Leader |
Daniel Hershkowitz Naftali Bennett |
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Founded | 2008 |
Preceded by | National Religious Party |
Headquarters | Jerusalem |
Ideology |
Religious Zionism Modern Orthodox interests Economic liberalism |
Political position | Right-wing to Far-right |
Religion | Modern Orthodox Judaism (core constituency) |
International affiliation | None |
Colours | Blue, green |
Knesset |
8 / 120
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Most MKs | 12 (2013) |
Election symbol | |
טב | |
Website | |
www |
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The Jewish Home (Hebrew: הַבַּיִת הַיְהוּדִי, HaBayit HaYehudi) is an Orthodox Jewish, religious Zionist political party in Israel, formed as the successor party to the National Religious Party.
It was originally formed by a merger of the National Religious Party, Moledet and Tkuma in November 2008. However, after its top representative was placed 17th on the new party's list, Moledet broke away from the party, and instead ran on a joint list with Hatikva called the National Union.Tkuma also rejoined the National Union whereas the Ahi faction have joined Likud.
For the 19th Knesset Elections, The Jewish Home and Tkuma parties merged their lists under the leadership of the chairman of The Jewish Home; Naftali Bennett, Uri Bank and his Moledet party supported the merger. The other National Union members formed the Otzma LeYisrael party. The party has ministers in the cabinet of Israel.
The National Religious Party and the National Union originally allied in order to run a joint list for the 2006 elections.