Yinon Azulai (; born 10 July 1979) is an Israeli politician. He is currently a member of the

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for

Shas Shas () is a Haredi Judaism, Haredi religious List of political parties in Israel, political party in Israel. Founded in 1984 by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, a former Israeli Sephardic Jews, Sephardi chief rabbi, who remained its spiritual leader until ...

Political career

Azulai was sixteenth on the

list for the 2015 Knesset elections, 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,Replacements Among Knesset Members
Knesset who had resigned from the Knesset under the Norwegian Law. After a minor earthquake occurred in the

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June 2018, Azulai claimed that the earthquake came as a result of

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and

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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.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Azulai, Yinon 1979 births Living people Israeli Orthodox Jews Israeli people of Moroccan-Jewish descent Jewish Israeli politicians Members of the 20th Knesset (2015–2019) Members of the 21st Knesset (2019) Members of the 22nd Knesset (2019–2020) Members of the 23rd Knesset (2020–2021) Members of the 24th Knesset (2021–2022) Members of the 25th Knesset (2022–) People from Acre, Israel People from Ashdod Shas politicians