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The opening as it read in 2005

It was the umbrella party for almost all Haredi Jews in Israel, and before that the British Mandate of Palestine .¹ It originated in the original Agudath Israel movement founded in Europe in the early part of the twentieth century.² It is presently the Chasidic wing of the United Torah Judaism ( Yahadut HaTorah ) party, which is comprised of Agudat Israel , representing the Chasidim and Degel HaTorah , representing the non-Chasidic Misnagdim Haredi Jews. Though the party has only ever elected a handful of members in the Knesset , it has often played a crucial role in coalition governments due to the nature of Israel's system of proportional representation and has used its political leverage to obtain funding for its yeshivas and community institutions and to pass legislation enforcing observance of the sabbath and kosher dietary laws, often to the consternation of secular Jewish Israelis. Policy decisions of Aguddat Israel must be ratified by their Council of Torah Scholars , which consists of leading rabbis from the main constituent groups. When participating in government coalitions, they have generally refrained from accepting actual cabinet posts. Their positions on Israeli foreign policy and the Palestinian question has been flexible in the past since the party formally rejects Zionism and does not view such issues ideologically. Therefore, it has been able to participate in both Likud and Labour led coalitions. In more recent years it has become more sympathetic to the settler movement in the Occupied Territories and thus more hawkish on the Palestinian question. Currently representing Agudat Israel in the Israeli Knesset are Rabbis Meir Porush , Yaakov Litzman , and Yisroel Eichler .³

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Political party in Israel Agudat Yisrael ( , lit. Union of Israel , also transliterated Agudath Israel , or Agudas Yisroel ) began as the original political party representing the ultra-Orthodox population of Israel . It was the umbrella party for almost all ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel, and before that in the British Mandate of Palestine . It originated in the original Agudath Israel movement founded in Europe (1912, Kattowitz, then Germany) in the early part of the twentieth century.

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Political party in Israel Agudat Yisrael council meeting Agudat Yisrael ( , lit. Union of Israel , also transliterated Agudath Israel , or Agudas Yisroel ) began as the original political party representing the Haredi population of Israel . It was the umbrella party for almost all Haredi Jews in Israel, and before that in the British Mandate of Palestine . It originated in the original Agudath Israel movement founded in Upper Silesia in the early 20th century.

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Political party in Israel Agudat Yisrael council meeting Agudat Yisrael ( , lit., Union of Israel , also transliterated Agudath Israel , or, in Yiddish , Agudas Yisroel ) is an ultra-Orthodox Jewish political party in Israel. It began as a political party representing ultra-Orthodox Jews in Poland, originating in the Agudath Israel movement in Upper Silesia . It later became the Party of many Haredim in Israel . It was the umbrella party for many, though not all, Haredi Jews in Israel until the 1980s, as it had been during the British Mandate of Palestine . Since the 1980s, it has become a predominately Hasidic party, though it often combines with the Degel HaTorah non-Hasidic Haredi party for elections and coalition-forming. When so combined, they are known together as United Torah Judaism .

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Political party in Israel Agudat Yisrael council meeting Agudat Yisrael ( , also transliterated Agudath Israel , or, in Yiddish , Agudas Yisroel ) is a Haredi Jewish political party in Israel. It began as a political party representing Haredi Jews in Poland, originating in the Agudath Israel movement in Upper Silesia . It later became the party of many Haredim in Israel . It was the umbrella party for many, though not all, Haredi Jews in Israel until the 1980s, as it had been during the British Mandate of Palestine . Since the 1980s, it has become a predominantly Hasidic party, though it often combines with the Degel HaTorah non-Hasidic Ashkenazi Haredi party for elections and coalition-forming (although not with the Sephardi and Mizrahi Haredi party Shas ). When so combined, they are known together as United Torah Judaism .

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Political party in Israel Agudat Yisrael council meeting Agudat Yisrael ( Hebrew : אֲגוּדָּת יִשְׂרָאֵל , romanized : Agudath Israel , lit. ' Union of Israel ' ; Ashkenazi Hebrew : Agudas Yisroel ) is a Haredi Jewish political party in Israel. It began as a political party representing Haredi Jews in Poland, originating in the Agudath Israel movement in Upper Silesia . It later became the party of many Haredim in Israel . It was the umbrella party for many, though not all, Haredi Jews in Israel until the 1980s, as it had been during the British Mandate of Palestine . Since the 1980s it has become a predominantly Hasidic party, though it often combines with the Degel HaTorah non-Hasidic Ashkenazi Haredi party for elections and coalition-forming (although not with the Sephardi and Mizrahi Haredi party Shas ). When so combined, they are known together as United Torah Judaism .

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