Eli Yishai tops Shas Knesset list
Shas announces Knesset list ahead of January elections; list remains largely unchanged with exception of returning member Deri
Shas unveiled its Knesset list on Thursday ending days of speculation and internal battles. Minister Eli Yishai topped the list followed by returning leader Aryeh Deri and Minister Ariel Atias.
The list was announced by Rabbi Raphael Pinchasi, secretary of the Council of Torah Sages, at the home of the party's spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef.
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The list is almost identical to that of the previous elections with the addition of Deri and without Rabbi Haim Amsalem who left the party to create the Am Shalem movement, which is also running in the elections.
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Speaking at the press conference, Deri tried to send a message of unity. "Titles aren't important, what's important is the goal and the path," he said. "Shas is not a 'me' party, it's a 'we' party."
Rabbi Yosef with Shas leaders (Photo: Yaakov Cohen)
The Shas line-up for 19th Knesset elections is as follows:
1. Eli Yishai
2. Aryeh Deri
3. Ariel Atias
4. Yitzhak Cohen
5. Meshulam Nahari
6. Amnon Cohen
7. Yaakov Margi
8. David Azoulay
9. Yitzhak Vaknin
10. Nissim Zeev
11. Avraham Michaeli
12. Yoav Ben-Zur
13. Lior Edri
14. Ami Iluz
15. Eli Dadon
16. Gershon Levy
17. Ami Biton
18. Binyamin Elharar
19. Oren Malka
20. Nati Nahum
Akiva Novick is a Ynet and Yedioth Ahronoth correspondent
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