solidarity with Linor Abargil

“The choice of a woman to wear a head covering is personal,” Haskel said in defense of the model who came under fire for emceeing the torch-lighting ceremony in a scarf.

MAY 10, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

MK Haskel challenges Likud committee for bumping her down to 38th place

The decision would put her in a place that is unlikely to get her into the next Knesset. Haskel said she will continue to appeal this decision until it reaches the Supreme Court, if it comes to that.

FEBRUARY 12, 2019ByLAHAV HARKOV