Today’s election update: After last night’s press conference at which Shas leader Arye Deri was supported by founder R. Ovadia’s daughter, Adina bar-Shalom, today several recordings surfaced of Mrs bar-Shalom criticising Deri’s leadership of Shas. Eli Yishai, the former Shas leader who left the party yesterday, held a press conference tonight to discuss his own […]
Category: Election 2015
Election roundup Sunday 14 December
Political catch-up after a busy day (long post but short paragraphs): Eli Yishai has left Shas to form a new political party, provisionally called “Maran” (offensive much?). He might be joined by Uri Ariel of Tekuma, leaving the Bayit Yehudi. If they join up, the new CharDal (charedi-nationalist) party, probably Israel’s most right-wing party, will […]