Sharren Haskel

Former deputy FM Haskel announces launch of new Israel First political party

The announcement came one day after Haskel resigned from her position as deputy foreign minister over the passing of controversial legislation that froze the arrests of haredi draft evaders.

|ByGOLDIE KATZ
Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel speaks to the media as she announces her resignation as Deputy Foreign Minister at the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 14, 2026.
MK Michel Buskila, chairman of the Knesset Special Committee on the Eastern Border Communities, leads a committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 24, 2026.

FM Sa'ar names MK Michel Buskila as new deputy foreign minister after Haskel resigns

Buskila’s potential appointment comes one day after previous deputy foreign minister Sharren Haskel announced that she was resigning from the government.

|ByANNA BARSKY, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Deputy Minister MK Sharren Haskel attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, December 2, 2025.

Sharren Haskel resigns as Israel's deputy FM over bill halting arrests of haredi draft dodgers

Haskel, a member of the New Hope party, heavily opposed the bills aiming to stop the arrest of draft dodgers and to allow haredim to not be drafted into the IDF.

|ByKESHET NEEV
Deputy Minister MK Sharren Haskel attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, December 2, 2025.

'Impossible to replace': Israel's deputy FM on the death of Lindsey Graham

Sharren Haskel told The Jerusalem Post that Israel has lost a voice it cannot substitute. Her warning went considerably further than that.

|ByEZRA TAYLOR, JERUSALEM POST PODCASTS

MKs take Israel-Palestinian conflict off international assembly's agenda

One MK that attended the 137th assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union got a photo-op with the Russian President.

OCTOBER 16, 2017ByLAHAV HARKOV
Zionist Union MK Nachman Shai and Likud MK Sharren Haskel at 137th assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.

Israeli government offices to be required to use email

Welcome to the 21st century

JULY 12, 2017ByLAHAV HARKOV
The Knesset building