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Moshe Arbel

Rabbi Moshe Arbel is an Israeli lawmaker and member of the Sephardi ultra-Orthodox Shas Party. He currently serves as the country's interior minister.

Arbel was given his ministerial post after his party's leader, Arye Deri, was forced to vacate his roles as interior minister and health minister due to a High Court ruling. Arbel served in both roles for a time before giving up his role as health minister amid the Israel-Hamas war.

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 Minister Gideon Sa'ar speaks during a special plenum session presenting the new emergency government at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on October 12, 2023.

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 Minister of Interior and Minister of Health Moshe Arbel seen during a Shas faction meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 10, 2023.

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 Israeli Interior Minister Rabbi Moshe Arbel (Shas).

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 Israeli Interior Minister Rabbi Moshe Arbel (Shas).

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 Israeli Interior Minister Rabbi Moshe Arbel (Shas).

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 Haredi protest in Jerusalem, April 11, 2024.

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Moshe Arbel

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 Interior Minister Moshe Arbel granting permanent resident status to Hamid Abu Arar for his life-saving actions on October 7, February 21, 2024.

This Gazan risked his life for IDF soldiers on October 7 - and got rewarded

 Moshe Arbel posthumously awards Israeli citizenship to fallen soldier Valentin Elie Ghnassia.

Foreign fallen soldier is posthumously awarded Israeli citizenship

 Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich during a plenum session at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on December 3, 2023

Israeli right-wing lawmakers seek delay of municipal elections amid Gaza war

 An Israeli municipal elections voting box.

Israeli minister faces pressure from politicians to delay municipal elections

 Minister of the Interior Moshe Arbel with Eritrean citizen Molugata Tsagai, who saved the life of an IDF officer on October 7. As a token of gratitude, Arbel had the Ministry grant residency status to Tsagai. November 26, 2023.

Israel grants residency to Eritrean resident for October 7 heroics

Rapid construction licensing reform underway

 Interior Minister Moshe Arbel is seen meeting with Jerusalem's Latin patriarch Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa

Interior min. meets cardinal who offered himself for hostage children

 Minister of Finance and Head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, October 23, 2023

Smotrich freezes funds for PA, minister moves money to Arab towns

 Shas MK Uriel Busso leads a committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on February 20, 2023

Arye Deri appoints Shas MK as new Israeli health minister

 Israeli Health Minister Moshe Arbel meets with his American counterpart Xavier Becerra in New York on September 21, 2023.

Israel and US health ministers sign landmark cooperation agreement