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Government submits 2026 budget to Knesset, Smotrich vows passage despite rifts
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said that the government was "determined to pass it [the state budget] on first reading,” during a press conference at the Knesset on Monday.
Netanyahu to appoint UTJ’s Yisrael Eichler to gov’t role to pass contentious haredi draft bill
IDF draft equality is minimum condition to restore Israeli solidarity - editorial
Ultra-Orthodox sages convene on haredi IDF draft bill, withhold official stance
Otzma Yehudit and haredi parties negotiating to pass series of controversial measures
Wheeling and dealing abound as Knesset wraps up summer session.
Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef calls on gov't to agree to hostage deal, says its a Jewish commandment
In addition to calling for a hostage deal, Rabbi Yosef said that it is permissible to release terrorists who committed criminal acts as part of the deal.
Shas Party pushes PM Netanyahu to complete hostage deal
"We believe that the conditions created now following the military pressure and the targeted eliminations, create a proper timing to reach a deal that preserves Israel's essential security interests
Ben-Gvir vs the rabbis: Commentator shares Orthodox perspective on Israeli issues
Political commentator Israel Cohen explained the ultra-Orthodox view on the coalition crisis over the softened 'Rabbis Law,' on 103FM.
'Black kippah doesn’t exempt one from IDF service': says senior Shas haredi minister
Interior Minister Moshe Arbel advocates for equal IDF conscription, challenging the Shas party's stance.
Controversy over what Deputy IDF chief Baram told defense committee about Haredi draft
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hoping to postpone the issue to September, concerned that the Haredim could bring the government down over their funds being frozen.
IDF 'infidels': Yishai Cohen discusses Shas extremism, haredi politics
Rabbi Shlomo Machpud of Shas claims that ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students enlisting in the IDF are 'infidels'.
Approximately 20 private-haredi schools are planning to switch to the state-haredi education system
Several haredi groups tried to reach a compromise with the help of Yesh Atid MK Moshe Tur-Paz but were blocked by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Shas.
Knesset defense committee to resume haredi draft bill debate with classified meeting
Many haredi publications have argued that the ruling has effectively "torn apart" haredim from the rest of Israeli society.
Drafting haredim to the army is 'an offense to religion,' says former Shas MK
Moshe Maya, a former MK in the Shas Party, responded to the High Court's ruling requiring the draft of ultra-Orthodox men, saying that the law will be met with resistance.
