Yinon Azulai
Faction represented in the Knesset
2018–Shas
Personal details
Born (1979-07-10) 10 July 1979
Israel

Yinon Azulai (Hebrew: יִנּוּן אָזוּלַאי, born 10 July 1979) is an Israeli politician. He is currently a member of the Knesset for Shas.

Political career

Azulai was sixteenth on the Shas list for the 2015 Knesset elections,[1] 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,[2] who had resigned from the Knesset under the Norwegian Law.[3]

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.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Shas list Central Elections Committee
  2. ↑ Replacements Among Knesset Members Knesset
  3. ↑ Shas minister resigns from Knesset, will be replaced by son The Times of Israel, 12 March 2018
  4. ↑ "Ultra-Orthodox MK suggests earthquake was due to Western Wall mixed prayer area". The Times of Israel. 5 July 2018.
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