Kadima
| Kadima forward |
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| Party leader | Akram Hasson (last chairman) |
| founding | November 24, 2005 |
| resolution | 2015 |
| Headquarters | Petach Tikwa , Israel |
| Alignment | Liberalism , Zionism |
| Colours) | Blue, red, white |
Kadima ( Hebrew קדימה Qādīmāh , German 'forward') was a party in Israel . Founded in 2005, it saw itself as a liberal party in the middle of the Israeli party spectrum. Politically, she stood between the Likud and the Avoda . Despite two government participations, it dissolved after internal party conflicts in 2015. The Ha-Tnu'a is considered the indirect successor party .
founding
The Kadima was founded at the end of November 2005 by the then Prime Minister Ariel Sharon , who was the party chairman of the Likud at the time. His plan to unilaterally withdraw from the Gaza Strip met with great opposition from the right-wing political spectrum, including his own party. Sharon's decision to withdraw resulted in the Mafdal and the National Union leaving his coalition in June and November 2004, respectively. The Shinui finally left the coalition in December 2004 in a dispute over the budget. That is why Sharon was forced to form a coalition with the left-wing Avoda - Meimad parties in January 2005 .
The intra-party power struggle with Benjamin Netanyahu led to his resignation as finance minister in August and to the demand for an early election of the party chairman in September, which Sharon was only able to fight back very narrowly (52% to 48%). In October, Sharon failed to fill two new cabinet posts due to opposition from parts of his own faction. On November 21, 2005, Sharon resigned from the party leadership and because of growing resistance from the Likud. The newly founded party then won the parliamentary election, also because some prominent members of other parties had converted to the Kadima - u. a. Interior Minister Meir Shitrit and the former chairman of the Shimon Peres Labor Party .
Party presidency
Ehud Olmert had been chairman of the party since January 16, 2006 , replacing Ariel Sharon, who had been incapacitated on January 4, 2006 due to the consequences of a stroke . When Olmert resigned as party leader at the beginning of September 2008 because of allegations of corruption , Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni was elected chairwoman of the party primary with a narrow margin of 431 votes out of 74,000 voters, ahead of Transport Minister Schaul Mofas . On March 27, 2012, she was replaced by Schaul Mofas. Schaul Mofaz announced his resignation and retirement from politics on January 27, 2015. Then Akram Hasson took over the party chairmanship for a short time .
Political principles
The principles of the Kadima, presented by Tzipi Livni on November 28, 2005, include: a .:
- The Israeli nation has a historical right to all of Eretz Israel . Nevertheless, part of their territory must be given up in order to maintain a democratic state with a majority of Jewish people. Jerusalem and the large settlements in the West Bank remain part of Israel.
- The implementation of the road map should lead to an end to the conflict with the Palestinians .
- A reform of the electoral system should improve the stability of the state. According to Uriel Reichman , the Kadima is aiming for a direct election u. a. of the Prime Minister to remove power from the party leaders.
houses of Parliament
After its establishment, the Kadima enjoyed the support of broad sections of the population and in the elections on March 28, 2006, it became the strongest party in the Knesset with 29 seats . It formed a factional community with the senior citizens' party Gil , which had recently entered the Knesset with seven seats. In the following election, however, Gil failed at the 2 percent hurdle.
In the election for the 18th Knesset on February 10, 2009, Kadima had 28 seats, making it the strongest parliamentary group in the Knesset.
On May 8, 2012, the Kadima joined the government led by Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud). Schaul Mofas was appointed Minister without Portfolio and received the title of Vice-Prime Minister. On July 17, 2012, Kadima resigned from the government and accused Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Likud of making too big concessions to the ultra-Orthodox in the reform of conscription demanded by the Constitutional Court.
In the election for the 19th Knesset on January 22, 2013, Kadima suffered massive losses of over twenty percentage points and only barely passed the two percent hurdle. She received two mandates with 2.08%. The poor performance is mainly due to the fact that the electorate in the middle was largely drawn to the middle party Yesh Atid , founded in 2012 , which received 14.33%. In addition, many members of the new Hatnua party, founded in December 2012, had joined the former party leader and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, which won 4.99% of the vote and 6 seats in parliament.
The party did not run for the 2015 elections and disbanded.
Party leader
- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, 2005 to January 16, 2006
- Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, 2006 to September 17, 2008
- Tzipi Livni, 2008 to March 27, 2012
- Schaul Mofas, March 27, 2012 to January 27, 2015
Web links
- Official website of Kadima
- Kadima Knesset website
- Kadima admits Palestinians country (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kadima elects Schaul Mofas as the new party leader . Spiegel Online , March 28, 2012, accessed May 12, 2012
- ↑ Mofaz Resigns from Politics , Former Israeli defense minister Shaul Mofaz retires from politics ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (both accessed on March 12, 2015)
- ↑ Rotating Government? Deutsche Welle , February 17, 2009
- ^ Government crisis in Israel - dispute over conscription . taz online, July 17, 2012; Retrieved July 18, 2012
- ↑ votes-19.gov.il ( Memento of the original from February 5, 2013 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Elections in Israel 2013 . Konrad Adenauer Foundation , January 24, 2013; accessed on January 28, 2013
