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Guy Lerer, Channel 13 to pay NIS 410,000 in damages to Elazar Stern for defamation, court rules

The court emphasized that the impact of these defamatory statements was compounded by their timing, as Stern was a candidate for a prominent public role at the time.

  MK Elazar Stern attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on June 26, 2024.
 Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid seen with MK Elazar Stern at a press conference in Tel Aviv

Yesh Atid MK defies Lapid, calls for unity government with Netanyahu

 Head of the Religious Zionist Party MK Bezalel Smotrich speaks next to Head of opposition Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting with the opposition parties at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, on June 28, 2021.

Likud-RZP agreement: IDF chief rabbi appointed by Sephardic chief rabbi – report

 Leader of the "Yesh Atid" political party Yair Lapid (R) seen with MK Elazar Stern at a press conference in Tel Aviv,  on January 18, 2015

Elections: Three-legged race for liberal religious vote could decide Israel's fate - interview


Elazar Stern: I never had a shredder to shred complaints

Elazar Stern claimed that he didn't know why he said he shredded sexual abuse complaints because he didn't even have a shredder.

 Israeli parliament member Elazar Stern attends a Finance committee meeting regarding compensation for the victims who suffered from the recent days fires, November 28, 2016

The Jewish Agency: A global Jewish enterprise or Israeli political patronage? - opinion

The time has come to ask: Is the role of the Chair of the Jewish Agency to serve as a global Jewish leader, or merely to function as political patronage to solve domestic coalition challenges?

 View of the Jewish Agency headquarters in Jerusalem,

Elazar Stern: We must create special status for visiting Jews

Intelligence Minister says entry must be made easier to reflect Israel’s status as the nation-state of the Jewish people.

 MK Elazar Stern attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, on March 1, 2017

Jewish Agency chairman selection deadline likely to be extended

Lapid's bad press for appointing family members makes Wednesday's deadline especially problematic.

The Jewish Agency headquarters in Jerusalem

The Jewish Agency needs a unifying leader at the helm - opinion

The new leader of the Jewish Agency must address critical issues of concern to all Jews, rather than focusing on divisive agendas that will only serve to alienate various groups of Jews.

The Jewish Agency headquarters in Jerusalem

Agency decides to let new candidates join race til November 17

The Jewish Agency election committee refuses Lapid request for four more months to field a new government candidate in place of Elazar Stern.

 THE JEWISH AGENCY headquarters in Jerusalem - the next home for Danny Danon?

Jewish Agency candidates frustrated as Lapid pushes to delay vote

Former agency candidate Elazar Stern quit the race after he realized he had no chance to win, due to the scandal over his boasting that he shredded anonymous complaints in the IDF. 

 Leader of the "Yesh Atid" political party Yair Lapid (R) seen with MK Elazar Stern at a press conference in Tel Aviv,  on January 18, 2015

Bennett to coalition: Don’t rock the boat before budget vote

'There is no point in rocking the boat,' the prime minister said, urging members of his government not to fight with each other until the state budget passes into law on November 4.

  Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the cabinet meeting, October 17, 2021.

Nachman Shai to be considered for Jewish Agency Chairman

Shai is among several candidates to head the Jewish Agency since Elazar Stern withdrew his candidacy last Tuesday in the wake of a scandal regarding anonymous IDF complaints.

Former Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai.

Jewish Agency finalists to be decided Monday

Lapid left Washington for Israel on Thursday evening and will work on finding a candidate over the weekend.

 TZIPI LIVNI  – her candidacy smacks of desperation that overlooks the fine crop of dynamic candidates already standing for the Jewish Agency’s top post, especially the women.

Sex, the Jewish Agency and Israel’s clueless intelligence minister - opinion

Only someone who’s been living in a cave could be that disconnected from the goings-on in the world.

 Israeli parliament member Elazar Stern attends a Finance committee meeting regarding compensation for the victims who suffered from the recent days fires, November 28, 2016