Zionist Union

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המחנה הציוני
HaMaḥane HaẒioni
Zionist Union
Zionist Union.svg
founding December 10, 2014
resolution 1st January 2019
Headquarters Tel Aviv-Jaffa , Israel
Alignment Social liberalism
social democracy
two-state solution
Colours) Blue White Red
Parliament seats
24/120
( 2015 )

The Zionist Union ( Hebrew המחנה הציוני HaMaḥane HaẒioni ) was a party alliance in Israel that was founded in December 2014 and terminated in January 2019. For the Knesset election in March 2015 , the Avoda Labor Party under Yitzchak Herzog and Ha-Tnu'a, founded by Tzipi Livni , joined together to form a center-left alliance, who came up with a common list to replace the previous government under the conservative Likud to replace with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu .

The alliance was concluded on December 11, 2014 and also integrated the Israeli Greens in 25th place. Herzog led the list at number 1, followed by Livni. Should the alliance provide the government, the office of prime minister would rotate between the two after two years ( Israeli model ). The New York Times commented that this agreement looked "wrong" because the Labor Party, with 15 seats so far, is significantly stronger than Ha-Tnu'a with six.

At the beginning of December, Netanyahu dismissed Tzipi Livni from his government as Minister of Justice for publicly criticizing it. Thereupon the Knesset decided to dissolve it and called early elections , after the last election in January 2013 . Livni said that Netanyahu is relying more and more on right-wing extremist positions and is increasingly isolating the country, which she wants to change with an inclusive policy. The alliance seeks new peace negotiations with the Palestinians and criticizes what they consider to be unsolved security policy issues, particularly in the Gaza Strip.

In the polls, both camps were head to head, which led Uri Avnery to believe that the “clinically dead” Labor Party Avoda would be revived by this alliance. The Marxist historian Moshe Zuckermann saw this as rooted in Netanyahu's failures; The 2014 Gaza war did not improve the security situation, nor did the “rabid” form of economic policy combat the growing and particularly extreme poverty in the country. While various left forces had managed to unite in this election, the right-wing camp was split up.

In the election on March 17, 2015, however, Prime Minister Netanyahu surprisingly managed to break away from the Zionist Union with 24 seats with 30 seats for his Likud party; the government was formed without them ( Netanyahu IV cabinet ).

Three months before the early parliamentary elections, Avi Gabbay , leader of the Labor Party, terminated the alliance on January 1, 2019.

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  1. ↑ a b c Isabel Kershner: Alliance Adds Twist to Israeli Elections. In: The New York Times , December 10, 2014.
  2. ↑ Jonathan Lis: Labor, Livni agree to join forces ahead of elections. In: Haaretz .com , December 10, 2014.
  3. ↑ Manfred Gerstenfeld: Before the elections (12): Still stalemate between Likud and the Zionist Union. In: Heplev (weblog), February 24, 2015.
  4. ↑ Markus Spörndli: Before the Knesset election: “In Israel there is no longer any left”. In: WOZ.ch , February 26, 2015.
  5. ↑ The Israeli opposition alliance breaks up shortly before the parliamentary elections. In: www.nzz.ch. January 1, 2019, accessed January 1, 2019 .