Advocacy group, Labor chief, MK call to revoke prominent Haredi activist's Israel Prize; Tzohar rabbi Cherlow calls for thorough probe, but warns against passing immediate judgment

Haaretz report cites six allegations against Yehuda Meshi-Zahav over nearly 40-year period, some of them by minors

Yehuda Meshi-Zahav 'a role model for the spirit of volunteering,' says selection committee; former Foreign Ministry director-general Joseph Ciechanover also wins

Yehuda Meshi-Zahav also lost a brother last month; amid lockdown violations in ultra-Orthodox communities, he says rabbis have 'blood on their hands' for disdaining COVID rules

Yehuda Meshi-Zahav pleaded with his family not to hold a party, but with Haredi leaders not taking the virus seriously, the ZAKA rescue group leader says he didn't stand a chance

Yehuda Meshi-Zahav says many ultra-Orthodox are fighting virus, but a worrying number refuse and won't reconsider even as death toll rises and hatred of community spreads

With high infection rates among Haredim, Yehuda Meshi-Zahav says community feels let down by its leaders; Rivlin slams 'false accusations' any group is more culpable than others

Body confirmed to be of Avraham Matsliah, 6 months after he and fellow Israeli Shimon Reem were killed when plane went down shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa to Nairobi

Police and others conducted major search operation after ultra-Orthodox father from Jerusalem went missing during late-night dip

Netanyahu thanks his Ethiopian counterpart for efforts to help rescuers, says body of Shimon Reem to be returned to Israel, search to continue to find Avraham Matsliah