Overview
- United Torah Judaism submitted its joint list seconds before the Central Elections Committee deadline after hours of bitter bargaining that left Ger, Belz, Shlomei Emunim and other chassidic factions operating under separate legal arrangements.
- Meir Porush and Elyakim Stark placed candidates through a newly registered party called Chomas Toras Yisroel to secure independent control of their slots and the state party funds that come with them.
- Ger pushed to move the fifth Agudas Yisroel slot from a Sanz representative to Biala and refused to yield its rotation turn for the third/fourth positions, keeping that dispute unresolved and public.
- Degel HaTorah carried out a personnel overhaul that removed long‑serving MKs Moshe Gafni and Uri Maklev, with Rav Dov Landau publicly taking personal responsibility for the decision and the party tightening vetting of MK aides.
- Agudas Yisroel and Degel agreed a firmer joint policy tying acceptance of senior government roles to passage of a law granting yeshiva students full exemptions without sanctions, a stance that could shape future coalition bargaining and public policy.