United Torah Judaism representatives submitted the party’s slate for the 26th Knesset on Tuesday evening, ahead of the upcoming elections.
Internal tensions within Agudas Yisrael continued until the final seconds before the deadline. As previously reported, Meir Porush and Elyakim Stark (the new Belzer representative) split off from Agudas Yisrael and submitted a separate slate. Under the agreements, Ger, Vizhnitz and Sanz signed separately with Degel HaTorah, while Shlomei Emunim and Machzikei HaDas submitted their first two candidates on the slate through a separately registered party.
United Torah Judaism now comprises three different parties: Degel HaTorah, Agudas Yisrael and Chomas Toras Yisrael.
However, Shlomei Emunim and Machzikei HaDas (Belz) clarified that the move does not constitute a withdrawal from Agudas Yisrael. In a joint statement, the factions said: “This is merely a technical measure intended to ensure an equitable partnership within Agudas Yisrael.”
Incoming UTJ chairman MK Yaakov Asher was placed first on the slate. Yitzchak Goldknopf was placed second, Yitzchak Pindrus third, Meir Porush fourth, Moshe Rosenthal fifth, and Elyakim Stark sixth.
Further down the slate, Yehuda Weissfish was placed seventh, Yaakov Tessler eighth, David Saltz ninth, David Ohana tenth, Moshe Roth 11th, and Eliyahu Baruchi 12th.
Former Elad mayor Yisrael Porush, the son of Meir Porush, was placed 13th on the United Torah Judaism slate.
The UTJ slate in list form, broken down by its constituent parties:
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- Yaakov Asher — Degel HaTorah
- Yitzchak Goldknopf — Agudas Yisrael
- Yitzchak Pindrus — Degel HaTorah
- Meir Porush — Chomas Toras Yisrael
- Moshe Rosenthal — Degel HaTorah
- Eliakim Stark — Chomas Toras Yisrael
- Yehuda Weissfish — Degel HaTorah
- Yaakov Tessler — Agudas Yisrael
- David Ohana — Degel HaTorah
- Eliyahu Baruchi — Degel HaTorah
(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
One Response
reporting is clear as mud: are there an political differences between these groups, or is it only about fairness and power to distribute budget between different part of the kahal?