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Degel HaTorah

Shlomei Emunim faction chairman Meir Porush and Bnei Brak Mayor Hanoch Zeibert
After prolonged disconnect

Haredi Parties Weigh Separate Election Runs

Meir Porush of the Lithuanian faction met with Hasidic representative Hanoch Zeibert this week to discuss whether Agudat Yisrael could cross the electoral threshold alone, as tensions over military draft legislation and representation push the longtime partners toward a potential breakup

Gila Isaacson, Kikar Hashabbat13:43
Gafni, Goldknopf and Parush

Israeli Politics

Degel HaTorah May Split From Agudat Yisrael

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Ahead of Likud Primaries

Haredim Form Likud Advocacy Group

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Grassroots Challenges Haredi Establishment

Beit Shemesh Deputy Mayor Revolts Against Haredi Political Establishment

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Knesset this morning, Wed July 8, 2026

Coalition Crisis

Coalition Splits Over Torah Study Basic Law

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United Torah Judaism parliament member Yaakov Asher at the opening event of their election campaign, ahead of the Israeli elections, in Jerusalem, on February 12, 2020.

Uh oh

UTJ to Netanyahu: Right-Wing Alliance Not Guaranteed

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Gafni with members of the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah

Defiance Amid Persecution

Rabbi Lando & Gafni's Defiant Dance Amid Draft Crisis

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Moshe Gafni

Rising tensions

Gafni Orders Complete Police Boycott: "We Will Not Be Partners in Harming Torah"

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

One last try

Netanyahu ‘Stunned’ as Haredi Parties Reject Latest Draft Bill

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View of the main building of the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, in Jerusalem.

Smells like elections

Coalition Pulls Legislation Over Charedi Break

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Moti Babchik, MK Gafni

Rejected Deal Haunts Coalition.

Breaking: Haredi Parties Rejected Center-Left Conscription Deal Two Years Ago

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Rabbi Dov Lando

Draft Law Heats Up

Haredi Party Gives Green Light to Advance Draft Law, Opposition is Furious

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Hamas terrorists in Gaza

Eli Gotthelf

Death penalty for terrorists? My heart shouts yes, my head says wait

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 Rabbi Baruch Shmuel HaKohen Deutsch זצ"ל

BD"H

Mourning in the Torah World: Rabbi Baruch Shmuel Deutsch Passes Away at 82

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Ultra-Orthodox rabbis attend an emergency conference against the draft of yeshiva students, outside Jerusalem, July 30, 2025.

Fever Pitch

Are Haredim going to war with the government? 

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haredi girls

ethnic discrimination?

Discrimination Against Sephardic Girls in Jerusalem: 440 Left Without a Seminary Placement

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Goldknopf

rare and explosive interview

Goldknopf Breaks Silence: “What Do You Want From These Poor Yeshiva Boys? Let Them Live”

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Coalition on the Brink

Exclusive: Will Netanyahu’s Government Collapse Today? Haredi Parties Issue 24-Hour Ultimatum

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Housing Minister Goldknopf

Political Shock

Draft Crisis Erupts: Minister Goldknopf Submits Resignation to Netanyahu

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 Over a thousand Ultra Orthodox Jews protested outside the military prison, south of Haifa, in solidarity with two Yeshiva students who were imprisoned for refusing to report to the IDF recruitment offices

Coalition hangs by a thread over draft.

Netanyahu's Coalition on the Brink as Haredi Rabbis Plot Next Move

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