US partially lifts arms embargo on Israel Strategic military equipment worth millions cleared for shipment. Yehuda Shlezinger Jan. 19, 2025
Smotrich defies AG, vows to maintain haredi daycare subsidies Israel's finance minister accuses government lawyers of bias against the ultra-Orthodox community and overstepping their authority. Yehuda Shlezinger Aug. 19, 2024
The Gaza tunnel where hostage bodies were found A visit to the 10-meter-deep pit opening to where the corpses were recovered by the Paratroopers Brigade. Yehuda Shlezinger May 26, 2024
Defense minister delays drafting haredi yeshivah students Gallant is said to have delayed the move in an effort to leverage negotiations to boost enlistment of ultra-Orthodox men through cooperation. Yehuda Shlezinger May 23, 2024
Will haredi draft bill extend exemption period by 15 years? Currently, an ultra-Orthodox man begins studying in yeshivah at 18 and can drag it out until 26 before legally working, so he has no incentive to serve. Yehuda Shlezinger March 20, 2024
Israeli politics has not seen the last of Bennett Yamina is a battered party, but it has a chance of succeeding. Yehuda Shlezinger June 30, 2022
Israeli politics needs more workhorses and fewer generals A military career, no matter how successful, is no guarantee that a former commander will succeed in politics, which is a completely different profession. Yehuda Shlezinger June 13, 2022
In Israel, political monotony is out and chaos is in No one knows what tomorrow will bring to Israeli politics, but there is one thing for certain: it won’t be boring. Yehuda Shlezinger June 6, 2022
The straw that broke the back of Bennett’s chief of staff Relying on the Joint List is a red line that the prime minister’s closest associate cannot cross. Yehuda Shlezinger May 24, 2022
