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Sephardi Religious Party (IL)

Type: Organization

Name: Sephardi Religious Party (IL) (Mifleget HaSfaradim Shomrei Torah, Sephardi Religious Party, Shas)

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Knesset

MKs: Govt. is 'Surrendering to Arab Terror'

MKs accused the government of “surrendering to Arab terror" during a special Knesset session WednesdayDeputy Defense Minister Danny DanonFlash 90During a special Knesset session Wednesday called to deal with complaints by reserve soldiers that the army ... [Published Israel National News - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Moshe Feiglin, Knesset, Bayit Yehudi, Danny Danon

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

'Ariel-Amar Deal' is En Route to Knesset

Bill submitted by MK Kalfa would remove the 70-year age limit for appointment of chief rabbi.MK Zevulun KalfaIsrael news photo: Flash 90A deal between Shas and Bayit Yehudi for the appointment of the Ashkenazi and Sephardic chief rabbis has turned into ... [Published Israel National News - May 21 2013]

Entities: Knesset, Bayit Yehudi, Elazar Stern, Appointed

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Agendas of Israelis: policy disputes and Kulturkampf

On Thursday evening of last week, it was estimated that 30,000 Haredim massed outside the Jerusalem recruitment office, with some of them expressing the low level of violence likely to occur when riled by their rabbis. Several protesters and police were ... [Published Jerusalem Post - May 20 2013]

Entities: Yair Lapid, Sephardi Religious Party (IL), Religion, Reformism

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Israel Defense Forces

Aborted yeshiva cuts show Israel can’t wish its minorities away

In the wake of FiFinance Minister Yair Lapid’s failed bid to slash yeshiva budgets, it's clear Israel will never win over the Haredim and Arabs by ignoring their desires. Finance Minister Yair Lapid has suffered a defeat in his first confrontation with ... [Published Haaretz - May 20 2013]

Entities: Israel, Yair Lapid, Sephardi Religious Party (IL), Israel Defense Forces

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 4 reports

Micky Rosenfeld

Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest Israel army draft

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews have protested in Jerusalem against plans to enlist men from their community into the army.Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said at least 20,000 protesters took part in Thursday's rally near the city's military draft ... [Published Al Jazeera - May 17 2013]

Entities: Religion, Israeli Army, Micky Rosenfeld, protest

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Electricity prices to reach all-time high

Rise in rates, VAT increase expected to push average Israeli family's electric bill up by NIS 650 this summer compared to summer of 2011Amir Ben-David05.16.13, 14:57 / Israel BusinessAlongside the austerity measures included in the new state budget, Israeli ... [Published Ynet News - May 16 2013]

Entities: Natural Gas, Israel, Sephardi Religious Party (IL), Ashkelon, Fuel Oil

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

Israel's Shas, Right-Wing Kingmaker Party, Takes Sharp Turn to Left

Return to Throne: Arye Deri, a shrewd political operator, has a plan to get the Sephardic Shas Party back from the political wilderness: he’s pushing the party to the left.Barely four months after the political earthquake of the January 22 Knesset elections, ... [Published Forward - May 16 2013]

Entities: Sephardi Religious Party (IL), Haredi, Yair Lapid

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 2 reports

Israeli Cabinet Votes to Send Netanyahu Budget to Parliament (1)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Cabinet approved a two-year budget of 796 billion shekels ($220 billion) that cuts defense outlays and raises taxes to keep deficit spending within government targets.The Cabinet voted 21 to 1 to send the package ... [Published BusinessWeek - May 14 2013]

Entities: Benjamin Netanyahu, Yair Lapid, Ministry of Finance

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 2 reports

Fierce Dissent Erupts Over Israel Chief Rabbi Post

Ariel Yaakov Challenges David Stav for Ashkenazi Jobcourtesy of david stavTough Fight: David Stav is running into fierce opposition in his campaign to become Israel’s Ashkenazi chief rabbi.Members of Habayit Hayehudi are split over who to support in the ... [Published Forward - May 06 2013]

Entities: Yaakov Ariel, Sephardi Religious Party (IL), Habayit Hayehudi, Israel, Religion

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 2 reports

Deri reaches out to Yishai to heal Shas rift

Deri orders his followers not to rejoice upon his return to the Shas leadership, because Yishai would see it as gloating.Shas MKs Eli Yishai and Arye Deri at the Knesset, April 22, 2013. Photo: Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem PostReinstated Shas leader ... [Published Jerusalem Post - May 05 2013]

Entities: Eli Yishai, Sephardi Religious Party (IL), Ariel Atias, Knesset

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 2 reports

Deri takes control of Shas with appointment as chair

Council of Torah Sages appoints Yishai as chairman of Shas education system and Atias as chairman of Shas Knesset faction.Eli Yishai, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef and Arye Deri Photo: Marc Israel SellemArye Deri’s journey back to the leadership of the Shas party ... [Published Jerusalem Post - May 02 2013]

Entities: Sephardi Religious Party (IL), Eli Yishai, Ariel Atias, Council of Torah Sages, Knesset

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 2 reports

Shas Balking on Support for Bennett’s Candidate for Chief Rabbi

Despite reports in the media—most notably by Arutz 7, whose owner, Rabbi Zalman Melamed, has a pony in the race—about a deal that’s been supposedly forged between Naftali Bennett’s Jewish Home and Shas (See: New Chief Rabbi Appointment Pitting Bennett ... [Published Jewish Press - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Yaakov Ariel, Sephardi Religious Party (IL), Yair Lapid, Haredi

Quotes

...Deri claims to have achieved concessions that Lapid denies. According to Lapid, " “Deri announced that we met and closed on the deal and I am telling you that we never met and we never spoke. He is a liar, as has already been proven by three courts.”"

Agendas of Israelis: policy disputes and Kulturkampf [Published Jerusalem Post - May 20 2013]

"The government wants to uproot [our traditions] and secularise us, they call it a melting pot, but people cannot be melted. You cannot change our [way of life]" Rabbi David Zycherman told the crowd

Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest Israel army draft [Published Al Jazeera - May 17 2013]

"At least 15,000 haredim (ultra-Orthodox) gathered outside the army recruiting office in Jerusalem" the spokesman said

Ultra-Orthodox Israelis protest over [Published Yahoo! UK and Ireland - May 16 2013]

...approved harsh austerity measures, Lapid says dealing with large labor unions at the top of his agenda; attacks 'untruthful' Shas leader Deri. "I've been given an opportunity to get Israel out of the mud" he adds

Electricity prices to reach all-time high [Published Ynet News - May 16 2013]

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Audio/Video

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Israel's Netanyahu set to continue as leader [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - Jan 23 2013]