Shas chairman Arye Deri calls for internal examination into party's election failure
Deri stressed to those attending that he was not interested in reports that sugarcoat reality or attempts to downplay the scale of the defeat, instead asking for harsh, pointed conclusions
Assessment
Arye Deri is demanding an unvarnished postmortem of Shas's electoral performance, signaling that internal blame-shifting will not be tolerated. The party's leadership appears to recognize that its usual base may have eroded or that campaign strategy misfired. What matters next is whether Deri acts on the findings or uses them to consolidate his own position. The outcome will shape Shas's coalition leverage and its ability to recover before the next election cycle.