Sep 2, 2026

just noise in Degel?

Final lists for the various parties running for Knesset are due to be submitted next week on September 7 and 8, after which the lists will be closed with no further changes allowed. With just about a week left to finalize the lists, there is now a strong push in the parties planning to run to finalize their lists in time for submission. 

While there is not much in the regular news media about this (other than Hamechadesh as of this writing), all day long there have been updates flying on the Haredi news Whatsapp groups about a shakeup in the Degel Hatorah faction list of representatives. Supposedly the leading Rabbis of Degel are considering replacing MKs Gafni and Maklev with some fresh names, but it keeps going back and forth.

I have a hard time believing it will happen, but even if it does, I am not sure why it would be such a big deal. They all supposedly just do what the rabbis say anyway and dont really do anything on their own, so why should it matter which people are the reps? Change the rabbis and maybe it will make a difference. All the noise there seems to me to be just noise and may be just a power struggle between the different factions (even within the factions there are more sub factions). In the end I dont think anything will happen, but even fi it does it wont be a big deal, and maybe it is not so bad to freshen things up a bit, get some new people in...


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3 comments:

  1. Given that Degel voters will automatically vote for Degel because "Daas Torah" commanded them to, couldn't the party run a slate of monkeys and still get the same number of MK's?

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    1. @Garnel Ironheart this may surprise you, but there is a reasonably wide range of people who vote for Degel, of which a decent amount of them are often on the fence, contemplating whether they will continue to follow "DT" or perhaps the time has come to move on to a different party that aligns more with their own system of beliefs. Obviously there are many who vote without giving any second thought, but don't assume that everyone who votes degel is exactly like that.

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  2. The rabbis don't run the party, the politicians do.

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