The twenty-third government of Israel was formed by Yitzhak Shamir of Likud on 22 December 1988, following the November 1988 elections. The government remained a national unity coalition between Likud
Yitzhak Shamir
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Degel HaTorah is an Ashkenazi Haredi political party in Israel. For much of its existence, it has been allied with Agudat Yisrael, under the name United Torah Judaism.
Twenty-third government of Israel
…elections. The government remained a national unity coalition between Likud and the Alignment, with the National Religious Party, Shas, Agudat Yisrael and Degel HaTorah also being members of the coalition. It was the first government to have a Minister of the Environment. In 1990, after Shamir refused to accept a peace…
A Degel HaTorah gathering. (L-R) Rabbis Shlomo Shimshon Karelitz, Chaim Kanievsky, Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, Elazar Shach