Zionist Union
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Zionist Union
המחנה הציוני |
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| Leader | Isaac Herzog, Tzipi Livni |
| Chairman | Isaac Herzog |
| Founded | 10 December 2014 |
| Headquarters | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Ideology |
Social liberalism Zionism Two State solution Factions: Social democracy Labor Zionism Liberal Zionism |
| Political position | Center-left |
| Alliance of |
Labor Party Hatnuah Green Movement |
| Colours | Blue, white, red |
| Knesset |
24 / 120
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The Zionist Union (Hebrew: המחנה הציוני, translit. HaMaḥaneh HaTziyoni, lit. the Zionist Camp) is a center-left political alliance in Israel. It was established in December 2014 by the Israeli Labor Party, Hatnuah and Green Movement to create a joint electoral list to contest the 20th Knesset elections with the hope of unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Labor Party and Hatnuah agreed on 10 December 2014 to form a joint ticket. The list was established to create a large electoral list for the centre-left bloc, in the hope that it will lead the 34th government. Hatnuah leader Tzipi Livni has said that other parties will also be part of the alliance. Livni and Labor leader Isaac Herzog initially said that if the alliance were to win enough seats to lead the next government, they would rotate in the post of Prime Minister, with Herzog serving for the first half of the Knesset's four-year term and Livni for the second half, though Livni announced on 16 March 2015 that only Herzog would serve as prime minister.
Manuel Trajtenberg, number 11 on the list, was the list's candidate for finance minister. Amos Yadlin was the list's candidate for defense minister, though he was not a candidate for the Knesset. The Green Movement was also represented on the list through the addition of Yael Cohen Paran on a spot (No. 25) for Hatnuah members.
Key issues for the Zionist Union included the following:
In addition, the Zionist Union is in favor of the following:
The following are the candidates elected to the 20th Knesset from the Zionist Union's party list.
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