Ultra-Orthodox

Bennett urges Eisenkot bloc to 'threaten haredi parties, not beg them' to join gov't

"I am doing everything to help [Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot] establish a Zionist government of national renewal and bring about the revolution for those who serve," he said.

MKs Gadi Eisenkot and Naftali Bennett speak during the inaugural session of the 26th Knesset, in Jerusalem, November 10, 2026
Yashar head Gadi Eisenkot and UTJ head Yakov Asher shake hands as party leaders pose for a group picture in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, November 10, 2026

'They will use you and throw you away': Netanyahu warns haredi parties away from Eisenkot-led bloc

Shas chairman Arye Deri and Shas MKs attend a plenum session, at the assembly hall of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 15, 2026

Shas chairman Arye Deri calls for internal examination into party's election failure

Yashar head Gadi Eisenkot and UTJ head Yakov Asher shake hands as party leaders pose for a group picture in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, November 10, 2026

Haredi parties welcome in Eisenkot-led gov't if they accept four principles, Yashar's Meridor says


Three arrested after haredi protest clashes wound multiple protesters, three police officers

National Security Minister Ben-Gvir accused Police Commissioner Daniel Levy of changing his approach toward the haredi community immediately after the elections.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men block a road and clash with police during a protest against the jailing of yeshiva students who failed to comply with an army recruitment order, outside the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, October 29, 2026.

Haredi parties Shas, UTJ set to win 14 combined seats in 2026 Israeli election

Neither party has committed to joining only a Netanyahu-led coalition, and Shas’s spiritual leader has indicated that he would be open to joining a government led by Eisenkot.

United Torah Judaism party head MK Yaakov Asher alongside members of his party at the party’s election headquarters in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, October 28, 2026.

People of Israel, Reservists-Economic, Haredi Public fall short of threshold in Israeli election

The 3.25% threshold is the minimum percentage of the national vote a party needs to win to be allocated any seats in the next Knesset.

(L-R) Yoaz Hendel, Ofer Winter, and Moti Leitner

Israel must move beyond Election Day and tackle its biggest challenges - opinion

Israel’s next government can build public trust by easing reservists’ burdens, fighting crime and helping struggling families.

Voters casting ballots in Israel's 25th Knesset election

'We do whatever they say': Yeshiva students defer to rabbis over response to IDF draft enforcement

When a group of young men was asked whether some yeshiva students wanted to enlist but refrained because their rabbis forbade it, several agreed, with one answering, “of course.”

Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews attend an election rally organized by the United Torah Judaism party in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, central Israel, two days ahead of Israel’s general elections, October 25, 2026.

Bread as a weapon: The ugly pedigree of ‘no service, no shekel’ - opinion

The idea that those who do not serve should not be fed has a pedigree — Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Hitler — and a Jewish history that Israel, of all countries, should remember. The strategy never succeeds.

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Israel’s election: Which parties are most likely to keep their promises? - opinion

Israel’s crowded political field leaves voters weighing party leaders, broken promises, and competing priorities.

People participate in a street poll ahead of the election, in Mahaneh Yehuda last week.

Haredi Public's Moti Leitner: Israel’s future is our responsibility, too - opinion

A community must prepare its children for the lives ahead, enable its families to achieve economic independence, and accept its share of responsibility for defending the country.

Moti Leitner, chairman of the Haredi Public Party, holds a press conference at the party’s election campaign headquarters in Neve Ilan, ahead of Israel’s upcoming general elections, October 21, 2026.

'We will get them': Haredi Public Party leader vows to help fill IDF manpower shortage

Moti Leitner says his Haredi Public Party is gaining support despite pressure to withdraw, and insists haredi men who do not study Torah should enlist.

Moti Leitner, chairman of the Haredi Public party, party members and supporters attend the launch of the party’s election campaign ahead of the upcoming Israeli general elections in Beit Shemesh, August 23, 2026.

Will this election end the battle over drafting haredi men into the IDF? - analysis

In a recent poll by the Israel Democracy Institute, a proposition that the next government should draft haredim equally received the most support among a series of propositions.

Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish sector has been protesting over the attempts to draft young haredi men into the military.