Who they are

• A joint list of Agudat Yisrael (Hasidic) and Degel HaTorah (Lithuanian) since 1992. Both factions quit the government in July 2025 over the draft. (IDI party page)
• Sept 5, 2026: Rav Dov Landau removed Gafni and Maklev by letter and made Yaakov Asher head. Sept 8: Porush and Stark formed a third faction inside the list, Homat Torat Yisrael, the first since 1992. (Yeshiva World, Sep 5; Davar, Sep 8, 2026)

Who votes for them

• 2022: 280,194 votes, 5.88%, 7 seats. (IDI; Wikipedia)
• 58% of Haredim voted UTJ in 2022; 86% voted UTJ or Shas. (IDI, Jun 28, 2026)
• 2021: 78% in Modi'in Illit, 60.9% in Bnei Brak. (Times of Israel)
• First-time voters: 9% overall, 45% of Haredi first-timers. (N12 via JPost, Sep 23, 2026)

Where they stand

Haredi draft

“United Torah Judaism, with all its components, will not support or enter any government without regulating the status of Torah learners.” (Yaakov Asher, Matzav, Sep 28, 2026)

Courts

“The Supreme Court has accumulated excessive power.” (Ynet, 2026)

War & Gaza

“Focuses primarily on domestic issues.” (JPost, Sep 8, 2026)

West Bank

No unified policy; Agudah leans right, Degel “more moderate.” (Ynet, Sep 30, 2026)

Religion & state

Same as Shas: Orthodox control of marriage, conversion and kashrut. (JPost, Sep 8, 2026)

Economy

Housing for Haredi communities; yeshiva funding. (CRC party register, Oct 4, 2026)

Names on the list

• No. 1Yaakov Asher, Degel HaTorah
• No. 2Yitzhak Goldknopf, Agudat Yisrael (Gur)
• No. 4Meir Porush, Homat Torat Yisrael

Davar; Israel Hayom, Sep 8, 2026

Coalition pledges

• No government without a yeshiva-status law, whoever leads it. (Asher, Matzav, Sep 28, 2026)
• Porush's faction requires separate negotiations. (INN, Sep 8, 2026)
• Rav Landau: “We no longer have trust in Netanyahu.” (JPost, May 25, 2026)

In their words

“Many things look like etrogim – but this isn't an etrog.”

Seats in each poll

Average 7.8 across 5 polls (Channel 14 not included). Kan 11 (Sep 28) did not report this party separately. Channel 14 figure is the latest in our register; its date is not given.

Bios

Yaakov Asher. Born July 2, 1965 in Ramat Gan. Mayor of Bnei Brak from 2008; MK since 2013; Deputy Speaker 2022. Resigned as Interior Committee chair over the draft (Ynet, Sep 6, 2026).

Yitzhak Goldknopf (no. 2). Born 1950 in Jerusalem; a Ger Hasid who built a kindergarten network. Leader of Agudat Yisrael since 2022. Resigned as housing minister in June 2025 over the draft.

Bio source: Wikipedia, accessed Oct 2026, via the research memo and party registers.