Rabbi Moshe Arbel is an Israeli lawmaker and member of the Sephardi ultra-Orthodox Shas Party. He currently serves as the country's interior minister.
Arbel was given his ministerial post after his party's leader, Arye Deri, was forced to vacate his roles as interior minister and health minister due to a High Court ruling. Arbel served in both roles for a time before giving up his role as health minister amid the Israel-Hamas war.
"We have set a goal of improving service to Israeli citizens."
A haredi rabbi, Harvard graduate, law doctoral student, and IDF reservist: Interior Minister Moshe Arbel presents a complex picture.
Attorney General: Government has yet to put forward a new plan.
Interior Minister Moshe Arbel presented a bill that would allow for Israelis to get IDs online without appearing in person at government agencies.
Following his wife's death Hamid was left to care alone for his nine children, all citizens of Israel and minors, some of whom have medical issues.
A French lone soldier who was killed in battle on October 7 was posthumously awarded Israeli citizenship by Interior Minister Moshe Arbel.
Interior Minister Moshe Arbel insisted that it would be possible and reasonable to hold the elections at the end of January and refused to delay them again.
The elections were supposed to have taken place on October 31 but were pushed off following the outbreak of the Swords of Iron War on October 7.
Interior Minister Moshe Arbel said it was "the least that can be done," and that "gratitude is the highest Jewish value."