The National Union (Hebrew: האיחוד הלאומי‎, HaIkhud HaLeumi) is a right wing political party in Israel and consists of an alliance of Ahi, Moledet and Tkuma. In the 2006 elections the party ran on a joint list with the National Religious Party, winning nine seats. Image File history File links Mafdal2006. ... Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ... Rehavam Zeevi   (רחבעם זאבי-גנדי)a (June 20, 1926 - October 17, 2001) was an Israeli general, politician and historian who founded the right-wing nationalist Moledet party. ... Avigdor Lieberman (Hebrew: ), also Liberman (born on 5 June 1958 in Kishinev, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union) is an Israeli politician and leader of the Yisrael Beytenu party. ... Rabbi Binyamin Benny Elon (1954-) is an Israeli politician, a Member of the Knesset and chairman of the Israeli nationalist right-wing party the National Union. ... The Elon Peace Plan is a solution for the Arab-Israeli conflict proposed in 2002 by Rabbi Binyamin Elon, who was the Israeli tourism minister at the time he put forward his proposal. ... Hardal (Hebrew: חרדל, חרדי לאומי Translit. ... Halakha (הלכה in Hebrew or Halakhah, Halacha, Halachah) is the collective corpus of Jewish law, custom and tradition regulating all aspects of behavior. ... Satellite image of the Land of Israel in January 2003. ... Security measures taken to protect the Houses of Parliament in London, England. ... Social justice refers to the concept of an unjust society that refers to more than just the administration of laws. ... For other uses, see Jerusalem (disambiguation). ... Politics of Israel takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Israel is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. ... Hebrew redirects here. ... “Right wing” redirects here. ... Political parties in Israel: Israels political system is based on proportional representation which allows for a multi-party system with numerous parties. ... Moledet (Hebrew מולדת, literally homeland) is a small right-wing political party in Israel. ... Tkuma was a temporary Israeli right wing party during 1998. ... The Elections for the 17th Knesset were held in Israel on 28 March 2006. ... Mafdal party logo The National Religious Party (Hebrew: Mafdal, מפדל) is an Israeli political party representing the religious Zionist movement. ...

Background

The National Union was formed in 1999 to fight the elections of that year as an alliance between Moledet, Tkuma and Herut – The National Movement, winning won four seats. In 2001 the party's support was almost doubled by the addition of the predominantly Russian-immigrant party, Yisrael Beiteinu. The Elections for the 15th Knesset were held on 17 May, 1999 alongside elections for Prime Minister. ... Herut – The National Movement (Hebrew: חרות – התנועה הלאומית, Herut – HaTenoaa HaLeumit), commonly known as just Herut, is a minor right-wing political party in Israel. ... Anthem Hymn of the Russian Federation Capital (and largest city) Moscow Official languages Russian official throughout nation; thirty others co-official in various regions Government Semi-presidential federal republic  -  President Vladimir Putin  -  Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov Formation  -  Declared June 12, 1990   -  Finalized December 25, 1991  Area  -  Total 17,075,400... Yisrael Beytenu ( Hebrew: Israel Our Home) is a right-wing political party in Israel with support from Jewish Russian immigrants to Israel who came from the lands of the former Soviet Union. ...

After Ariel Sharon won the 2001 Prime Ministerial elections, the party were brought into the National Unity Government and party leader Rehavam Zeevi was appointed Minister of Tourism, with Israel Beytenu leader Avigdor Lieberman made Minister of National Infrastructure. When Zeevi was assassinated on 17 October, 2001, Binyamin Elon (Moledet) took his ministerial position whilst Lieberman became head of the party.   (Hebrew: , also known by his diminutive Arik אָרִיק) (born February 27, 1928) is a former Israeli politician and general. ... Prime Ministerial elections were held in Israel on 6 February 2001, following the resignation of Prime Minister Ehud Barak of the Israeli Labour Party. ... National Governments or National Unity Governments are broad coalition governments consisting of all parties (or all major parties) in the legislature and are often formed during times of war or national emergency. ... Rehavam Zeevi (רחבעם זאבי-גנדי) (June 20, 1926 - October 17, 2001) was an Israeli general, politician and historian who founded the right-wing nationalist Moledet party. ... Avigdor Lieberman (Hebrew: ), also Liberman (born on 5 June 1958 in Kishinev, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union) is an Israeli politician and leader of the Yisrael Beytenu party. ... Rabbi Binyamin Benny Elon (1954-) is an Israeli politician, a Member of the Knesset and chairman of the Israeli nationalist right-wing party the National Union. ...

Before the 2003 elections Herut decided to fight the election alone and left the alliance. After winning seven seats, the National Union party was included in Ariel Sharon's coalition alongside Likud, Shinui, the National Religious Party and Yisrael BaAliyah. Elon and Lieberman were appointed Minister of Tourism and Minister of Transportation respectively. Elections for the 16th Knesset were held in Israel on 28 January 2003. ... Likud (Hebrew: ליכוד, literally means consolidation) is a centre-right political party in Israel. ... Shinui (שינוי) (original full name: Tenua le-Shinui ve Yozma and then to Shinui-Mifleget ha-Merkaz) is a Zionist, secular and anti-clerical, free market liberal party in Israel. ... Mafdal party logo The National Religious Party (Hebrew: Mafdal, מפדל) is an Israeli political party representing the religious Zionist movement. ...

Because of opposition to the withdrawal from the Gaza Strip (particularly because Tkuma member Zvi Hendel lived in the Gaza settlement of Gush Katif), National Union ministers Binyamin Elon and Avigdor Lieberman were sacked, the former after attempting to avoid his fate by going into hiding, and the party left the coalition. Israels unilateral disengagement plan (Hebrew: תוכנית ההתנתקות Tokhnit HaHitnatkut or תכנית ההינתקות Tokhnit HaHinatkut in the Disengagement Plan Implementation Law), also known as the Disengagement plan, Gaza Pull-Out plan, and Hitnatkut) was a proposal by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, adopted by the government and enacted in August 2005, to remove all... Zvi Hendel (‎, born October 16, 1949 in Transylvania, Romania) is an Israeli politician. ... Homes alongside a sand dune in Neve Dekalim. ...

However, the National Union was bolstered by the addition of Ahi (then known as the Renewed Religious National Zionist Party), which had split off from the National Religious Party when they decided to remain in the coalition. After the disengagement plan, the party adopted the orange colour as its banner, stating that it represented the Jewish Zionist spirit of the ideological and pure youth of Torah Zionism which rallied under the color to protest against the plan. See also Orange (disambiguation) for other meanings of the word. ...

In 2005 Yisrael Beiteinu left the alliance to fight the 2006 elections on its own. At the last minute the National Religious Party decided to join with National Union on a joint list called National Union - NRP, with the party adopting more social policies and winning the support of the chief rabbis of the Torah Zionist Movement (such as Rabbi Abraham Shapira) as well as the Union of Handicapped (thanks to the NRP's pro-handicapped legistlation). The joint list used the slogan New right rising (Hebrew: ימין חדש עולה, Yamin Hadash Oleh) and won nine seats, of which the National Union took six. The Elections for the 17th Knesset were held in Israel on 28 March 2006. ... Rabbi Avraham Elkanah Kahana Shapira is a prominent figure in the Religious Zionist world. ...

Platform

The party has a joint platform, and in particular it supports the settlement of all the Land of Israel, advocates the use of more military power in the War on terror and harsher measures against Palestinian terrorism. It rejects all current Oslo-based peace efforts — which it sees as dangerous to Israel — and the notion of what it calls a "22nd Arab state". The party instead advocates voluntary transfer of the Arabs from the West Bank, though it has been vague as to how this could be implemented. Map of Israeli settlements (magenta) in the West Bank. ... Satellite image of the Land of Israel in January 2003. ... This article is about U.S. actions, and those of other states, after September 11, 2001. ... The term Palestinian terrorism is commonly used to describe acts of political violence committed by Palestinian individuals or groups against Israelis, Jews, and nationals of other countries. ... Yitzhak Rabin, Bill Clinton, and Yasser Arafat during the Oslo Accords on September 13, 1993. ... It has been suggested that State of Palestine be merged into this article or section. ... Population transfer is a term referring to a policy by which a state, or international authority, forces the movement of a large group of people out of a region, most frequently on the basis of their ethnicity or religion. ... Languages Arabic other minority languages Religions Predominantly Sunni Islam, as well as Shia Islam, Greek Orthodoxy, Greek Catholicism, Roman Catholicism, Alawite Islam, Druzism, Ibadi Islam, and Judaism Footnotes a Mainly in Antakya. ...

Despite the joint platform, the three constituents retain their unique identity on a rhetorical level:

• Ahi represents the National-Ultra-Orthodox (Hardal) faction of the Torah-religious public in Israel. They put focus on supporting the settlements, fighting terrorism and corruption and reestablishing the high-status of Torah Zionism.
• Moledet focuses on the notion of transfer and more generally national security issues. It prides itself on being composed equally of non-Orthodox and Orthodox elements, although its members are sympathetic to NRP views.
• Tkuma represents the Orthodox side. While not actively opposing the Israel Beytenu dominated platform, it uses Torah motives and argumentation to advance the union's common ground.

Hardal (Hebrew: חרדל, חרדי לאומי Translit. ... Mafdal party logo The National Religious Party (Hebrew: Mafdal, מפדל) is an Israeli political party representing the religious Zionist movement. ...

Knesset members

• Ahi
  • Effi Eitam
  • Yitzhak Levy
• Moledet
  • Benny Elon
  • Aryeh Eldad
• Tkuma
  • Zvi Hendel
  • Uri Ariel

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External links

• Official website (Hebrew) (English) (Russian) (French)
• Party history Knesset website

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