Yaakov Litzman resigns after 23 years in the Knesset
Former UTJ chairman not expected to return to Knesset after resigning in wake of indictment in Malka Leifer case.
Former UTJ chairman not expected to return to Knesset after resigning in wake of indictment in Malka Leifer case.
Former Health Minister underwent pacemaker insertion & is now recovering at home.
MK Yaakov Litzman brought to Shaare Zedek Hospital during the holiday after feeling unwell.
MK Litzman, accused of breach of trust in Malka Leifer case, tells colleagues he will resign from Knesset after current session ends.
Litzman will resign his Knesset seat, receive a conditional prison sentence, and pay a 3,000-shekel fine.
Attorney General Mandelblit reportedly leaning towards dropping case against former minister Yaakov Litzman.
Ger synagogue covers 377,000 square feet and was built to the highest standards of safety and beauty.
Top haredi lawmaker and former minister announces that this will be his last term in the Knesset, but vows to work to topple government.
UJT MK Yaakov Litzman pledges to be 'guarantor' to ensure Likud fulfils agreement with Blue and White. 'My word is my bond.'
"We do not seek to provoke for the sake of provocation," his party colleague claimed.
Housing and Construction Minister responds to haredi MK's comparison of cabinet ministers to dogs and cats.
MK Yakov Litzman slams proposed state budget, says 'first time I've seen dogs give something to cats.' MK Kushnir: 'You don't know much.'
Former Housing Minister Yaakov Litzman slams Shaked for freezing haredi construction in Kiryat Gat, Kahana for kashrut reforms.
MK Yaakov Litzman blasts government over its new budget, accuses it of hurting low-income Israelis.
MK Litzman says coalition is 'embarrassment,' 'shameful,' says he doesn't regret calling PM Bennett a 'Reform' Jew.
PM-designate responds to haredi politicians attacks, including statements calling him 'evil' and a danger to religious Jews.
Attorney General clears way for indictment of haredi lawmaker Yaakov Litzman in connection with Malka Leifer case, delicatessen case.
UTJ head ruled out coalition gov't alongside Yesh Atid & Yisrael Beytenu, claimed Netanyahu realized partnership with Smotrich was mistake.
'Partnership with Liberman and Lapid is even worse than partnership with the Arab parties,' Housing Min. Litzman says.
Ministers Deri and Litzman and Deputy Minister Maklev resign from the Knesset under the Norwegian Law.
Minister of Housing and Construction stresses Agudat Yisrael's support for Netanyahu: Our goal is to establish a right-wing coalition.
Housing Minister verbally assaulted by extremists while taking part in matzah baking in Jerusalem and rescued by security guards.
Litzman, who resigned only about two-and-a-half months ago, will return as minister after resignation of Yitzhak Cohen from Shas.
Dep. Education Minister Meir Porush says Litzman "represents only himself."
UTJ MK will be appointed Deputy Minister of Housing with the powers of a Minister.
Return of MK Yaakov Litzman to Knesset upset balance between Hassidic & Lithuanian factions of party.
Ex-Housing Minister Yaakov Litzman, who left government in protest of lockdown, asks Blue and White to help him be appointed Dep. Minister.
United Torah Judaism chief who resigned from government calls on haredim to protest upcoming holiday lockdown.
Several ministers oppose plan to implement 2-week lockdown beginning this Friday.
Construction and Housing Minister Yaakov Litzman warns that if government imposes national lockdown during holidays, his party may bolt.
Housing Minister slams Prof. Ronni Gamzu for acting against Uman pilgrimage but not against mass anti-Netanyahu demonstrations.
Details of plan for operating synagogues, 'traffic light' plan, to be ironed out at special meeting.
Housing Minister slams coronavirus czar for calling for ban on travel to Rabbi Nachman's grave in Uman this Rosh Hashannah.
UTJ chief and Blue and White minister added to government cabinet charged with determining policies to combat coronavirus pandemic.
Aryeh Deri, Yaakov Litzman, and Moshe Gafni meet to issue joint call to Netanyahu and Gantz to reach compromise on the state budget.
Minister accuses gov't of discriminating against religious Jews in its coronavirus policies. 'You're allowed to do something I'm not.'
Housing and Construction Minister demands that conditions for opening synagogues should be the same as the plan for dining rooms in hotels.
Housing Min. Yaakov Litzman presents plan to offer grants for purchasing homes in periphery, increasing mortgages for those buying homes.
Construction and Housing Minister appeals to Internal Security Minister following video of police detaining 13-year-old girl in Jerusalem.
Heated argument in government about closing synagogues to stop spread of COVID-19. 'We need a 2-week lockdown to reduce infections.'