Aryeh Deri
Aryeh Makhlouf Deri, also Arie Deri, Arye Deri, or Arieh Deri, is an Israeli politician and one of the founders of the Shas political party who served as the Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Health, and Minister of the Interior and Periphery under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from December 2022 to January 2023. Previously he served as the Minister of the Interior, Minister of the Development of the Negev and Galilee, Minister of the Economy, as well as a member in the Security Cabinet of Israel.
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Oct 1, 2026
Lean Right
Shas leader Deri is pressing for the passage of the ultra-Orthodox draft law and is negotiating with Netanyahu over the terms to ensure his party's continued support.
Likud values Deri as a pragmatic coalition partner who delivers for the Haredi sector, but the draft law is a political minefield that could alienate secular voters.
Oct 1, 2026
Far Right
Deri is not mentioned in these articles but as Shas leader he remains a powerful figure in religious-right politics.
Religious Zionism respects Deri's political savvy but competes with him for influence over religious-secular issues and Mizrahi voters.
Sep 23, 2026
Lean Left
Deri is brokering the Haredi draft compromise while also pushing for expanded religious council powers over municipalities.
Center-left sees him as a transactional operator who trades coalition stability for religious coercive authority.
Sep 20, 2026
Far Left
Deri, leader of Shas, is at the center of the Haredi draft negotiations, demanding full exemptions for yeshiva students.
Hadash opposes Deri's demand for exemptions, arguing that all citizens should share the burden of national service and that Arab citizens should be included in a fair draft law.
Sep 18, 2026
Far Right
The Shas chairman is not directly quoted today, but Rabbi Yosef's ma'aser ruling is a clear Shas political move that Deri likely endorses.
Deri is a master coalition tactician whom Religious Zionists often need as an ally, but his focus on Shas's sectoral interests sometimes clashes with broader Religious Zionist priorities on settlements and security.
Sep 16, 2026
Far Left
Demanding a Haredi draft exemption law as a condition for Shas staying in the coalition.
Hadash views him as trading the blood of Haredi soldiers for political power, while Israeli soldiers die in Gaza.
Sep 15, 2026
Far Left
Shas leader Deri is pushing for increased funding for religious institutions and defending the Haredi draft exemptions.
Hadash criticizes Deri for prioritizing sectarian interests over the needs of the wider public and for his role in propping up the far-right government.
Sep 12, 2026
Far Left
Deri was forced out of his ministerial posts by the High Court but remains a powerful coalition kingmaker.
Hadash points to Deri's continued influence as evidence that the coalition will gut judicial oversight to protect its religious-right power base.
Sep 10, 2026
Far Left
Deri is threatening to bring down the government if the draft law does not pass without consequence, the main leverage point in the current crisis.
Deri's Shas party represents a conservative religious agenda that Hadash opposes, but his political power highlights how the state's treatment of Haredim is intertwined with its discriminatory policies toward Palestinians.
Sep 2, 2026
Lean Left
Shas leader fighting for Haredi draft exemptions and coalition budgets, holding veto power.
Labor/Meretz condemns his sectoral politics as deepening inequality and unfair burden-sharing.