The political correspondent for Israel's most popular news website told his readers Friday that the Sephardic hareidi-religious party Shas seems to be taking over the country. The correspondent, whose name is Attila Somfalvi, was referring especially to the law for internet filtering which was proposed by MK Amnon Cohen.
Additional recent political moves ascribed to Shas include NIS 450 million transferred to yeshivas, a discussion of a law limiting abortion after the 22nd week of pregnancy, and an attempt to widen the authority of the rabbinical courts.