Moshe Gafni

Knesset unanimously approves law banning the use of 'skunk' liquid at demonstrations

Additionally, any use of a water cannon to disperse a demonstration must be recorded with full visual documentation, ensuring appropriate image quality and audible sound.

Police clash with ultra-Orthodox Jews following a protest against IDF conscription in Jerusalem.
Finance Committee chair MK Hanoch Milwidsky leads a Finance committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, during the war with Iran and Hezbollah, March 15, 2026.

Knesset Finance panel debates transfer of NIS 98 million to haredi schools

Security camera footage showing the impact near MK Moshe Gafni's Bnei Brak residence, April 4, 2026.

Iranian missile fragments damage MK Gafni's Bnei Brak house, none injured

Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich speaks during a vote on the state budget at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, January 28, 2026.

'Are we to blame that you murder one another?' Smotrich clashes with Ra’am over Arab crime spike


Gafni: Uncomfortable with PM's legal woes, will recommend him again anyway

UTJ MK hints a Likud-Israel Resilience Party government could have formed if Lapid had not been a partner with Benny Gantz.

Moshe Gafni

Liberman likens haredim to Hamas in campaign focused on religion and state

"I hope Yisrael Beytenu doesn’t pass the electoral threshold; Liberman is an ingrate," said Moshe Gafni

Former Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman launches Yisrael Beitenu on January 20, 2019

Haredi MK Gafni nearly lynched on Yom Kippur eve for support of draft bill

Demonstrators in Haredi garb called Gafni a murderer and tried to break the windows of his car.

The car in which MK Moshe Gafni was injured, September 17, 2018

Agreement on ultra-Orthodox enlistment might be on the horizon

The leading rabbis are the ones who will decide on the enlistment law – and as long as they have not had their input there is no formal decision on the issue.

A haredi soldier prays during a drill

Gafni slams plan to verify yeshiva attendance

In 2016, the IDF revoked the exemptions of some 4,000 individuals whom it discovered were not studying as the yeshivas had declared.

Moshe Gafni

Haredi party United Torah Judaism split over enlistment law, budget crisis

“The demand to pass the bill in its three readings remains as it was, until now there is no other proposal on the table.”

Yaacov Litzman

Litzman, Gafni seeking rabbis' permission to compromise on Haredi draft law

Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litznman threatened on Sunday that if the bill does not pass into law before the Knesset leaves for spring recess on March 15, he would quit the government.

Health Minister Ya'acov Litzman at the Knesset plenum discussing goverment allowances for the disabled, September 18, 2017.

Middle Israel: The Sabbath Gentile’s grand return

Yes, the Shabbes goys represented the happy side of Gentile-Jewish . Even so, they were part of what the Jewish state was designed to replace.

Moshe Gafni

Shabbat in the public sphere in the State of Israel

MKs Shelly Yacimovich (Labor) and Moshe Gafni (United Torah Judaism) would agree upon many things in relation to Shabbat in the public sphere.

This minimarket in Tel Aviv could be affected if a Knesset bill aimed at shutting down small businesses on Shabbat becomes law

Ministers get NIS 5000 raise after MK pay nearly surpasses theirs

Transportation Minister asks not to be paid more.

Rachel Azaria and Oren Hazan spar at a finance committee meeting, January 15, 2018.