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The Israeli political party, the National Union Party (Ha ihud Haleumi) was formed in 1999 by Rehavam Zeevi, the leader of the Rightwing Moledet (Homeland party) in alliance with the Tekuma and Yisrael Beitenu parties. Yisrael Beitenu was led by Avigdor Lieberman, former secretary to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (1996-1999). Lieberman emigrated to Israel from the (former) Soviet Union in the early 1980s and became leader of the party in 2002 following the assassination of Rehavam Zeevi (the Israeli tourism minister) by PFLP in the Hyatt hotel in Jerusalem. The National Union party sees it objective to "become a ruling party in association with other parties that share the values and ideology of the national camp, i.e. the realization of Zionist goals, and respect for the heritage and values of the Jewish people." The party is made up of both secular and religious Jews, with current deputy leader Benny Elon receiving training as a Rabbi, while its Russian component (Yisrael Beitenu) is largely secular. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... It has been suggested that National Union Party be merged into this article or section. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Rehavam Zeevi Rehavam (Gandhi) 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. ... In politics, right-wing, the political right, or simply the right, are terms which refer, with no particular precision, to the segment of the political spectrum in opposition to left-wing politics. ... Moledet (Hebrew מולדת, literally homeland) is a small right-wing political party in Israel. ... Avigdor Liberman was born in 1958 in Moldova, and emigrated to Israel in 1978. ... Benjamin Netanyahu (also Binyamin, and in Israel commonly Bibi) (Hebrew: בנימין נתניהו) (born October 21, 1949, Tel Aviv) was the 9th Prime Minister of Israel. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) (Arabic الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين - al-Jabhah al-Shaabiyah li-Tahrīr Filasṭīn) is a secular, Marxist-Leninist, nationalist Palestinian organization, founded after the Six-Day War in 1967. ... Jerusalem and the Old City. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... Religious Jew is a term often used by Reform Jews to distinguish a Jew who observes religion from a Jew who does not. ... Binyamin Benny Elon (1954-) is a Member of Knesset. ... Rabbi (Classical Hebrew רִבִּי ribbÄ«;; modern Ashkenazi and Israeli רַבִּי rabbÄ«) in Judaism, means teacher, or more literally great one. The word Rabbi is derived from the Hebrew root-word RaV, which in biblical Hebrew means great or distinguished,. In the ancient Judean schools the sages were addressed as רִבִּי (Ribbi or Rebbi... This article concerns secularity, that is, being secular, in various senses. ...

The National Union pledges that another political entity besides Israel "will not rise between Jordan and the sea." It also states as an objective that "the funds which were being transferred to the Palestinian Authority by the Israeli government, will henceforth be used for reparations for the damage Israel has suffered during the period of terror." The National Union agenda states that it" seeks true peace based on agreement between the parties (Israel and the Arabs)." The National Union recognises that within the framework of any agreement, it is necessary to solve the Palestinian Arab refugee problem-- refugees who have spent the past 55 years in refugee camps. These refugees were created by the Arab states when they initiated wars against Israel both in 1948(War of Independence) and 1967 (Six Day war) with the objective of destroying the Jewish state. The West Bank The Palestinian National Authority (PNA or PA) is a semi-autonomous state institution nominally governing the bulk of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (which it calls the Palestinian Territories). It was established as a part of Oslo accords between the PLO and Israel. ...

The National Union's proposed solution is "transfer by agreement (population exchange) by which the refugees would be settled in Arab countries in place of Jews who emigrated to Israel from these countries." Approximately 1 million Jews emigrated to Israel from the Arab world in the period 1948-1968 and today they constitute (inclusive of their descendants) 2.7 million Israeli citizens. The National Union seeks to bring attention to the plight of the Jewish refugees from the Arab world and sees the Arab states as responsible for the refugee problem "both Jewish and Arab". 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...

The party won 7 out of the 120 seats in the 16th Knesset (Israeli parliament) in the elections held in January 2003. The Knesset (כנסת, Hebrew for assembly) is the Parliament of Israel. ... 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for January, 2003. ...

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