Haredi party's Council of Torah Sages says decision a temporary one until Knesset approves legislation permitting Deri to return to role, despite criminal conviction

Responding to petition filed after pregnant woman's cookies taken by hospital guard, ministry tells High Court new law only allows hospital staff to inform guests of rules at gates

Organization promoting religious freedom says legislation allowing hospitals to prevent entry of leavened goods during Passover shouldn't supersede laws protecting patients' rights

Both suffer head injuries and are declared dead at scene; labor minister vows to up supervision in effort to stamp out worksite deaths

Yoav Ben-Tzur, a temporary appointment after Shas head Aryeh Deri was fired on High Court orders, hasn’t even been briefed by ministry officials

Shas's Michael Malkieli named acting interior minister, Yoav Ben-Tzur appointed acting health minister; they can serve for three months before positions must be permanently filled

UTJ lawmaker Yisrael Eichler, who has had first of two-shot inoculation, said to be feeling well; diagnosis comes day after Shas party's MK Yoav Ben-Tzur tested positive for virus

Edelstein vows to do what he can to crack down on ultra--Orthodox schools continuing to open illegally; Bnei Brak deputy mayor says city will not comply with rules

Plan to build homeless shelter on burial site draws condemnation from Arab, Haredi MKs; raises claims of excessive police force; and is riling up firebrands as violence spirals