Haredi party threatens to vote against state budget unless $360m in yeshivah funds approved ‘immediately’ The budget for 2025 must be approved by Knesset lawmakers by the end of this month, or early elections will automatically be triggered. March 3, 2025
Deri predicts new elections if Haredi draft law not passed by March Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich vows his party will not compromise on the enlistment issue. JNS Staff Jan. 29, 2025
Israeli minister asks PM to back plan for a million Jews in Samaria Construction and Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf visited the biblical heartland over the weekend. Jan. 13, 2025
Gaza resettlement the answer to Oct. 7 massacre, ICC case, Israeli minister says Construction and Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf toured the Gaza border on Thursday. Nov. 28, 2024
AG’s call to cut day care funds for kids of IDF shirkers angers haredim United Torah Judaism said it would call for an urgent discussion in the Cabinet and the Knesset on the issue. David Isaac Aug. 11, 2024
A fraught 48 hours portend major crisis for Netanyahu’s coalition "We are the closest point to a real crisis in the government because of the [haredi] conscription bill,” says political analyst. Amichai Stein June 20, 2024
Ultra-Orthodox parties come out in favor of hostage deal The Israeli proposal "includes far-reaching measures for the return of the abducted and the observance of the mitzvot of redeeming captives," says Shas Party. Troy O. Fritzhand June 5, 2024
Haredi coalition partner: Close Temple Mount to Jews Citing Jewish law, United Torah Judaism Knesset member Moshe Gafni called to bar the site to Jews after some 3,000 visited it in the opening days of the Sukkot holiday. Oct. 5, 2023
Netanyahu nixes proposed Basic Law on Torah study In a statement, the United Torah Judaism Party said the tabling of the bill at this time was "accidental." July 26, 2023
