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Aryeh Deri Β· Haredi-Sephardic

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A Haredi-Sephardic party promoting the values of tradition and Judaism, and supporting funding for Torah institutions.

Main platform points by topic

Security & Foreign Policy

Support for a firm security policy grounded in trust in the political leadership.

  • Backing the political echelon's security decisions
  • Supporting fighters and bereaved families
  • Strengthening internal security in cities
  • Fighting crime in the sector

Economy & Cost of Living

A welfare policy assisting large families and traditional communities.

  • Increasing child benefits
  • Housing subsidies for young families
  • Supporting small, family-run businesses
  • Tax breaks for large families

Judiciary & Governance

A judicial reform to increase political representation relative to the courts.

  • Limiting judicial review of the Knesset
  • Changing judicial appointments
  • Legislating an agreed conscription law
  • Protecting freedom of religion

Religion & State

Preserving the state's Jewish-traditional character as a supreme value.

  • Full funding for yeshivas and Torah study
  • Preserving the conscription exemption for Torah students
  • Strengthening the Rabbinate's standing on kashrut and personal status
  • Preserving Shabbat in the public sphere

Society & Education

Strengthening the traditional family and Torah education.

  • Supporting independent education
  • Assisting weaker populations in the traditional sector
  • Encouraging large families
  • Preserving Mizrahi-Jewish identity

How we chose these

Peace and normalization agreements signed when the prime minister was from the party. Reforms and laws that an official body measured and found met their own goal. If none of the party's laws has a measured impact, we list up to 3 of its main laws by a fixed rule (Basic Laws first, then the largest official cost), even if their impact was not measured, so every party's legislative work is visible. Only laws still in force are shown.

Major laws the party led (impact not evaluated)

  • Basic LawMarch 22, 2023 Β· Initiated by the party

    Basic Law: The Government (Amendment No. 12)

    Limits declaring a prime minister temporarily incapacitated to physical or mental inability, with set approval steps.

    Led by: MK Yinon Azoulay (Shas) and others

    Why it's here: a Basic Law (constitutional-level).

  • Basic LawDecember 26, 2022 Β· Initiated by the party

    Basic Law: The Government (Amendment No. 11)

    Allows appointing an additional minister in a ministry, responsible for set areas under the ministry's minister.

    Led by: MK Moshe Arbel (Shas) and others

    Why it's here: a Basic Law (constitutional-level).

  • Basic LawJune 15, 2020 Β· Initiated by the party

    Basic Law: The Knesset (Amendment No. 49)

    Lets ministers and deputy ministers leave the Knesset while in office and return afterwards (the "Norwegian Law").

    Led by: MK Moshe Abutbul (Shas) and others

    Why it's here: a Basic Law (constitutional-level).

As of October 18, 2026

What's included

All formally started criminal proceedings against Aryeh Deri personally, open and concluded, in Israel and abroad. This is the leader's personal record, not the party's.

Presumption of innocence: every person is innocent until proven guilty by a final judgment.

Concluded proceedings (5)

  • Convicted under a plea agreement (final)Israel Β· January 8, 2021 – February 1, 2022

    Plea agreement on tax offences; convicted on his admission after resigning from the Knesset; 12 months suspended, NIS 180,000 fine.

  • Case closedIsrael Β· March 2016 – January 8, 2021

    Investigation into bribery, fraud, breach of trust and money laundering, ordered March 2016; closed: insufficient evidence, apart from tax matters.

  • Convicted (final)Israel Β· 1999 – November 20, 2003

    One count of breach of trust: arranging NIS 400,000 in 1989 for an association run by his brother. Three months suspended, fine.

  • Case closedIsrael Β· April 1997 – December 16, 2001

    Bar-On/Hebron affair: April 1997 recommendation to indict, subject to hearing, adopted; closed given his conviction and public-case progress.

  • Convicted (final)Israel Β· 1993 – August 23, 2000

    Indicted 1993 for taking bribes and misusing his position at the Interior Ministry (1984–1990); convicted; appeal reduced sentence to three years.

    The court ruled that the offense involves moral turpitude.

As of October 18, 2026