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SHAS

SHAS. Shas: Political Platform. Supports autonomy for Palestinians, but opposes both a Palestinian state and division of Jerusalem Supports army exemption for religious scholars Governmental policies should be based on Jewish Law Hasidic = pious. Orthodox Demographics.

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SHAS

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  1. SHAS

  2. Shas: Political Platform • Supports autonomy for Palestinians, but opposes both a Palestinian state and division of Jerusalem • Supports army exemption for religious scholars • Governmental policies should be based on Jewish Law • Hasidic = pious

  3. Orthodox Demographics • 2008 Israel’s population: ~7.3M • Israel’s Orthodox population: ~850,000 • Israel ultra-Orthodox families produce 5-10 children each • 2009- Orthodox/ultra-orthodox consists of 10% of Israel's voting population • http://freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=363&year=2008&country=7416 • David Lehmann and Batia Siebzehner’s book Remaking Israeli Judaism: the challenge of Shas

  4. Why has Shas been able to maintain control over Israeli institutions despite its lack of popular support?

  5. Shas: Emergence in Jerusalem • 1993 Mayoral election • Former P.M. Ehud Olmert versus Teddy Kollek • Six Shas members were awarded Deputy Mayors of Jerusalem -Uri Lupoliansky • 2003 Lupoliansky became Mayor of Jerusalem

  6. Shas: Social Institutions • 1995- 71% of Jewish residents within Jerusalem lived under the poverty line • In 2005-23% • Shas’s educational services include: • 100 day care centers • 750 kindergarten centers • 177 schools • All provide aid to over 52,000 children • 360 different locations throughout Israel • 123 out of the 360 locations are within Jerusalem • “For us, the party is a means toward fulfilling a bigger agenda. For other groups, the party is the goal...this is why Shas cannot be crushed” -Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Kakon

  7. Shas: Political Dominance • Co-leader of the Ministry of Education in Israel • 2006 Shas leader Eli Yishai was made Deputy Prime Minister • Minister of Labor • Interior Minister • Minister of Industry and Trade

  8. Shas: Use of Propaganda • Uses: pictures, videos, symbols, and other propaganda to reach out to younger voters, and people from a diversity of communities • “Shas will help bring families back to their individual and collective religious roots.” Israel’s National Anthem: “As long as deep in the heart,The soul of a Jew yearns,And forward to the EastTo Zion, an eye looksOur hope will not be lost,The hope of two thousand years,To be a free nation in our land, The land of Zion and Jerusalem”

  9. Shas: Present day • 1999- won 17 Knesset seats making it the third largest party, slightly more than Likud • 2009 won 11 seats • 2009-Shas agreed to join the Kadima-Labor ruling coalition with the stipulations: • Did not have to support a further withdrawal from the West Bank settlements • Would be granted: Finance Minister, Deputy Chairman of the Knesset, and head of the Knesset Interior Committee • http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1237727512322&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull

  10. United Torah Judaism is an alliance of Agudat Israel and Degel HaTorah ** The National Union is an alliance of Eretz Yisrael Shelanu, Hatikva, Moledet and Tkuma.

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