Coalition11 seats
Shas ש"ס
Led by Aryeh Deri
Sephardi-Haredi party founded in 1984 by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef as the political voice of Mizrahi Torah Jewry. Champions yeshiva funding, Torah-study deferments, the religious status quo, and welfare priorities for traditional Sephardic families. Ministers honorably resigned July 2025 over the yeshiva-student conscription dispute while Shas remains in the coalition.
Members (11)
Aryeh Deriאריה דרעי
Party Leader, MK
Michael Malchieliמיכאל מלכיאלי
MK (former Minister of Religious Services 2022-2025; acting Minister of Inter…
Ya'akov Margiיעקב מרגי
MK (former Minister of Welfare and Social Affairs, 2022-2025; former Minister…
Yoav Ben-Tzurיואב בן צור
MK (Shas); former Minister in the Labor Ministry, 2022-2025; acting Health Mi…
Moshe Abutbulמשה אבוטבול
MK (former Deputy Agriculture Minister, until July 2025)
Uriel Busoאוריאל בוסו
MK (former Minister of Health, Oct 12 2023-July 2025)
Yosef Taiebיוסף טייב
MK (former Chair of Education, Culture and Sports Committee, until October 2025)
Yinon Azulaiינון אזולאי
MK
Yonatan Mishrakiיונתן משרקי
Chair of Knesset Health Committee (resumed February 2026); MK
Haim Bitonחיים ביטון
MK (Shas; former Minister in the Education Ministry, 2022-2025)
Erez Malulארז מלול
MK (returned May 2026 as replacement for Moshe Arbel)