National Union (Israel)
The National Union ( Hebrew האיחוד הלאומי, ha-Ichud ha-Leumi ) was a list association of nationalist parties in Israel that existed between 1999 and 2013. In 2013 the National Union was dissolved. The two parties Moledet and Tkuma joined the HaBajit haJehudi party . The other two parties, Hatikva and Hazit Yehudit LeUmit, merged to form the Otzma LeJisra'el party .
development
The organization has existed since 1999 as a joint list of the three radical nationalist parties Moledet , Herut Ha-Hadasha and Tekumah . In 2000 Herut Ha-Hadasha left the Union while the nationalist-right-wing populist immigration party Jisra'el Beitenu joined the National Union.
In the 1999 Knesset election, the National Union received four out of 120 seats; in 2003 there were seven. After Ariel Sharon was elected Prime Minister , Avigdor Lieberman and party leader Rechaw'am Ze'ewi received the Ministry of Infrastructure and Tourism. After he was the victim of an attack by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine on October 17, 2001 , the organization left the government. In 2005 the National Union protested against Sharon’s policy of removing Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip.
For the 2006 Knesset election , Jisra'el Beitenu ran again on his own, achieved eleven seats and ended up in fifth place, just behind Likud . Before the election, Avigdor Lieberman had polemicized with racist views about the deportation of Arabs with Israeli citizenship. The National Union under top candidate Benjamin Elon together with the National Religious Party achieved 7.1% of the vote and nine seats in parliament.
For the 2009 Knesset election , the National Union united with the national religious to form the HaBajit haJehudi (Jewish House) party. Some of its members, especially from the Moledet and Tkuma parties , refused to join forces and joined forces with the secular-nationalist party Hatikva and the religious party Eretz Jisra'el Shelanu as well as the national-religious Hazit Yehudit LeUmit (Jewish National Front) under the name "National Union" with the top candidate Yaakov Katz for election. This party received 3.3% of the vote and four seats in parliament.
For the 2013 Knesset election , Moledet and Tkuma finally joined the “Jewish House” under Naftali Bennett , which received 9.1% of the vote and 12 seats in parliament. The chairman of Eretz Jisra'el Shelanu Shalom Dov Wolpo expressed his support for the “Jewish House” party in the run-up to the 2013 election. The other two parties in the National Union, Hatikva and Hazit Yehudit LeUmit, founded the ultra-nationalist Otzma LeJisra'el ("Strength for Israel") party, which failed to meet the 2% threshold for entry into the Knesset. The National Union thus de facto dissolved in 2013.
In 2019, the Jewish House and Otzma LeJisra'el ran as a joint electoral list under the name Union of Right-wing Parties , which can therefore be viewed as the successor to the National Union.
Weltanschauung & program
The National Union advocates a policy that uses the beliefs of Judaism to justify claims to ownership of the Palestine region . In its basic program, the National Union describes Israel as "[...] the homeland of the Jewish people, supported by the Torah and our historical heritage" . She also calls for "[...] reinforcement and expansion of settlements across the country" . In terms of economic policy, the organization aims to reduce its economic dependence on the United States of America , expand tourism and provide greater support for small and medium-sized businesses.
Parties involved in the alliance
- 1999–2003: Moledet , Cherut - HaTnu'a HaLeumit and Tkuma
- 2003–2006: Moledet , Tkuma and Jisra'el Beitenu
- 2006–2009: Moledet , Tkuma and Achi
- 2009–2013: Moledet , Tkuma , Hatikva , Eretz Jisra'el Shelanu and Hazit Yehudit LeUmit
Knesset members
| Electoral term | Members |
|---|---|
| 1999-2003 | Benjamin Elon , Michael Kleiner , Chanan Porat (replaced by Zvi Hendel ), Rehavam Ze'evi |
| 2003-2006 | Uri Ariel , Arieh Eldad , Benjamin Elon , Zvi Hendel , Avigdor Lieberman (replaced by Eliezer Cohen ), Michael Nudelman , Yuri Stern , Yigal Yasinov |
| 2006-2009 | Uri Ariel , Effi Eitam , Arieh Eldad , Benjamin Elon , Zvi Hendel , Jitzchak Levy |
| 2009-2013 | Uri Ariel , Michael Ben-Ari , Arieh Eldad , Ya'akov Katz |
See also
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ Article in the Independent
- ↑ Party program of the National Union (English) ( Memento of the original from May 2, 2006 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.
