Yoav Ben-tzur

Shas leader Aryeh Deri convenes the Council of Torah Sages to finalize the Knesset election list amid lawmaker anxiety. Minister Yoav Ben-Tzur insists a military draft law must pass before any future government is formed.

In an interview with "120 and One," ynet's political podcast, the former minister doubts the possibility of a coalition with the other camp: "Our public is right-wing, Eisenkot is left-wing. We will remain in the faith-based bloc." On the term that ended: "They launched a smear campaign against us, we had to radicalize." On the anger towards the Haredi public: "A campaign to topple the...