You were loved and appreciated by your brother Yishai and your sister Pazit and their families.

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At a mass rally in Jerusalem on September 27th, Mr Yishai was formally installed as Shas's new leader.

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Yishai said Israel is treating the detained migrants "with honor" but must return them to their country of origin.

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Lieberman and Yishai are under no obligation to leave the government.

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The latest effort to tip things the religious way comes from Eli Yishai, leader of the largest Orthodox party, Shas, who is minister of the interior.

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Yishai's spokesman told CNN the travel ban against Grass was issued on the basis of an Israeli law that enables the government to deny former Nazis from entering the country.

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Both Shas leader Eli Yishai and Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman dismissed Annapolis as a pathetic joke and claimed that there is no reason for them to resign from the Olmert government.

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Mr Netanyahu is aware that if the talks stall and American pressure on him mounts, he may have to ditch Messrs Yishai and Lieberman and bring Ms Livni into a ruling coalition instead.

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And Yishai must know this.

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