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United Torah Judaism
יהדות התורה · Led by Yitzhak Goldknopf · 7 projected seats
Aiming for
Housing & Knesset committeesIn one paragraph
Ashkenazi-Haredi alliance of Hasidic and Lithuanian factions. Single overriding mandate: protect the Torah-study world and its autonomy.
The list, who comes with them
Yitzhak GoldknopfParty Chairman (Agudat Yisrael)Draft: A blanket exemption law is the coalition's price.Moshe GafniMK (Degel HaTorah leader)Budgets: Master of coalition funds for Torah institutions.Meir PorushJerusalem Affairs MinisterJerusalem: Haredi housing in the capital.Uri MaklevMKTransport: Rail and roads to Haredi population centers.
Rank on the slip decides who enters the Knesset. 7 projected seats means roughly the top 7 names get in.
Where they stand
Judea & SamariaFollows rabbinic guidance, dovish history
Two states / withdrawalSovereignty / annexation
Gaza & SecurityDefers to the security cabinet
Deal & disengagementFull military control
Haredi EnlistmentExemption is existential
Universal draftPreserve exemptions
JudiciaryBack the overhaul in exchange for a draft law
Strengthen the courtCurb the court
EconomySectoral allocations
Social spendingFree market
Religion & StateMaximal religious status quo
Civil / pluralistHalachic status quo
Platform pillars
Draft exemption lawAnchor yeshiva students' status.
Community budgetsHousing and schooling for Haredi towns.
AutonomyIndependent education stream.
ShabbatBlock public desecration.
History
1992
Agudat Yisrael and Degel HaTorah unite.
2023
The Goldknopf era begins amid the draft-law crisis.
2024
High Court orders an end to blanket exemptions.
2025
Threatens to bolt any coalition without a law.
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