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Revision as of 19:38, 12 August 2019

LeaderAyelet Shaked
Founded29 July 2019
IdeologyZionism
National conservatism
Economic liberalism
Judicial restraint
Settler interests
Factions:
Religious conservatism
Religious Zionism
Orthodox interests
Political positionRight-wing to far-right
Member parties New Right
Union of the Right-Wing Parties (The Jewish Home and Tkuma)
Colours       
SloganIsrael wants the Right.
Knesset
6 / 120
Election symbol
Template:Hebrew
Website
insite-media.biz/yamina/01/

Yemina (Template:Lang-he-n, lit. Right or Rightwards)[1] is an Israeli political alliance of right-wing to far-right parties, containing the New Right and the Union of the Right-Wing Parties (a union of The Jewish Home and Tkuma).[2] The list was created ahead of the September 2019 Israeli legislative election; the three parties agreed to unite to avoid losing votes to the high electoral threshold.

Background

On 21 July 2019, after suffering a defeat in the April 2019 Israeli legislative election, New Right leader Naftali Bennett decided to give leadership of the party to Ayelet Shaked. In her opening leadership speech, Shaked declared that she will seek to unite with the Union of the Right-Wing Parties (URWP) and other right-wing parties.[3]

On the following day, negotiations with the URWP began. The negotiations initially stalled, as URWP leader Rafi Peretz was unwilling to concede leadership of the list to Shaked, and disagreements arose over how many spots each of the three involved parties would receive on the list. Another subject that arose in the negotiations was whether the radical former URWP member Otzma Yehudit should be included in the new joint list.[4]

Recordings of the wife of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Sara Netanyahu, were released where she was speaking with Rafi Peretz' wife, Michal Peretz, to attempt to convince Peretz to not give up his number one slot in the list; although it was confirmed that the prime minister was also involved (despite his denial), the attempt was ultimately unsuccessful,[5] and on 29 July 2019, the URWP and the New Right agreed to a joint run, with the New Right's Ayelet Shaked leading the joint list. As part of the agreement, the alliance declared that they would negotiate together to establish a right-wing government under Benjamin Netanyahu.[6]

Composition

Name Ideology Position Leader Current MKs
style="background:Template:New Right (Israel)/meta/color"| New Right National conservatism, Economic liberalism Right-wing Ayelet Shaked
0 / 120
style="background:Template:The Jewish Home/meta/color"| The Jewish Home[a] Religious Zionism, Religious conservatism Right-wing to far-right Rafi Peretz
4 / 120
style="background:Template:Tkuma (political party)/meta/color"| Tkuma[a] Religious Zionism, Ultranationalism Far-right Bezalel Smotrich
2 / 120

Principles

Party leader Ayelet Shaked listed 11 principles that the Yemina list is determined to uphold:[7]

  1. Jewish Identity: We will work to strengthen the Jewish identity of the State of Israel, and to strengthen the connection of Israeli students to the Torah, the Land of Israel and Jewish heritage.
  2. Nationality: We will act for the implementation of the Nation-state Law and prevention of any harm to it, while continuing to ensure individual rights and equality for all Israeli citizens.
  3. Unity of the land: We are the only party that opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state and any withdrawal from the territories of the Land of Israel. We will work to develop settlements throughout the country.
  4. Sovereignty: We will act for the full and equitable application of national sovereignty and the rule of law to all citizens and residents of Israel, including the end of the military administration of Judea and Samaria and the application of Israeli sovereignty to the territories of Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley.
  5. Determination against terror: We will defeat terrorism with determination and without compromise, we will defeat Gaza border terrorism and end the allowances payed to terrorists by the Palestinian Authority. We will bring back the corpses of IDF soldiers and charge a price from Hamas for it's actions, with total resistance to the release of imprisoned terrorists. We will act to assist disabled IDF veterans and the victims of the conflict.
  6. Aliyah: We will work towards the implementation of a national Aliyah policy, which will promote Jewish immigration and remove unnecessary barriers to immigration. We will prevent illegal immigration of migrant workers to Israel and prevent the abuse of family reunification policies.
  7. Competition and liberty: We will promote competition to break up monopolies and cartels, open the economy to international competition and reduce central planning in the economy. We will promote competition in the housing market, release land for construction, and implement taxation policies that will spur development. We will streamline regulation, reduce the regulatory burden on employers which will encourage employment and productivity, and create a comfortable environment for a sharing economy and the high tech industry.
  8. Right to work: We will reform the labor law so unions can only represent all workers in a workplace if they have a majority of it's workers unionized, we will implement mandatory government arbitration to solve labor disputes in essential government services and increase transparency in labor organizations.
  9. Governability: We will strengthen the values of governability and democracy. We will strengthen the status of the Knesset as a legislative authority and restore confidence in the Supreme Court as the judicial authority, in accordance with the law. We will strengthen the status of elected officials in the face of the un-elected bureaucracy.
  10. Social responsibility: We will enact economic and medical protection for the disabled and the elderly, while integrating people with disabilities in education, society and the labor market.
  11. Galilee and the Negev: We will strengthen the Galilee and the Negev with additional employment opportunities, housing, health care, tourism, culture, and transport. We will encourage capital investment and private initiatives that will strengthen human capital and allow families to settle and remain in the Galilee and the Negev. We will strengthen agriculture and the Labor settlements.

Alongside these united principles, each party retains its own independent platform. Thus, the New Right represents the more "liberal" Religious and Secular right, The Jewish Home represents "mainstream" Religious Zionism, while Tkuma represents the more nationalist and Chardal Religious Zionists.

Candidate list

The party's candidate list for the September 2019 Knesset elections is as follows:[6]

  - New Right,   - The Jewish Home,   - Tkuma

# Name Notes
style="background: Template:New Right (Israel)/meta/color; color: white" | 1 Ayelet Shaked Party leader and head of the New Right. Former Minister of Justice
style="background: Template:The Jewish Home/meta/color; color: white" | 2 Rabbi Rafi Peretz Head of the The Jewish Home and URWP. Minister of Education and former chief of the Military Rabbinate
style="background: Template:Tkuma (political party)/meta/color; color: white" | 3 Bezalel Smotrich Head of Tkuma. Minister of Transport and co-founder of the NGO Regavim
style="background: Template:New Right (Israel)/meta/color; color: white" | 4 Naftali Bennett Former head of the New Right and the Jewish Home, and former Minister of Education
style="background: Template:The Jewish Home/meta/color; color: white" | 5 Moti Yogev Former IDF colonel and Secretary General of Bnei Akiva
style="background: Template:Tkuma (political party)/meta/color; color: white" | 6 Ofir Sofer Tkuma Secretary General
style="background: Template:New Right (Israel)/meta/color; color: white" | 7 Colonel (Res.) Matan Kahana Former Sayeret Matkal officer and F-16 Squadron Commander
style="background: Template:The Jewish Home/meta/color; color: white" | 8 Idit Silman Head of "Misdar Hadar", an organization whose goal is to return the Israeli corpses currently in the hands of Hamas
style="background: Template:New Right (Israel)/meta/color; color: white" | 9 Roni Sasover Lawyer, Right-wing activist
style="background: Template:Tkuma (political party)/meta/color; color: white" | 10 Orit Strook Founder of the NGO "Human Rights Organization of Judea and Samaria"
style="background: Template:New Right (Israel)/meta/color; color: white" | 11 Shai Maimon Leader of the movement to legalize the settlement Mitzpe Carmim
style="background: Template:New Right (Israel)/meta/color; color: white" | 12 Shuli Mualem Former Deputy and Acting Chairman of the IDF Widows and Orphans organisation
style="background: Template:The Jewish Home/meta/color; color: white" | 13 Rabbi Eli Ben-Dahan Deputy Minister of Defense and former Ahi party Chairman

Leaders

Leader Took office Left office
style="background: Template:Union of Right-Wing Parties/meta/color; color: white" | Ayelet Shaked 2019 Incumbent

Knesset election results

Election year Party Leader # of overall votes % of overall vote # of overall seats
won 		+/- Gov?
September 2019 Ayelet Shaked TBD TBD TBD TBD

Notes

  1. ^ a b Member of the Union of the Right-Wing Parties

References

  1. ^ Staff writer (12 August 2019). "United Right to run under name 'Yemina'". Arutz Sheva.
  2. ^ Jeremy Sharon (30 July 2019). "Right-wing parties form alliance to be led by Shaked". The Jerusalem Post.
  3. ^ Jacob Magid (21 July 2019). "Taking reins from Bennett, Shaked urges right-wing slates to unite beneath her". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  4. ^ Raoul Wootliff (1 August 2019). "Extremist Otzma Yehudit still seeking merger with United Right as deadline nears". Times of Israel. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  5. ^ Staff writer. "Leaked recordings reveal Sara Netanyahu's efforts to sabotage URWP-Shaked merger". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  6. ^ a b Staff (29 July 2019). "New Right, United Right reach final agreement on joint run". Israel National News. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  7. ^ Ayelet Shaked (8 August 2019). "אנחנו בימין המאוחד מחויבים, בראש ובראשונה, לציבור בישראל ולערכי הימין". Facebook (in Hebrew). Retrieved 5 August 2019.
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