יום רביעי, ט״ז תמוז תשפ״וWednesday, July 1, 2026
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Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu has until Sunday to finalize coalition agreements, or ask for an extension from President Herzog.
Yamina made inroads deep into the heart of Aguda/Shas territory.
Litzman: We have no interest in going to elections, but we can’t compromise on such a substantial and fundamental issue.
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Netanyahu told the three Haredi coalition leaders at the meeting, who insist they oppose the draft law in its present form: "I do not want new elections, but I'm not afraid of elections, and if there are elections, I'll do fine."
Four leading candidates for Jerusalem mayor rejected a demand Monday by Health Minister Yaakov Litzman to close the city’s Shuk Mahane Yehuda open air market at night.
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Venice Chief Rabbi Rabbi Bahbout disregarded the status quo and declared that he would convert people from all over Italy in his court, including those who had been rejected in the courts in Milan and Rome.
"It would have been great if this issue had been resolved amicably between the sides rather than by the court."
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The Joint Arab List would retain its power with 13 seats, followed by Habayit Hayehudi which would rise from 8 to 12 seats.
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'Most of the Jews in the United States, even those who come to Temple once in fifty years, or those that don’t come at all, are not Reform, and the Reform movement does not represent them.'
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The deadline for government's response to the high court's order is next Sunday.
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Classes will open in B'nei B'rak and Jerusalem on June 1 for Haredim who would later be integrated into the national cyber attack response center.
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MK Issawi Freij (Meretz) announced that separating the Shabbat calls from the Muezzin bill exposes it for what it is: yet another example of Israeli racism.
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Transport Ministry officials threatened that "if it turns out Gafni is operating out of political considerations we will view it seriously and act accordingly."
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The rightwing parties could possibly combine their numbers to boycott either Kahlon or Lapid, or both, from the future coalition government.
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It should be noted that those Haredi schools that rejected the government-imposed of a Core Curriculum did so not necessarily because they object to teaching their students many of the subjects on the list.
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"Reform Jews in the US don’t have a single mikvah. All of a sudden they need a mikvah over here?"
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Finance Committee Chairman Gafni (UTJ) said "with all due respect to the Finance Ministry and talks of reform, in practice the prices have not gone down."
"I, Yaakov Litzman, pledge…to be faithful to the government of Israel and to its laws."
Torah sages surrendered to the High Court's ruling that a "Deputy Minister" cannot act as Minister.
With nearly a dozen viable parties, the president choosing the one who pulls together the pieces, Israeli elections are complicated.
The Yesh Atid party, chaired by Yair Lapid, continues to lose popularity in the latest poll, with Meretz picking up the pieces and Likud, Jewish Home and Labor holding on to their strength. If elections were held today, Lapid’s party would win only 12 seats, compared with 19 Knesset Members that it won in the […]
Remember Hamas missiles on Israeli cities? Remember last year’s bloated deficit? Haredi MKs don’t. Everything was great, they say, until Lapid’s universal draft, which turned Syria against Israel.
Why throw years of friendly cooperation into the trashcan?
Haredi leaders could not care less if Israel retains Judea and Samaria - as long as their Mosdos (religious institutions) get funded.
June 26, 2026 
