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Doctors: 'We're Fighting for Rav Ovadia's Life'

Doctors treating Rabbi Ovadia Yosef have placed him in an induced sleep as they work to stabilize his failing condition.

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Undergoes Dialysis Treatment

The spiritual leader of Shas, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, is conscious, and his condition is stable.

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef to Spend Holiday in Hospital

Despite an improvement in his condition, doctors decide that Rabbi Ovadia Yosef will remain at the hospital for Rosh Hashanah.

Rabbis: 'Tear the Heavens' With Pleas for Rabbi Ovadia Yosef

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef remains in stable condition in the emergency unit of Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem.

Shas Backpedals on Religious Zionists as ‘Amalek’

Shas party Spiritual Leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef tries to minimize damage from a charge labeling religious Zionist rabbis as ‘Amalek.’

Rabbi Druckman: Why Such Hatred?

Venerated religious Zionist rabbi reacts to Shas sage's vicious attack on non-hareidi Jews. "This is a desecration of G-d's Name."

Senior Shas Rabbi Attacks Religious Zionists as ‘Amalek’

Jewish Home chairman Naftali Bennett slammed Shas leaders Sunday after a sermon in which a senior rabbi called religious Zionists 'Amalek.'

Coalition Rejects Bill to Balance Terrorist 'Gesture' Releases

The coalition, including Bayit Yehudi MKs, rejected a law that to free Jewish security prisoners when the government frees terrorists

Shas ‘Disgusted’ by Attack on Hareidi Soldier

Hareidi-religious Shas party expresses shock, disgust over ‘wicked’ attack on soldier.

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Released from Hospital

Shas spiritual leader is out of hospital following surgery.

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Diagnosed with Broken Back

Doctors reveal that the cause of rabbi’s pain is a broken vertebra. The answer may be surgery.

Shas: ‘Emotionally’ Right-Wing, ‘Realistically’ Left

Shas MK explains why his party has joined a far-left event. ‘Reality is stronger than ideology.’

Anger as Shas Head Compares Rabbi to 'Idol in Temple'

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef says choosing Rabbi Stav as Chief Rabbi would be ‘like putting an idol in the sanctuary.’

Shas Unexpectedly Shelves 'Amar Law'

Just as the Knesset was preparing to vote on the Shas-promoted Amar Law, MK Aryeh Deri announced he was shelving it.

Shas: Rabbi Ovadia Opposes Rabbi Stav

Shas faction chairman MK Atias says the spiritual leader does not want Rabbi Stav chosen as Chief Rabbi.

Rabbi Ovadia Collapses, is Hospitalized

Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef collapsed at his Jerusalem home Sunday evening.

Shas MK: We Need the Arab League Peace Plan

Veteran Shas MK Yitzchak Cohen said that he supported the latest plan Arab League plan to solve the Israel-Arab conflict

Piron on Deri: A Simple Conversation Turned into a Storm

Education Minister stresses that the cut in funding of Shas's schools will happen when his public hareidi schools are established.

Budget of Shas Schools Will Not be Cut

Deri, Piron and Lapid agree to postpone the planned cuts in Shas's network of schools.

Initiative: Yishai for Mayor of Jerusalem

Former Shas head’s supporters want to make him mayor of Israel’s capital.

Rabbi Yosef: We 'Returned the Deposit' to Deri

The spiritual leader of the Shas party, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, explains that he had promised MK Aryeh Deri that he would return to lead Shas.

It's Official: Deri Named Shas Leader

MK Aryeh Deri officially named as the leader of the Shas party, replacing Eli Yishai who chaired the party over the last 13 years.

Shake-Up in Shas: Rabbi to Decide Between Yishai, Deri

The Shas party ends its equal three-way leadership arrangement, Aryeh Deri expected to be new head.

Shas Says 'No Opposition' to Retaliation Against Rocket Fire

‘There is no coalition and opposition when it comes to protecting Israeli citizens,’ Shas leader declares.

Report: Netanyahu Party Members Threaten New Elections

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s political allies are threatening to move for new elections rather than tolerate Lapid 'extortion'.

Report: Netanyahu Meets Shas's Yishai

Frustrated over stalled coalition talks with Yesh Atid , Netanyahu reportedly met with Shas leader MK Eli Yishai.

Yishai: An Entire Sector Was Boycotted

The 2013 elections will be remembered as the ones in which an entire sector of society was boycotted, says MK Eli Yishai.

Shas Should Be Ashamed

Bayit Yehudi: We’ll Keep Cooperating with Hareidi Parties

Bayit Yehudi rejects accusations made by Shas MK, says, ‘We tried to work together.’

Shas MK Slams Bennett: Who’s the Burden on Society?

Shas MK slams Jewish Home party, suggests that ‘settlers’ are a burden on society.

Shas: It's Over, We're Headed for Opposition

Sephardic hareidi party vows to fight from the Opposition, keep funds from going to "hilltop youth."

PM: ‘Deadly Weapons Piling Up Around Us’

PM Netanyahu warns that even as he tries to unite parties in a coalition, Israel’s enemies unite to bring about Jewish state's destruction.

Netanyahu to Try Again to Build Coalition w/ Shas, Bayit Yehudi

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has two weeks left to build a coalition and a roadblock between the blocs he needs for an agreement.

Yishai: Bennett Abandoned Settlement with Lapid Pact

MK Eli Yishai accuses MK Naftali Bennett of abandoning the Jewish settlement enterprise by forming an alliance with Yesh Atid.

Yesh Atid Bows Out of Far-Left Event: ‘Bad Timing’

Yesh Atid cancels participation in Geneva Initiative event due to timing; hareidi members of Shas, Likud take part.

Shas Parties in Jerusalem for Shushan Purim

The heads of the Shas faction partied in Jerusalem on Monday in honor of Shushan Purim.

The Lapid-Bennett Alliance

Report: Shas Leaders Offered Ministerial Positions

Shas is close to entering Netanyahu’s coalition and its three leaders have been offered ministerial portfolios, reports say.

Will Shas be the Next to Join?

Livni tells Shas she expects to see them join the coalition as Netanyahu calls for ‘broad-based unity.’

Shas to Lapid: It’s Not All About the Cameras

Shas head Aryeh Deri tells Yair Lapid to stop thinking about the cameras, start thinking about the country.

Yishai: Netanyahu Prefers Lapid over Us

Shas minister says Yesh Atid party head will say 'no' to any compromise over hareidi enlistment.

Rabbi Yosef Slams 'Yeshiva Hater' Lapid

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef slams Yesh Atid chairman, says he is "contemptible" and "hates yeshivas".

‘Forced Hareidi Enlistment Means Rebellion, Chaos’

Forcing hareidi men to enlist in the IDF would mean rebellion and chaos on the streets of Israel, Shas leader says.

Shas Apologizes for Attack on Bennett

Shas co-chairman Eli Yishai called MK Uri Ariel and apologized for an article that appears in Shas's publication.

Study: Hareidi Parties Do Not 'Extort' Governments

A study said that accusations against hareidi parties that they “blackmailed” the government for funds and positions was not true

Shas Newspaper: Bennett Cannot Appreciate Torah Study

A new anti-Naftali Bennett screed appeared in the weekly Shas-affiliated Yom Leyom newspaper.

Yishai to Zionist Rabbis: Save the Torah World

Eli Yishai of Shas defends his record on the land of Israel, seeks help from Bayit Yehudi.

Jewish Home MK: We Can Find a Way to Build Bridges With Shas

MKs from the Jewish Home were seeking ways to build bridges with members of Shas movement, MK Yoni Chetboun says.

Jewish Home MK: I Spent More Years Learning Torah Than Shas MK's

Jewish Home MKs begin speaking, criticizing Shas for its long-time dismissal of Religious Zionism as being "less religious".

Yishai Appeals to Jewish Home for Help on Hareidi Draft

Shas chairman MK Eli Yishai is convinced that Shas is going to find itself in the opposition

Bayit Yehudi in Fierce Attack on Shas

"Suddenly they remember that we are 'religious like them' but in the elections they called us 'goyim.'"

Likud: Lapid is 'Condescending'

Sources in Likud did not like Lapid's assertion that he could be Prime Minister soon.

Shas MK: Who's Prime Minister Around Here, Anyway?

Ariel Attias said that Yair Lapid was throwing his weight around in coalition pre-negotiations as if he had won the elections

Gerrer Rebbe, Rabbi Ovadia in Emergency Confab

Shas and UTJ coordinating their moves over attempt to increase hareidi enlistment to IDF.

Hareidi Parties Preparing for Opposition

"We will sit with Shelly Yechimovich in the opposition," says Shas's Aryeh Deri.

Deri: 'They' Don't Want Hareidim in the Govt.

Shas MK Aryeh Deri said that he was “worried” about the potential "hatred in the nation” emerging from the coalition negotiation process.

Hareidi Parties May Form 'Blocking Bloc' to Lapid

Shas and United Torah Judaism may work together to prevent Lapid from drafting yeshiva students.

Netanyahu's Gov't Coalition Could Take A ‘Step to the Right’

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu could form a coalition that is more right-wing than centrist, if he so chooses - but it requires work.

PM Reaches Out to Shas, Yesh Atid - But Not Yet Jewish Home

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will meet Thursday with Shas chairman Eli Yishai, as he seeks to build a coalition.

Shas and UTJ Insiders: Not Afraid to Join the Opposition

"We are not shying away from entering the opposition...if Netanyahu makes his position more extreme...we won't be there," says Shas.