Sephardic-Haredi movement combining religious traditionalism with social welfare politics for working-class and Mizrahi voters. It campaigns as the movement of Ovadia Yosef, sets the status of yeshiva students as its one condition for joining a government, and fights for the poor through food cards and a stronger rabbinate.
The list, who comes with them
How this list is picked. Shas holds no primary. The list is set by the party's rabbinical leadership.
Aryeh DeriParty Chairman→
Yinon AzoulayMK→
Michael MalkieliMK, former Religious Services Minister→
Yoav Ben-TzurMK, former minister→
Haim BitonMK, former minister in the Education Ministry→
Dror AmosChairman of the Haifa Religious Council→
Moshe AbutbulMK, former Beit Shemesh mayor→
Uriel BusoMK, former Health Minister→
Yossi TaiebMK→
Yoni MishrikiMK, Health Committee chair→Show 20 more namesShow fewer
Yossi IlantanovPrincipal of the Beit Yosef Talmud Torah, Holon→
Erez MalulMK, lawyer→
Simon MoshiashviliFormer MK, lawyer→Uriel CohenCandidate→
Yaakov TzadkaCandidate→
Rafael NemaniNetanya city councillor→Moshe Ben NaimCandidate→Eran RefaelCandidate→Binyamin AsherCandidate→Netanel Mor YosefCandidate→
Yehuda ButbulCandidate→
Yossi KakonMayor of Safed→Elhanan ZevulunDeputy mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo→Yitzhak ElmalehCandidate→Netanel ElfalasCandidate→Avi AmsalemDeputy mayor of Ashdod→Rafael CohenCandidate→Oren GabayNetanya city councillor→Shlomo ElhararBnei Brak city councillor→Haim SavarliHead of the Shas list in Holon→Rank on the slip decides who enters the Knesset. At 8 projected seats, roughly the top 8 names get in.
Where they stand
Judea & SamariaIt follows the Knesset and the government on Judea and Samaria rather than setting a line of its own, and opposes any division of Jerusalem.↗
Two states / withdrawalSovereignty / annexation
Gaza & SecurityIt backed the hostage agreement, holding that no commandment matters more than saving the lives of hostages.↗
Deal & disengagementFull military control
Haredi EnlistmentTorah study is service. A law settling the status of yeshiva students is its one condition for joining a government, and it left the government in 2025 when none came.↗
Universal draftPreserve exemptions
JudiciaryIt does not recognise the Supreme Court's authority over the party, and would bar the court from reviewing the appointment of ministers.↗
Court can strike lawsKnesset can override
EconomyAgainst globalisation and the privatisation of welfare: the minimum wage raised by a quarter, manpower agencies abolished, and old-age pensions at a third of the average wage.↗
Social spendingFree market
EducationIt fights to keep its own network independent, refusing outside control of what it teaches and what it is paid, and Deri calls the struggle a holy war.↗
State runs the schoolsParents and communities
Religion & StateThe religious status quo and a stronger rabbinate, with kashrut returned to the Chief Rabbinate, while the state also supplies other faiths their religious needs.↗
Civil / pluralistReligious authority
Nation & CitizenshipA Jewish state and the ingathering of the exiles, and it asked in coalition talks for the grandchild clause of the Law of Return to be abolished.↗
Equal citizenshipJewish national state