Arye Deri

Why Arye Deri's Shas is Israel’s haredi version of woke politics - opinion

Shas's campaign is one of the sharpest we have seen in the feed, with production values and writing closer to cinema than to a party broadcast, with real emotion invested in them.

Campaign posters against Shas head Aryeh Deri are seen in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Mea Shearim, in Jerusalem, August 31, 2026
Shas chairman Arye Deri and Shas MKs attend a plenum session, at the assembly hall of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 15, 2026

Deri demands haredi draft law as condition for Shas to join next government

Shas leader MK Arye Deri (L) and United Torah Judaism leader MK Ya’akov Asher.

Shas, UTJ sign surplus vote-sharing deal, pledge cooperation in next Knesset

Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the ICT’s Shabtai Shavit International Conference on Counter-Terrorism at Reichman University.

Bennett vows to pass 'Deri Law' barring draft evaders from Israel's security cabinet in next gov't


Israel's government is put to the test by haredi draft, Rabbi Law, Ben-Gvir - Eliav Breuer

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Sarah Ben-Nun.

The Jerusalem Post's Eliav Breuer speaks on Itamar Ben-Gvir, Benjamin Netanyahu and Arye Deri.

The haredi-IDF train wreck continues to inch along - analysis

Whether the government will fall, manage to stay aloft while continuing to drag out the issue, or whether a compromise will miraculously be reached, remains up in the air.

 Haredi men dressed in traditional ultra-Orthodox garb stand behind a group of religious IDF soldiers

N13 poll: Next PM is toss up between Gantz or Bennett

A News 13 poll indicates National Unity Party led by Benny Gantz wins 30 seats if elections held today. Likud strengthens slightly; Yesh Atid receives 15 seats.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) meets with Israeli War Cabinet member Benny Gantz at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., March 5, 2024.

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.

 The leadership of Shas. History has summoned them to their beautiful hour, but instead they turn it into our bad hour.

'Emergency gov't isn't stable': MK Deri discusses hostage deal, cabinet leaks, and wartime cabinet

"There is no doubt that [the emergency government] isn't stable and durable; it is easy to weaken."

 Health and Interior Minister Arye Deri at the handover ceremony for the Interior Ministry, January 1, 2023.

Why Arye Deri came to Biden's defense against 'angel of destruction' Ben-Gvir - opinion

Arye Deri expected Netanyahu to publicly denounce the damaging statements made by the National Security Minister.

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

Arye Deri calls for law to delay contentious High Court verdict

National Unity Party MK Gideon Sa'ar announced that he would oppose any attempt to pass such a law.

 High Court of Justice President Esther Hayut and the other Supreme Court justices are seen at a hearing over petitions against the reasonableness standard law, in Jerusalem, on September 12, 2023.

Arye Deri’s ultra-Orthodox son joins IDF reserve forces

MK Aryeh Deri's son is one of roughly 3,000 ultra-Orthodox Israelis who have enlisted in the IDF since the onset of Operation Swords of Iron.

 Shas leader MK Aryeh Deri at a party meeting, in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 30, 2023.

Netanyahu fails to take responsibility - are Israelis surprised? - opinion

According to a poll taken this week by the Jewish People Policy Institute, Netanyahu’s approval rating is right now about 30%.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Knesset, October 2023

Arye Deri appoints Shas MK as new Israeli health minister

The position was previously held by Moshe Arbel who is also the interior minister and requested to have someone take over one of the positions due to the heavy workload brought on by the war.

 Shas MK Uriel Busso leads a committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on February 20, 2023