Degel HaTorah
Degel HaTorah דגל התורה | |
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Leader | Moshe Gafni |
Founded | 1988 |
Split from | Agudat Yisrael |
Newspaper | Yated Ne'eman |
Ideology | |
Political position | Right-wing |
Religion | Haredi Judaism (Misnagdim) |
Alliance | United Torah Judaism |
Knesset | 3 / 120
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Election symbol | |
עץ | |
Website | |
http://m.degel.org.il/ | |
Degel HaTorah (Hebrew: דגל התורה, lit. 'Banner of the Torah') is an Ashkenazi Haredi political party in Israel. For much of its existence, it has been allied with Agudat Yisrael, under the name United Torah Judaism.
History
Degel HaTorah was founded in 1988, as a splinter from Agudat Israel.[3] Its establishment by Rabbi Elazar Shach was due to ongoing policy disputes with the Hasidic rabbis within Agudat Yisrael. In the 1988 elections, the party won two seats, taken by Avraham Ravitz and Moshe Gafni, and joined Yitzhak Shamir's coalition government. For the 1992 elections, the party allied itself with Agudat Yisrael, under the name United Torah Judaism.
Although the party split shortly before the
Currently (2022), the party has three
.Ideology
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Conservatism in Israel |
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Degel HaTorah represents the "
In Jerusalem, it was based on a long-standing argument against a 1989 agreement between Degel HaTorah's then-spiritual leader Rabbi
Degel HaTorah's
Election results
Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government |
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1988 | Avraham Ravitz | 34,279 | 1.50 (#13) | 2 / 120
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New | Coalition |
1992 | Part of United Torah Judasim | 1 / 120
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1 | Opposition | ||
1996 | 2 / 120
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1 | Coalition | |||
1999 | 2 / 120
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Coalition | ||||
2003 | 2 / 120
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Opposition | ||||
2006 | Moshe Gafni | 2 / 120
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Opposition | |||
2009 | 2 / 120
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Coalition | ||||
2013 | 3 / 120
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1 | Opposition | |||
2015 | 3 / 120
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Coalition | ||||
Apr 2019 | 4 / 120
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1 | Caretaker | |||
Sep 2019 | 3 / 120
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1 | Caretaker | |||
2020 | 4 / 120
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1 | Coalition | |||
2021 | 4 / 120
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Opposition | ||||
2022 | 3 / 120
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1 | Coalition |
See also
- Hasidim and Mitnagdim
- Agudat Yisrael
References
- ^ "Guide to Israel's political parties". BBC News. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ^ Ishaan Tharoor (14 March 2015). "A guide to the political parties battling for Israel's future". The Washington Post. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ^ Matthew Wagner (14 December 2005). "Degel Hatorah kicks off election campaign". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ^ Ettinger, Yair (18 July 2012). "Rabbi Elyashiv, Venerated Leader in Ultra-Orthodox Community, Dies". Haaretz. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ^ "Influential rabbi claims ultra-Orthodox more prone to God's COVID-19 wrath". The Times of Israel.