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PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and Justice Minister Yariv Levin enjoy a light moment in the Knesset plenum

A problematic gov't legislation comes a flood of bills by coalition MKs - opinion

 Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, spiritual leader of Degel HaTorah party seen at his home in the ultra orthodox Jewish town of Bnei Brak, on February 14, 2023

How will Rabbi Edelstein's passing affect ultra-Orthodox politics? - analysis

 Thousands at the funeral of Rabbi Gershon Edelstein. May 30, 2023

200,000 gather as senior ultra-Orthodox rabbi Edelstein laid to rest

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu sits in the Knesset plenum, earlier this week. Operation Shield and Arrow fell short of his claims of a new equation against Islamic Jihad and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, says the writer.

Netanyahu survives by putting off coalition conflict, problems - analysis

 National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir walks next to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ministers during "40 signatures" debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset

Israel's budget: Netanyahu gives in to demands from haredim, Ben-Gvir

 RABBI GERSHON Edelstein, spiritual leader of Degel HaTorah: He decided to publish the call in ‘Yated Ne’eman’ not to participate in right-wing demonstrations.

Are Israel's haredim leaning Left or Right? - opinion

By ELIYAHU BERKOVITS
 Public Security Minister Omer Bar Lev at the Knesset, May 31, 2022.

Haredim declare boycott of Angel bakery after Bar-Lev protests in Bnei Brak

 LIKUD LEADER BENJAMIN Netanyahu shakes hands with United Torah Judaism MK Yitzhak Goldknopf in the Knesset last week. If Netanyahu’s promise of a full budget for all haredi educational institutions is realized, the already-low incentive to provide core studies will disappear entirely.

Israeli gov't will collapse without new IDF draft bill, top haredi minister warns

IDF soldiers prepare for Remembrance Day at the graves of fallen soldiers at the Har Herzl military cemetery, April 23, 2023.

Israel to mark Remembrance Day amidst sharp controversy

Haredi men protest outside the draft office in Jerusalem on November 28.

UTJ demands that haredi Draft Law amendment pass before budget

THE KNESSET Finance Committee’s incoming chairman, United Torah Judaism’s Moshe Gafni, presents an anti-economic bill that challenges the capitalist zeal of incoming finance minister Bezalel Smotrich.

UTJ's Moshe Gafni asks Benny Gantz to join gov't coalition - report

 Protests in front of Moshe Gafni's house in Bnei Brak, March 14 2023.

Israelis protest in front of UTJ's Moshe Gafni's house in Bnei Brak

 THE UNITED Torah Judaism (UTJ) parliamentary faction holds a meeting in the Knesset. In the coalition, only UTJ abstained from the vote on the death penalty.

Israel's death penalty, haredi ideology and Yisrael Beytenu's role - opinion

By ELIYAHU BERKOVITS
 United Torah Judaism MKs Yitzchak Goldknopf and Moshe Gafni at a vote in the plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on December 20, 2022.

Hametz Law passes first reading in Knesset overnight

 SOFER: I AM aware of the sensitivities [of the ‘grandchild clause’], and when the amendment is made, it will be done in a very sensitive way, with a lot of listening to Diaspora Jewry and a broad public discourse.

Israeli gov't approves Ministerial Committee on Aliyah and Integration