Religious Torah Front

Religious Torah Front

The Religious Torah Front (Hebrew: חזית דתית תורתית, "Hazit Datit Toratit") was a political party in Israel.

History

The Religious Torah Front was formed when the Ultra-orthodox parties Agudat Israel and Agudat Israel Workers decided to fight the 1955 elections on a joint list.

In the election the party won 4.7% of the vote and six seats, an improvement on the 3.6% (five seats) won by the parties individually in the 1951 elections, but were not included in David Ben Gurion's coalition government. During the Knesset session the party changed its name to Agudat Israel - Agudat Israel Workers (Hebrew: אגודת ישראל - פועלי אגודת ישראל, "Agudat Yisrael - Poalei Agudat Yisrael"). However, they changed it back to Religious Torah Front before the 1959 elections.

In the 1959 ballot, the party again won 4.7% of the vote and six seats but remained outside the government. Due to internal disagreements, the party split into its constituent parts before the 1961 elections, with Agudat Israel taking four of the six seats and Agudat Israel Workers the other two.

The party was reformed for the 1973 elections, in which it won 3.8% of the vote and five seats. Despite its poor showing, the party was the fourth largest in a Knesset dominated by the Alignment (51 seats) and Likud (39 seats). However, the party split again during the Knesset session, with Agudat Israel taking three seats and Agudat Israel Workers two. Agudat Israel eventually caused the government to fall at the end of 1976 by bringing a motion of no-confidence after the Israeli Air Force had breached the Sabbath.

Knesset Members

External links

* [http://www.knesset.gov.il/faction/eng/FactionPage_eng.asp?PG=61 Party history on the official Knesset website (in English)]


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