Interior Minister Moshe Arbel of Shas is unlike many other Israeli politicians. For one thing, he doesn’t particularly want to be a politician, and doesn’t have higher political aspirations. If it were up to him, he would be far from the public eye, working on his doctorate in law or spending time with his … Read more
Over 100 Israeli mayors demanded on Tuesday in a letter to Religious Affairs Minister Michael Malkieli (Shas) that he cancel his plan to increase his control of a committee that elects municipal and neighborhood rabbis at the expense of the mayors themselves. The government’s initiative was first proposed as a bill in 2023 but … Read more
Far-right National Security Minister and Otzma Yehudit chairman MK Itamar Ben-Gvir announced on Monday that his party would no longer adhere to coalition discipline and would vote in the Knesset as it sees fit, after the two ultra-Orthodox (haredi) parties, Shas and United Torah Judaism (UTJ), refused to support a move that would give … Read more
The campaigns leading up to Tuesday’s municipal elections largely flew under the radar, as Israel remains focused on its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, conflict against Hezbollah on its northern border, over 100,000 citizens who are still displaced, and numerous other security, economic, welfare, and social issues, not to mention thousands of … Read more
The High Court struck down the law to cancel the Reasonableness Standard on Monday night, by an 8-7 vote. Members of Knesset and proxy organizations had a vast range of responses to the historic decision. The Movement for the Quality of Government commented, “This is a historic verdict. A government and ministers who sought … Read more
