Shas's

Whatever Shas's rhetoric might be, the party does not control a separate territory inside of Israel, it does not have a separate band of militia with weapons and it does not lob rockets into its neighbors.

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During a news conference with foreign journalists Wednesday in Jerusalem, Mr. Olmert gave a brief reply when asked about Shas's place in his government and tension in the peace process.

Small, Vocal Party in Israel 2008

Mr Strasler did not mention the recent declaration – equally remarkable in the eyes of many secular Israelis – by one of Shas's most prominent Knesset members, Shlomo Benizri, that recent mild earthquakes in the Middle East were caused by Israel's permissiveness towards gays.

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But following Shas's push on settlements earlier this month, Ms. Rice issued a clear rebuke during testimony before a congressional panel.

Small, Vocal Party in Israel 2008

Yoram Peri, a professor at Tel Aviv University and the head of the Chaim Herzog Institute for Media, Politics and Society, said Mr. Olmert's actions since then have made it clear that he is willing to accede to Shas's leaders in order to hold onto power, even as the religious party exercises oversized influence in his government.

Small, Vocal Party in Israel 2008

They said Shas, an ultra-religious Jewish party, had drafted a coalition deal with Olmert's centrist Kadima which awaited the approval of Shas's ruling rabbis.

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Shas's shadowy grassroots system is a rebuke to David Levy's machine politics, which delivered insufficient benefits to the Sephardim in Beit She'an.

Israel Now 2000

Some of Shas's officials had been indicted; and though they looked and operated like Iranian bazaaris, they had established education and social-welfare networks as impressive as those run by Hamas in Gaza and by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.

Israel Now 2000

Shas's shadowy grassroots system is a rebuke to David Levy's machine politics, which delivered insufficient benefits to the Sephardim in Beit She'an.

Israel Now 2000

Some of Shas's officials had been indicted; and though they looked and operated like Iranian bazaaris, they had established education and social-welfare networks as impressive as those run by Hamas in Gaza and by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.

Israel Now 2000