Yinon Azulai | |
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| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 2018– | Shas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 July 1979 Israel |
Yinon Azulai (Hebrew: יִנּוּן אָזוּלַאי, born 10 July 1979)[1] is an Israeli politician. He is currently a member of the Knesset for Shas.
Political career
[edit]Azulai was sixteenth on the Shas list for the 2015 Knesset elections,[2] but failed to become a Knesset member when Shas won seven seats.
In March 2018, he entered the Knesset as a replacement for his father, Minister of Religious Services David Azulai,[3] who had resigned from the Knesset under the Norwegian Law.[4]
After a minor earthquake occurred in the Haifa June 2018, Azulai claimed that the earthquake came as a result of Reform and Conservative Jews efforts to build a pluralistic prayer area at the Western Wall, including a new area for women. Azulai further stated that Jews who supported such efforts were not actual Jews.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Members of the 25th Knesset". Knesset. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ Shas list Central Elections Committee
- ^ Replacements Among Knesset Members Knesset
- ^ Shas minister resigns from Knesset, will be replaced by son The Times of Israel, 12 March 2018
- ^ "Ultra-Orthodox MK suggests earthquake was due to Western Wall mixed prayer area". The Times of Israel. 5 July 2018.
External links
[edit]- Yinon Azulai on the Knesset website