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Shas, Hebrew: ש״ס , full name: Shomrei Sfarad, Hebrew: שומרי ספרד , meaning (Religious) guardians of the Sephardim, is an Israeli political party.

Its ideology is left-wing conservative, Sephardic-Mizrahic Ultra-Orthodox, and Religious Zionist.

Political leader is Aryeh Deri.

Shas was founded in 1984.

Number of seats in the 23rd Knesset: 9 (/).

Participating in the Fifth Netanyahu Government.

Political parties in the current 23rd Knesset

Coalition parties:
Likud faction (37: Likud [36], The Jewish Home [1]) ---- Blue and White (15: Israel Resilience Party [15]) ---- Shas (9) ---- United Torah Judaism (7: Agudat Yisrael [4], Degel HaTorah [3]) ---- HaAvoda (3) ---- Derekh Ererz (2) ---- Gesher (1)

Opposition parties:
Yesh Atid-Telem (16: Yesh Atid [13], Telem [3] ---- The Joint List (15: Hadash [5], Ra'am [4], Balad [3], Ta'al [3]) ---- Yisrael Beiteinu (7) ---- Yamina (5: New Right [3], Tkuma [2]) ---- Meretz (3)

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  • Aryeh Deri

    Aryeh Deri, chairman of Shas

  • Ovadya Yosef

    Ovadiah Yosef, long-time spiritual leader of Shas

  • Ballot2009 shas

    Shas party ballot 2009

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