Life in Israel

Jun 14, 2026

why arrest them?

On Friday afternoon a news blurb went out about a Chassidishe avreich coming in via the airport with his young daughter having been arrested/detained and handed over to the Military Police for being a deserter. The Eida Hachareidis put out an announcement with a threat that if he is not released immediately the airport would be completely shut down in the coming days.

Shortly after that notice, another notice hit the news that the avreich was released.

This was after another arrest attempt Friday morning that was thwarted by the Peleg system for dealing with these arrests by sending mobs out.

I don't get it. If they are just going to let these guys go anyway once the Peleg or Eida make their threats or send out their crowds, why are they arresting these people at all? They look extremely weak in light of how frequently they are backing down to threats. if they are just going to release them anyway, don't even bother arresting them.

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Quote of the Day

We have to put out a clear statement and tell everyone - we have to dismantle this concept called the "Gush Emuni" (the faith bloc). I, as a Likudnik, do not want my vote going to Shas and I do not want to bring Goldknopf into the Knesset and government. Ergo, I am calling upon the Prime Minister to dismantle this bloc now, not to succumb to their threats. We need to be the ones who dismantle it.

-- MK Dan ilouz (Likud)

not sure how he expects the Likud to be able to form a coalition if he thinks the Likud should work against some of its national partners. Whatever you might think about those partners, the Likud needs them at this point... Netanyahu created this fiction of blocs back when we were in a series of re-elections and it has worked well for him, and he should be the one to dismantle it rather than be dragged around by others, but right now he cannot as he has no other options... maybe that is something he should deal with, but util he does, his bloc is his only option...

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Halacha Headlines: 6/13/26 – Shiur 563 –“Dati Leumi” and Charedi: Are the Differences Halachic or Hashkafic? (audio)

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Jun 11, 2026

doing away with primaries

Amit Segal of Channel 12 is reporting that PM Netanyahu, in his role as head the Likud party, is working to cancel the upcoming Likud primaries and have the candidates for Knesset in the upcoming elections selected by a committee.

The issue has been ongoing for a little while, with Netanyahu both demanding a large number of designated slots into which he can personally choose someone for that slot, and also Netanyahu seemingly thinking that certain MKs who would benefit from the primaries and get into realistic slots might harm the Likud list in the upcoming national elections and cost the Likud some seats. That concern is based on advanced polling Netanyahu relies on.

In the end I think this is just posturing and Netanyahu won't go ahead with this. He will use this for some sort of compromise, perhaps to get more "shiryunim", reserved slots, than what others are willing to give but fewer than what he is demanding, or maybe something else. I just cannot see him canceling the primaries.

The Likud, and Netanyahu, has always been very proud of the primaries and uses them to attack many of the other parties. the Likud is one of just a few parties that hold real primaries to choose its candidates, and they regularly claim they are the only democratic party that holds primaruies while other parties have their candidates selected by the chairman or a committee. I have a hard time believing they are really going to give that up and make the Likud just like most of the other parties in that regard. I can see the attacks on the Likud for this if it happens, King Bibi canceling primaries and selecting the candidates that work for him. I don't think he will give anyone that opportunity.

And perhaps a bigger reason is that if there are no primaries, why should anyone be a member of the Likud? If they were to cancel the primaries I would assume there would be mass cancelations of membership, which would be a big financial hit to the Likud.

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