Shas
Organization·government·AI Enriched
Relationships:1
Events:0
Library:3
Confidence:
95%
Key Facts
Type
Organization
Sector
government
Industry
Not specified
Status
Draft
Country
Israel
Headquarters
Jerusalem, Israel
Founded
1/1/1984
Dissolved
Active
Website
Also Known As
No alternate names
Tags
political partyultra-OrthodoxSephardireligious
Overall Confidence
95%
Internal Notes
No notes
Key Information
Leadership
No leadership added
Positions
No positions added
About
Shas is an ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) political party in Israel, founded in 1984 to represent Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews, focusing on religious observance, social welfare programs, and Torah education policies.
Key Relationships
Aryeh Deri
founding_member
Aryeh Deri co-founded Shas in 1984 and has led it since 2012 (with interruptions), using it to secure coalition power; his control extends to party-affiliated yeshivas and charities.
Since 1984