United Torah Judaism

alliance of Degel HaTorah and Agudat Israel, two small Israeli Haredi political parties, formed in 1992

United Torah Judaism (Hebrew Yahadut HaTorah HaMeuhedet, : יהדות התורה המאוחדת), shorthanded UTJ, is a political party in Israel.

Ideology

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Its ideology is conservative, and Ashkenazic Haredi Judaism.

UTJ's political leaders[needs to be explained] are Ya'akov Litzman (Agudat Yisrael) and Moshe Gafni (Degel HaTorah). Yahadut HaTorah was founded in 1992. It is an alliance of two parties: Agudat Yisrael (Union of Israel, associated with Hasidism) and Degel HaTorah (Banner of the Torah associated with Misnagdim).

Number of seats in the 24th Knesset: 7.

Participating in the Fourth Netanyahu Government and the Netanyahu-Gantz Government.

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