With the upcoming Israeli elections taking up so much airtime, it's as good a time as any to wind back the clock and take a look at 5 Israeli parties that most people wouldn't believe existed- from the quirky to the extremes to the comedic parties- this list seeks to offer an incomplete, yet comprehensive peak into some of the intricacies of Israeli society.

Today’s political camps in Israel appear to be driven by a series of ironies. A loose coalition of parties who are ambivalent to the state’s existence sit in a coalition with the most nationalist parties.

Degel HaTorah (Banner of the Torah) is an Israeli Ashkenazi Haredi political party. The party was founded by Rabbi Elazar Shech in 1988 after a split from Agudath Israel, due to political differences. From its creation to 2022, Knesset members had varied from 2 to 4.

Agudat Israel is a political party founded in 1912 in Poland. It was intended to be a political tool to preserve the ultra-Orthodox way...