Arye Deri

Haredi leaders say they will support Knesset dissolution if no progress made on draft bills

According to their statement, Netanyahu "made it clear at the meeting that he is committed to approving the laws and will work to advance them quickly."

Shas chairman MK Arye Deri attends the State Comptroller elections at the plenum of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, June 3, 2026.
Shas party leader Aryeh Deri arrives to a Shas faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on February 23, 2026

Haredi parties halt coalition voting over daycare bill pulled from Knesset agenda

SHAS PARTY leader Arye Deri visits military prison expressing support for draft evaders, Sunday, June 7, 2026.

Deri says Shas supports draft evaders during prison visit, calls to add Torah study to Basic Law

Moshe Arbel.

Former interior minister Moshe Arbel announces his resignation from Knesset


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.

 Yitzchak Goldknopf, Minister of Construction and Housing attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 26, 2024.

'Holy Torah will prevail': Haredi lawmakers, ministers rage at Israel's High Court

Jerusalem Affairs and Jewish Tradition Minister Meir Porush said the ruling is "leading to two states" of religious and secular Jews.

 (L-R) Jerusalem and Jewish Tradition Minister Meir Porush; Shas leader Arye Deri

Arye Deri and his party threaten Israeli democracy - comment

The Broad Perspective: It is a good thing that this rabbis bill was shot down. I don’t typically give Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu much credit, so this is a special occasion.

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

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.