Shas
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.
2026 budget reading puts government at risk, after months of ideological sparring - analysis
Government submits 2026 budget to Knesset, Smotrich vows passage despite rifts
Netanyahu to appoint UTJ’s Yisrael Eichler to gov’t role to pass contentious haredi draft bill
Haredi, Harvard, Home Front Command: The enigma of Moshe Arbel
A haredi rabbi, Harvard graduate, law doctoral student, and IDF reservist: Interior Minister Moshe Arbel presents a complex picture.
Mayors demand that gov't drop plan to take over appointments of city rabbis
The 100 mayors who wrote the letter to the Religious Affairs Minister were specifically expressing their opposition to a series of directives published by the Religious Affairs ministry on April 11.
Ben-Gvir threatens coalition after spat with haredi parties
The seemingly inconsequential spat between the two parties touched on simmering political tensions on additional issues such as the haredi exemption from IDF service.
'No moral option' to continue blanket IDF exemption, haredi minister says
Attorney General: Government has yet to put forward a new plan.
'No moral option' to continue blanket IDF exemption, haredi minister says
Arbel added that there were 1,500 men in every haredi age-group who could be drafted immediately, and "who must be part of those carrying the burden."
Will Israel's government collapse due to the IDF haredi draft crisis? - analysis
With Netanyahu famous for pushing off decisions, expect Israel to try to reach an agreement with the bare minimum of haredi commitment.
Shelving contentious law on local rabbis signals unity discourse is not all talk - analysis
The reason Likud MKs gave for opposing the bill: not wanting to raise issues now that would split the country.
Amid the haredi draft debate, Shas is dragging Israel into its past traumas - opinion
Expecting Netanyahu and Deri to act right overlooks their leadership failures, transforming the conscription crisis from a potential Shas triumph into disaster for the State of Israel.
De-meow-crat-ya: Taking my cat to vote in municipal elections - comment
I decided to take my cat Medici – full name: HaRav Medici di Cuddlebutt Reich, a staunch supporter of Shas – to vote in the Jerusalem municipal elections.
American olim in Beit Shemesh may tip the scales in the mayoral election
The race for the mayorship of Beit Shemesh is shaping up to be one of the most dramatic in the current round of local authority elections.
