Shas

Shas

ש״ס
Shas ש״ס
Leader	Aryeh Deri
Spiritual Leader	Vacant
Founders	Elazar Shach; Ovadia Yosef
Founded	1984
Split from	Agudat Yisrael
Headquarters	Jerusalem
Ideology	Populism; Social conservatism; Religious conservatism; Social democracy; Sephardic and Mizrahi; interests; Haredi interests; Religious Zionism (since 2010); Formerly; Haredi non-Zionism (until 2010);
Political position	Fiscal: Centre-left; Social: Right-wing;
Religion	Haredi Judaism (Sephardic)
International affiliation	World Zionist Organization
Colours	Black, Gold; Azure (past)
Ballot letters	Hebrew: שס; Arabic: ش‌س
Knesset	11 / 120
Most MKs	17 (1999)
Website
	shas.org.il
	Politics of Israel; Political parties; Elections;

Shas (Hebrew: ש״ס) is a Haredi religious political party in Israel. Founded in 1984 by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, a former Israeli Sephardi chief rabbi, who remained its spiritual leader until his death in October 2013, it primarily represents the interests of Sephardic and Mizrahi Haredi Jews.

Shas is the third-largest party in the Knesset as of 2024. Since 1984, it has been part of most governing coalitions, whether the ruling party was Labor or Likud.