Arye Deri

Shas head Arye Deri withdraws from party list, will not be in 26th Knesset

Shas leader Arye Deri announces he won’t serve in the 26th Knesset, days after rabbis rejected his resignation.

|ByKESHET NEEV, SHIR PERETS
Arye Deri places his ballot on Election Day on October 27, 2026.
Shas chairman Arye Deri attends a vote at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 16, 2026.

Shas Council of Torah Sages decides Deri will continue to lead party after request to resign

According to Kikar Hashabbat, the council holds the position that Deri "is not permitted to resign from the leadership of Shas."

|BySHIR PERETS, KESHET NEEV
Arye Deri places his ballot on Election Day on October 27, 2026.

Shas's Deri rules out joining opposition bloc government without Likud as UTJ weighs talks

"We are not in anyone's bloc," Maran Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Dov Landau said, calling on MKs from Degel Hatorah to join the opposition coalition. "We are in the bloc of the Torah world."

|ByANNA BARSKY, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
A view of the empty Shas party election headquarters in Jerusalem, following the closing of polling stations and the release of exit poll results on Israel’s general election night, October 27, 2026.

Shas officials blame hardline draft stance for one of party’s worst-ever election defeats

Shas has lost about 30% of its voters since 2022, leaving the ultra-Orthodox party with barely half its previous representation.

|ByYEHUDA SHLEZINGER

Israeli election poll: Blue and White party leads as coalition struggles to gain majority

According to the survey, the Blue and White party led by Benny Gantz continues to lead with 28 mandates.

JUNE 26, 2023ByMAARIV ONLINE
Premier candidates: Benny Gantz, Benjamin Netanyahu and Yair Lapid.

Letters to the Editor May 8, 2023: Even older

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

MAY 8, 2023ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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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.

MAY 4, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
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.

MAY 1, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
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.

APRIL 19, 2023ByTZVI JOFFRE, YAKI ADAMKAR/WALLA
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.

APRIL 17, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, ELIAV BREUER
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.

APRIL 3, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
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.

MARCH 30, 2023ByWALLA!
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.

MARCH 29, 2023ByWALLA!
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.

MARCH 18, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
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.