ideologically. Therefore, it has been able to participate in both Likud- and Labor-led coalitions. In more recent years, it has become more sympathetic to the settler movement in the West Bank, and thus more security-conscious on military issues affecting Israel's survival. Agudat Yisrael supported Ariel Sharon's unilateral disengagement plan of 2005. In 1948, Rabbi Yehuda Meir Abramowicz was appointed as General Secretary. Rabbi Meir Porush, as well as Yaakov Litzman, and Yisrael Eichler, from the Hasidic courts of Ger and Belz, respectively, have represented the party in Israel's Knesset. Another long-time Agudat MK is Rabbi Shmuel Halpert, a member of the court of Vizhnitz. See also Agudath Israel of America Degel HaTorah Haredi Judaism Hasidim and Mitnagdim United Torah Judaism World Agudath Israel References External links Agudat Yisrael Knesset website Agudat Yisrael Jewish Virtual Library Haredi anti-Zionism Anti-Zionism Orthodox Judaism Ashkenazi Jews topics Jewish political parties Political parties in Israel Political parties established in 1912 Orthodox Jewish political parties Conservative parties in Israel Social conservative parties