Arye Deri

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef to lead Shas, participate in launch conference with Deri's approval - report

Shas is expected to win seven seats in the upcoming October elections, according to a KAN poll published on Wednesday.

Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, during a weekly teaching at the Yazdim synagogue in Jerusalem, on June 7, 2025.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks with 'Jerusalem Post' Editor in Chief Zvika Klein, August 12, 2026.

The secret Smotrich kept from his wife: Israel was going to war with Iran - interview

Shas chairman MK Arye Deri attends the State Comptroller elections at the plenum of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, June 3, 2026.

Shas leader Arye Deri accuses IDF chief of 'helping the Left' with ultra-Orthodox draft stance

KASHRUT CERTIFICATION at a Jerusalem eatery – will the rabbinate’s monopoly be broken?

Knesset repeals 2021 kashrut reform, restores Rabbinate control over certification


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.

 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.

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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.

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.

 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.

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.

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.

 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.

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.

 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.

 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.