Arye Deri

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

Though Shas's Arye Deri served briefly in the IDF, the party has come under fire over its stance on haredi conscription to the IDF amid the military’s severe manpower shortage.

Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the ICT’s Shabtai Shavit International Conference on Counter-Terrorism at Reichman University.
MK Uriel Buso attends a National Security committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament on December 14, 2025.

MK Busso criticizes haredi draft march, says Shas, Likud will continue collaboration after election

Moti Leitner, deputy mayor of Beit Shemesh and founder of the Haredi Public Party, at the ‘Jerusalem Post’ studio, August 11, 2026

Israel's ultra-Orthodox community can no longer avoid the hard conversations - opinion

 Shas faction meeting in the Israeli parliament on December 8, 2025.

High Court dismisses Shas petition after Ovadia Yosef memorial conference canceled


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Draft and Deri laws create growing rift between Netanyahu, haredim

According to the coalition agreements, the issue of haredi conscription needs to be resolved by the time the budget passes.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Shas chairman Aryeh Deri.

Investigate Deri's daughter for odd deposits in bank account - NGO to A-G

Police intelligence had obtained documents indicating that around NIS 650,000 had been deposited in 2022 into Deri's daughter's bank account.

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

Arye Deri pitches 50% off graves to impoverished Holocaust survivors

A third of Holocaust survivors in Israel live under the poverty line, according to the Foundation for the Welfare of Holocaust Victims.

Shas leader MK Arye Deri is seen at the Knesset, on July 26, 2021.

Shas MK Moshe Arbel to replace Deri as Israel's health, interior minister

Moshe Arbel will temporarily replace Arye Deri until the coalition is able to pass a law that will allow him to return.

SHAS MK Moshe Arbel: We don’t need to agree to everything, but we should disagree without hatred.

Judicial laws can pass 'whenever we want,' Deri says

Deri's statement came after a slew of comments from both sides of the political divide that were interpreted as threats against the negotiations.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu sits alongside sacked cabinet minister Arye Deri in the Knesset, on Monday. In Israel, the coalition controls the legislature and executive, thus the need to keep its hands off judicial appointments, says the writer.

Gantz calls for Gallant to be reinstated as defense minister

Gallant is rumored to be considering apologizing for the timing of his statement against judicial reform, which he made when Netanyahu was abroad.

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant with former defense minister Benny Gantz at a changeover ceremony, January 1, 2023.

Deri trying to convince Netanyahu to keep Gallant as defense minister

Shas Chairman Arye Deri has been mediating between Gallant and Netanyahu together with MK Dudi Amsalem.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant are both seen in the Knesset in Jerusalem.

Judicial reform legislation to resume Sunday after gov't rejects Herzog outline

The coalition deemed the president's proposal "one-sided, biased and unacceptable" soon after it was presented on Wednesday night.

 Thousands of Israeli protesters rally against Israeli Goverment's judicial overhaul bills in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on March 18, 2023. Protesters confronted with Police and blocked Ayalon highway.

'Deri Law 2.0' passes committee vote, heads to plenum for first reading

The law proposal's purpose is to enable Netanyahu to reinstate Deri after the High Court struck down his appointment last month.

 Head of the Shas party Aryeh Deri, leads a faction meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on February 6, 2023.