HaBajit haJehudi

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Jewish home
HaBajit haJehudi
הבית היהודי
Logo of the party haBajit haJehudi
Rafi Peretz
Party leader Rafi Peretz
founding 2008
Place of foundation Jerusalem , Israel
Headquarters Jerusalem , Israel
Alignment Religious Zionism , Conservatism , Orthodox Judaism , settler interests
Colours) Blue green
Parliament seats
1/120
( 2020 )

HaBajit haJehudi ( Hebrew הבית היהודי, German "Jewish home" , also "The Jewish house", "Jewish home" or "Jewish home") is an Orthodox Jewish , national religious , conservative party in Israel .

HaBajit haJehudi emerged from the National Religious Party (Mafdal) and parts of the National Union , later defectors from Likud were added. The party chairman was Naftali Bennett from 2012 to 2018 . In media reports, the party is often characterized as representing the interests of Jewish settlers in the Israeli-occupied territories and referred to as the "settler party" or "settler-friendly party". Under Bennett's leadership, however, it also opened up new groups of voters. From 2013 to 2019 she formed a faction community with the also national religious party Tkuma ; in the 2013–2015 legislative period it was the fourth largest parliamentary group in the Knesset . She was represented by five ministers in Netanyahu III's cabinet (2013–2015) and three in Netanyahu's fourth government .

The two ministers Naftali Bennett and Ajelet Schaked left the party in December 2018 and founded the spin-off HaJamin HeChadasch . HaBajit haJehudi has been led by Rafi Peretz since February 2019 . After the split, the party lost much of its importance. Since 2019 she has been part of the Jamina alliance (“to the right”) and after the 2020 election only has one seat in the Knesset.

The Jewish Home party must not be confused with the secular nationalist party of a similar name, Jisra'el Beitenu ("Our Home Israel").

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history

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The party emerged in November 2008 from the merger of the National Religious Party (Mafdal) with the parties Moledet ("home") and Tkuma ("rebirth"), which had previously belonged to the National Union (an alliance of right-wing parties ). In December 2008, however, both parties split off from the new party and ran again as part of the National Union for the 2009 Knesset election. For the time being , the Jewish Home party was in fact only the national religious party with a new name. The first chairman of HaBajit haJehudi was the mathematics professor and rabbi Daniel Herschkowitz , who led the party from 2008 to 2012.

Knesset election 2009

The party won 3 out of 120 seats in the 2009 Israeli parliamentary elections to the Knesset . In the Netanyahu II cabinet (2009-2013) she was represented by Daniel Herschkowitz as Minister of Science.

Bennett and the 2013 Knesset election

Election poster "Something new begins" for the 2013 Knesset elections

On November 6, 2012, the former IT entrepreneur Naftali Bennett , who had only recently been defeated by Likud, became party chairman. In the run-up to the early elections to the Knesset on January 22, 2013 , the party agreed on a joint list with the parties Moledet and Tkuma.

The other two parties that were previously part of the National Union, Eretz Jisra'el Shelanu and Hatikva , competed as Otzma LeJisra'el ("Strength for Israel") in the election. The alliance failed to enter the Knesset.

The party received 12 seats in the 2013 Knesset election and was able to increase its result from 7 to 12. In addition to security issues, Bennett also addressed domestic issues and won many young voters. The party was the fourth strongest force and was considered "Netanyahu's preferred candidate" for a coalition. The coalition agreement was signed on March 15, 2013, and the Netanyahu III cabinet was sworn in on March 18 . Likud was given nine ministerial posts, Israel Beiteinu four, Yesh Atid five, Ha-Tnu'a two and the Jewish home three and the chairmanship of the politically important finance committee.

Bennett became Minister of Economics and Trade and was Minister of Religious Affairs and Minister of Diaspora Affairs and Jerusalem . Bennett also chaired the government committee to reduce the cost of living and reduce economic concentration. Deputy Minister for Religious Affairs was Eli Ben-Dahan , Uri Ariel Minister for Housing and Construction and Uri Orbach Minister for Senior Citizens' Affairs .

Likud and Israel Beiteinu were given the central offices of foreign and security policy, while the Jewish Home was given control of religious institutions, which is important for cultural hegemony. In addition, housing is important for the settler movement's clientele.

In the coalition negotiations also individual agreements, the Yesh Atid, Ha-Tnu agreed, ' a and the Jewish home each had signed with Likud Beiteinu. The Jewish Home called for the " nation-state law " to emphasize the Jewish character of Israel. It was also established that the status of national religious institutions is protected by law through special funding and special status. Bennett was also represented in the nine-member security cabinet. Shas and United Torah Judaism were expressly excluded from the coalition negotiations altogether at the request of the party.

In September 2014 the party constitution was changed. Bennett now had the right to put one of his five candidates on the party list and to appoint ministers. One in five candidate positions is also reserved for women. Non-religious members are now also allowed in the traditionally national-religious party. Against this were the Knesset MPs Yoni Chetboun and Moti Yogev , who feared that the religious ethos might disappear.

Knesset election 2015

Naftali Bennett led the party from 2012 to 2018

In the new elections in March 2015 , the party won eight Knesset seats. In the Benjamin Netanyahu IV cabinet she received three ministerial posts: Naftali Bennett ( education and diaspora affairs ), Ajelet Schaked ( justice ) and Uri Ariel ( agriculture and rural development ).

HaBajit haJehudi was the driving force behind the legalization law passed by parliament in February 2017, with which buildings illegally erected on Palestinian private land are retrospectively legalized. This affects up to 4,000 residential units in the West Bank . Naftali Bennett was happy about a "turning point" after the vote on Monday evening. Others in his party hailed a "historic day for the settler movement and for Israel".

In July 2018, the nation-state law was passed by parliament, to which Ajelet Schaked had introduced a draft in order to anchor the characteristics of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people in the basic laws of the state.

Split and elections 2019–2020

On December 29, 2018, party leader Bennett and Schaked resigned from the party. One day later, together with another MP, Shuli Moalem-Refaeli, they founded a new parliamentary group in the Knesset called HaJamin HeChadasch (“The New Right”). The former IDF Chief Rabbi Rafi Peretz was elected as the new party leader on February 4, 2019.

For the general election in Israel in April 2019 , the party merged with The Jewish Home parties Tkuma and Otzma Jehudit the electoral alliance of right-wing parties Union together. This won five seats in the Knesset in the election (three of them for members of HaBajit haJehudi, two for Tkuma). The spin-off HaJamin HeChadasch, which ran separately under Schaked and Bennett, on the other hand, narrowly failed at the 3.25 percent hurdle. In the talks on the formation of a government, the Union of Right-wing Parties voted for Benjamin Netanyahu's further term in office, who, like his rival Benny Gantz , did not have a majority. HaBajit haJehudi's chairman, Rafi Peretz, was appointed Minister of Education in Netanyahu's governing government to succeed Naftali Bennett.

For the early parliamentary election in September 2019 , the party ran with HaJamin HeChadasch and Tkuma - but without Otzma Jehudit - in the electoral alliance Jamina , which won seven seats and was immediately dissolved after the election. HaBajit haJehudi sent two MPs to the Knesset, who formed a parliamentary group with the two Tkuma MPs. The three parliamentarians of HaJamin HeChadasch, however, formed a separate faction. The parties of the Jamina alliance again spoke out in favor of a new version of the Netanyahu government, but there was again a stalemate between the two political blocs.

Thus, a new election was held in March 2020 . In advance, Rafi Peretz first made an agreement with the Otzma Jehudit party, which is close to the extremist movement of Kahanism , even before he had talks with Tkuma, who is actually considered a “natural partner” of HaBajit haJehudi. This triggered strong internal party criticism of the chairman. Eventually the party reunited with HaJamin HeChadasch and Tkuma in the Jamina alliance. Peretz's decision to nominate Sarah Beck as the party's second-placed candidate - in place of the previous MP Moti Yogev - caused renewed unrest in the party. Jamina got only six seats in the Knesset, only one of which went to a member of HaBajit haJehudi, party leader Rafi Peretz.

MPs

Knesset Years Mandates Members
18th 2009-2013 3 Daniel Hershkowitz , Uri Orbach , Zevulun Orlev
19th 2013-2015 8th Naftali Bennett , Nissan Slomiansky , Ajelet Schaked , Uri Orbach (deceased in office) , Avi Wortzman , Moti Yogev , Yoni Chetboun , Shuli Moalem-Refaeli , Hillel Horowitz (from February 16, 2015)
20th 2015-2019 6th Naftali Bennett (resigned December 30, 2018) , Ajelet Schaked (resigned December 30, 2018) , Eli Ben-Dahan , Nissan Slomiansky , Yinon Magal (resigned December 3, 2015) , Moti Yogev , Shuli Moalem-Refaeli (from October 9 2015; left December 30, 2018)
21st 2019–2019 3 Rafi Peretz , Moti Yogev , Idit Silman
22nd 2019-2020 2 Rafi Peretz , Moti Yogev
23 2020– 1 Rafi Peretz

Web links

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