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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Aug 5, 2026
Far Left
The Shas leader pressures Netanyahu to legislate a Haredi draft exemption that shields his constituency's yeshiva students.
Hadash criticizes Deri's communal privilege politics because they refuse equal national service obligations while Arab youth face exclusion and surveillance.
Aug 5, 2026
Far Right
Shas leader Aryeh Deri is a senior coalition partner benefiting from the NIS 250 million haredi education budget transfer.
Religious Zionism accepts Deri as a necessary ally for Jewish education funding but is wary of Shas receiving disproportionate coalition rewards.
Aug 5, 2026
Far Left
The Shas leader is trading support for the conscription bill in return for coalition favors and Haredi welfare money.
Deri's religious-sectarian agenda is a prime example of the opportunistic alliance that pushes social burdens onto working classes, which Hadash opposes.
Aug 3, 2026
Far Right
The Shas leader is central to coalition negotiations after Netanyahu said the Arrest Law will not be reinstated.
Religious Zionism sees Deri's party as the main obstacle to real Haredi enlistment and worries his influence inside the coalition will still protect broad draft exemptions.
Aug 2, 2026
Lean Left
Deri is leading the Haredi coalition's demand for a bill that institutionalizes permanent exemption of yeshiva students from military service.
He symbolizes the sectoral politics that Labor and Meretz blame for eroding the IDF's manpower and for deepening the rift between the religious and secular public.
Jul 26, 2026
Lean Left
Deri negotiates the Haredi draft bill behind the scenes, seeking to exempt yeshiva students from military service.
Labor/Meretz derides this as corrupt backroom politics that places religious privilege above national security and equality.
Jul 17, 2026
Center
Launched a vitriolic attack on IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, accusing him of 'helping the left' after Halevi warned against the draft exemption law.
Yesh Atid condemns Deri's bullying of the military and his prioritizing of Haredi sectarian interests over national security.
Jul 16, 2026
Far Right
Shas leader Aryeh Deri is involved in the kashrut law reversal, as his party championed the legislation to re-empower the Chief Rabbinate.
Religious Zionists see Deri as a necessary ally to defend religious institutions from liberal reforms, though tensions remain over his party's influence on religious law.
Jul 11, 2026
Far Left
Deri returns to the cabinet after being barred by the High Court.
Hadash criticizes Deri's corrupt record and the coalition's trampling of rule of law.