Otzma LeYisrael
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Otzma Yehudit
עוצמה יהודית |
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| Leader |
Aryeh Eldad Michael Ben-Ari |
| Founded | 13 November 2012 |
| Headquarters | Jerusalem |
| Ideology |
Greater Israel Neo-Kahanism Neo-Zionism |
| Political position | Far-right |
| Knesset |
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| Most MKs | 2 (2009) |
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Otzma Yehudit (Hebrew: עוצמה יהודית, lit., Jewish Strength) is a far-right political party in Israel. Its predecessor party, Otzma LeYisrael (Hebrew: עָצְמָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, lit., Strength for Israel), or Strong Israel, was established on 13 November 2012 by MKs Aryeh Eldad and Michael Ben-Ari, who split from the National Union to form a new party ahead of the 2013 elections. Otzma LeYisrael is seen by some as the ideological descendant of the outlawed Kach party.
In the 2013 election, Otzma LeYisrael failed to pass the minimum 2% voting threshold by 9000 votes, and did not receive any seats in the 19th Knesset.
Eldad was first elected to the Knesset on the National Union list in 2003. In November 2007, Eldad formed a new secular far-right party named Hatikva. Ultimately, Hatikva ran as a faction of the National Union in the 2009 elections, and Eldad retained his seat.
Ben-Ari ran for Knesset unsuccessfully in the 2003 elections with the Herut – The National Movement party, and in the 2006 elections with the Jewish National Front party, both times failing to pass the threshold. Leading up to the 2009 elections, the Jewish National Front, headed by a long-time Kach party activist Baruch Marzel, joined Eretz Yisrael Shelanu, a new party founded by Chabad Rabbi Shalom Dov Wolpo. The joint list ran as part of the National Union, with Michael Ben-Ari, its representative, taking the fourth spot on the alliance's list. The National Union won four seats, allowing Ben-Ari to enter the Knesset.
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