Articles in "Shas party"
Israeli Coalition Rift Deepens as Rabbi Lando Rejects Terrorist Death Penalty Plan
Rabbi Dov Lando, the spiritual leader of the Degel HaTorah faction of the Orthodox United Torah Judaism party, ordered his lawmakers to ...
Israel’s Shas Party Quits Its Coalition Positions, Demands Conscription Law for Yeshiva Students
Israel’s Orthodox Shas party announced Thursday that it will resign from all coalition positions it holds in the Knesset, giving up ...
Knesset Replaces Defense Committee Chief in Yeshiva Draft Clash
In the latest twist to Israel's contentious issue of conscripting yeshiva students, the Knesset House Committee voted to replace the ...
Rabbis Reject Israeli Army Service, Arrests for Draft Refusal Likely in September
The Israeli Defense Forces completed the distribution of 54,000 first-order draft summonses to Orthodox men, the army said on Wednesday ...
Shas Quits Netanyahu Government, Stops Short of Toppling It
The Orthodox Shas party quit the Israeli government on Wednesday, but a decision not to immediately topple the government gives Prime ...
Religious Party Quits Netanyahu Government Over Army Exemptions
Israel’s United Torah Judaism (UTJ) party announced Monday night that it is leaving both the government and Prime Minister Benjamin ...
Israeli Government Stays Afloat With Framework for Religious Army Conscription
Israel's governing coalition survived a vote on dissolving the Knesset after leaders of the Haredi Orthodox parties agreed on the ...
‘Netanyahu Doesn’t Have Options’: Israel’s Governing Coalition on Brink of Collapse
Israel's coalition crisis deepened on Monday when the Haredi Orthodox Shas party announced it would support a preliminary vote to disperse ...
Israeli Coalition Crisis Escalates Over Army Exemptions for Yeshiva Students
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concluded emergency talks Wednesday evening with Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman ...
Netanyahu’s Government at Risk Amid Standoff on Yeshiva Student Conscription
Israel's governing coalition is in crisis as Orthodox Haredi religious leaders on Tuesday night threatened to withdraw support over the ...
