Elazar Stern

National Unity MK:

'Who are you to tell the IDF who should lead?'

MK Elazar Stern denounced Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich for claiming that the IDF no longer has the mandate to make any appointments of senior officers.

Yesh Atid MK:

'When Netanyahu proposes a unity government, we'll talk'

'If there is a way to save the State of Israel, I'm in favor of seriously discussing it," MK Elazar Stern says.

Yesh Atid MK: I support unity government with Netanyahu

MK Elazar Stern says option of unity government will be considered if Netanyahu suggests it - despite MK Lapid's statements to the contrary.

MKs Confirm:

Yesh Atid, Labor considering mass resignation from the Knesset

MKs mulling plan to force Israel into constitutional crisis by having all Opposition lawmakers resign from the Knesset en masse.

Suspect arrested for making death threats to Yesh Atid MK

MK Elazar Stern receives death threats from anonymous caller. Police identify and arrest suspect.

Like Bennett, Lapid is spending little time in Jerusalem

During first month as PM, Lapid has spent just a few nights at PM's official residence.

Dubai expo:

Intelligence Min. calls for regional network to identify change

Intelligence Min. Elazar Stern calls for regional horizon scanning network as Intelligence Ministry opens its exhibition at the Dubai Expo.

A stern rejoinder

MK Elazar Stern's remakrs on the Kotel partition are riddled with misstatements, platitudes, faulty reasoning and sophistries. Op-ed.

Elazar Stern: I withdraw candidacy with clean hands, full heart

Intelligence Minister explains decision to withdraw candidacy for leadership of the Jewish Agency.

Elazar Stern withdraws from Jewish Agency leadership race

Intelligence Minister drops bid to head Jewish Agency amid uproar over admission he shredded anonymous complaints in the IDF.

'We must work together to fight anti-Semitism on social media'

Intelligence Minister Elazar Stern meets TikTok executive to discuss how to fight anti-Semitic content on the platform.

Report: Yamina, Yesh Atid back Elazar Stern for Jewish Agency

Yamina reportedly agrees to back Yesh Atid MK's candidacy to replace President-elect Isaac Herzog as head of Jewish Agency.

No more demarcations between Jews & non-Jews in IDF cemeteries

Arutz Sheva speaks with MK Elazar Stern, who fought for this to happen for years.

'The person who should lead Yesh Atid is Yair Lapid'

MK Elazar Stern expresses support for the chairman of his party in wake of MK Ofer Shelah's declaration to unseat him.

'UAE agreement harms balance of power in the Middle East'

MK Elazar Stern demands discussion in Knesset committee on the agreement with the UAE.

'Settlement blocs need to be part of Israel'

MK Elazar Stern says he believes Blue & White leader MK Gantz will be Israel's next prime minister. 'PM Netanyahu has lost Knesset's trust.'

MK Stern vs IDF Chief Rabbi

Blue and White MK Elazar Stern introduces bill to remove IDF Chief Rabbi from committee that elects Israel's Chief Rabbis.

'I want the Likud in the government'

Blue and White MK Elazar Stern tries to calm down the residents of Judea and Samaria.

Government to reduce tax funds to PA over terror financing

Finance Ministry to deduct from tax funds collected on behalf of PA amount equal to salaries PA pays to murderers and terrorists.

Reactions pour in after Bennett's shock departure

'Extremists remain extremists.' Furious reactions pour in after Bennett and Shaked leave the Jewish Home party.

Regev responds to Stern: I find your words contemptible

Minister Regev responded to the strong words of MK Elazar Stern. "You've joined the ranks of men who slander women."

INTO THE FRAY The Nationality Law brouhaha

Outrage after PA snubs EU

PA leader refuses to meet with EU delegation and explain use of EU aid, amid suspicions that the funds are going to pay terrorist salaries.

'A new paradigm for peacemaking in the Middle East'

Knesset Israel Victory Caucus discusses '25 Years Since Oslo: Time for New Thinking'.

'There are criminal sanctions in this draft law as well'

Yesh Atid MK claims his party's version of the draft law was better than Defense Minister Liberman's.

Progress in law to withhold terrorist salaries

Committee approves in second and third readings law to withhold terrorist salaries from tax revenues Israel transfers to PA.

Netanyahu: There's a price for burning fields

Knesset committee approves deducting compensation for Gaza kite fires from money transferred to Palestinian Authority.

MK Stern: There's no government when it comes to funding terror

Yesh Atid MK slams Israeli government for not advancing bill to deduct terror salaries from money transferred to Palestinian Authority.

'There is no opposition to moving the embassy to Jerusalem'

MK Elazar Stern speaks to the "Salute to Jerusalem" Arutz Sheva Conference organized by Dr Joe Frager.

58% of diners who do not keep kosher prefer alternative kashrut

MK Elazar Stern welcomes Tzohar rabbis alternative kashrut system. 'Current kashrut system doesn't enhance respect for Israel's Jewishness.'

Law to pressure Palestinian Authority advances

Knesset committee approves first reading of law to deduct terrorists' salaries from money transferred to Palestinian Authority.

'Why is having men and women in the same tank a problem?'

Yesh Atid MK expresses support for mixed-gender tank units, explains the difference between himself and a Jewish Home MK.

'Netanyahu does not consult religious Zionist rabbis'

Yesh Atid MK says PM only turns to national religious rabbis when he needs support, but ignores them at all other times.

'What will we say when religious soldiers refuse orders?'

Left-wing MKs slam Ehud Barak for 'undermining foundations of democracy', call former PM's recent statements 'dangerous'.

'Without the Supreme Court there would be no state'

MK Elazar Stern praises court decision to overturn haredi IDF exemptions, says haredi leaders alienating many Israelis from Judaism.

'Hamas listens to Israelis'

Leftist MK says Shalit deal taught Israel not to free terrorists,

Knesset Ethics Committee obligates MK to apologize to 'Hotam'

MK Stern ordered to apologize to organization director Rabbi Amital Bareli for remarks during Knesset committee hearing.

'Funds to PA can legally be frozen over support for terror'

Ministry's legal experts say bill to punish PA for payments to terrorists has no legal impediment.

PA official: Israel 'stealing Palestinian money'

Head of PA Prisoners' Club blasts decision to reduce PA funding to terrorists' families.

Bill to punish PA for terrorist salaries is approved

Ministerial Committee for Legislation approves opposition's bill to deduct tax funds to PA equal to salaries paid to terrorists in prison.

'This law is critical to Israel's security'

Ministerial Committee for Legislation discusses Oslo-based law to deduct terrorists' salaries from PA budget.

MK Stern: Religious girls enlist despite those who oppose them

MK Elazar Stern (Yesh Atid) claims that most of the religious public approves of religious girls enlisting in the IDF.

MK Stern: Why we voted against Nationality Law

MK Elazar Stern says he favors a nationality law but not in its present version.

'You talk of judicial pluralism only for yourselves'

Knesset plenum approves bill granting rabbinical courts power to arbitrate civil law cases. MK Elazar Stern slams rabbinical courts.

Will UK arrest Elazar Stern?

British NGO urges police to arrest MK Elazar Stern on war crimes charges during London stay.

Rabbinate committee to recommend Kashrut improvements

Rabbinate Kashrut system must have national standard, Chief Rabbinate Director says, adding that current system is confusing and wasteful.

Yesh Atid MK: Rabbinate's kosher certification is worthless

MK Elazar Stern says Rabbinate's kashrut is worthless, system is corrupt.

MK makes 'rude and insolent' remarks about Chief Rabbi

The Shas party strongly protested the condemnation of Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef by MK Elazar Stern

Elazar Stern: Amona is not the only issue of importance

MK Elazar Stern called on religious Zionists to focus on the other challenges facing Israel besides developing Judea and Samaria.

Bereaved mother slams MK: You know nothing about democracy

Mother of Hadar Goldin, whose body has been held by Hamas since 2014, blasts Yesh Atid MK's proposal to limit prisoner swaps.

Shaked’s office fires back at MK Stern

Associates of the Minister of Justice return criticism to MK Elazar Stern for trying to make a media uproar at Shaked’s expense.

MK Stern accuses Shaked of ‘harming women’

Ministerial Committee headed by Shaked opposes Stern’s bill to increase the number of women in the chief rabbis’ electoral body.

Yesh Atid MK: 'Duma arson has spilled Jewish blood'

Stern brushes off lawyers' testimony that Jewish suspects being brutally tortured to point of suicide, says arson set off terror wave.

Left Outraged Over Motion Favoring Judea and Samaria Products

Leftist MKs react with anger over proposed motion that companies from Judea and Samaria will be prioritized in Knesset tenders.

Marzel: Elazar Stern is a 'Danger' to Israel

Returning MK with controversial past 'damaged Israel and cannot be regarded as religious,' asserts right-wing activist Baruch Marzel.

'We've Exchanged a Bull for a Donkey'

Elazar Stern is 'one of the dangerous enemies of religion,' says nationalist Baruch Marzel.

Elazar Stern Returning to Knesset

Secularist Yesh Atid's MK Rabbi Shai Piron is leaving politics, to be replaced by the controversial Stern.

Case Closed Against Ex-IDF Chief, Will He Join Politics?

Former MK Elazar Stern expresses hope that former IDf Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi's next step will be to join Yesh Atid.

Former Education Minister Piron May Quit Knesset

Reports that Yesh Atid MK Shai Piron will be resigning the Knesset are premature, a spokesperson for his office says.

Report: Former Minister Yaakov Perry to Resign from Knesset

Perry allegedly to resign over Yesh Atid's place in the Opposition, allowing Elazar Stern to step in.