Schinui

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Hebrew מפלגת שינוי
Mifleget Schinui
Party of Change
Party leader Ron Levintal
founding 1974
Alignment Secular Zionism
Liberalism
Parliament seats
0/120

Shinui ( Hebrew מפלגת שינוי Mifleget Schinui , German 'party of change' ) is a Zionist , secular and liberal party in Israel . Until 2009 she was a member of the Liberal International .

history

Beginnings

Schinui was founded in 1974 under the influence of the Yom Kippur War . She has seen multiple splits and mergers. In 1977 she took part in the alliance “Democratic Movement for Change” (Dash) in the Knesset election; the electoral alliance became the third largest group. The alliance disintegrated in the following year. In the 1981 Knesset election, Schinui was only able to win two seats. It remained at this level during the 1980s.

Meretz electoral alliance

In 1992, Schinui merged with Mapam and the Ratz civil rights movement to form the Meretz party alliance . In the election on June 23, 1992, Meretz was able to rise to the third force behind Avoda and Likud . Subsequently, Meretz participated in the center-left governments of Yitzchak Rabin and Shimon Peres . In 1996 Mapam, Ratz and Schinui decided to transform their alliance into a unified party. The Schinui chairman Amnon Rubinstein campaigned for the merger, but a majority of party members were critical of the social democratic orientation of the Meretz party.

Poraz / Lapid era

In 1997, under the leadership of Avraham Poraz, an independent Schinui split off again. She gave herself a liberal profile, both in economic policy and in fundamental religious questions. In 1999 Poraz handed over the chairmanship to the TV journalist Josef "Tommy" Lapid . In the subsequent election to the 15th Knesset on May 17, 1999, Schinui was able to achieve six seats. In the parliamentary elections in 2003 it even rose to the third largest party with 15 out of 120 seats and joined the government of Ariel Sharon . Lapid became Minister of Justice . Schinui supported Sharon's withdrawal plan from Gaza - also later from the opposition - and was the driving force behind a fairly successful liberal economic policy .

In December 2004, the coalition with the Likud Sharon broke due to differences over the budget. Schinui did not want to support payments of several million euros to orthodox religious organizations and voted against the government's draft budget in the first reading. Sharon then dismissed the Shinui ministers.

Decline

Poraz, Lapid's deputy in the party chairmanship, surprisingly lost the race for the top candidate in 2006 against Ron Levintal . In response, Poraz, Lapid and nine other MPs left the party and formed the Secular Group on January 26, 2006. Shortly thereafter, Hemi Doron and Eliezer Sandberg split off the new National Home Party (הבית הלאומי, HaBayit HaLeumi ). The secular faction gathered in the radical liberal- secular party Hetz ( Pfeil , HaMiflaga HaChilonit-Zionit - Secular Zionist Party).

Another blow to Schinui was the establishment of the liberal Kadima , which withdrew voters from the political center . As a result, Schinui clearly failed in the election on March 28, 2006 because of the two percent hurdle. In 2009 she did not run for election.

Chairperson

See also

Web links

  • www.shinui.org.il - Official website (no longer available)