The Jewish National Front ( he, חֲזִית יְהוּדִית לְאוּמִּית, ''Hazit Yehudit LeUmit''), commonly known in Israel by its Hebrew acronym, Hayil (Hebrew: ), is a religious
far-right
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Date for far right Umm el-Fahm march announced
The Jerusalem Post, 2 December 2008 political party
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in Israel
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.
History
The party was founded in January 2004 by Baruch Marzel
Baruch Meir Marzel ( he, ברוך מאיר מרזל, born 23 April 1959) is an Israeli politician and activist. He is an Orthodox Jew originally from Boston who now lives in the Jewish community of Hebron in Tel Rumeida with his wife and nine ch ...
. The party ran in the 2006 elections to the Knesset on a joint list with Professor Paul Eidelberg Paul Eidelberg (born 1928) is an American-Israeli political scientist, author and lecturer, and is the founder and president of The Foundation for Constitutional Democracy, with offices in Jerusalem. He is also president of the Yamin Yisrael Party. ...
's Yamin Yisrael
Yamin Yisrael ( he, ימין ישראל, lit. ''Right Israel'') was a minor right-wing List of political parties in Israel, political party in Israel.
Background
The party was founded on 24 July 1995 when Shaul Gutman broke away from Moledet. It ...
party, but received less than the 2% minimum number of votes required to pass the threshold to receive representation.
Marzel was a senior activist for Kach, the most right-wing stream of religious nationalism in Israel, though Marzel was number two on Kleiner's Herut list for the 2003 Knesset elections.
In 2008, prior to the elections for the 18th Knesset, the party merged with Eretz Yisrael Shelanu
Eretz Yisrael Shelanu ( he, ארץ ישראל שלנו, lit., ''Land of Israel is Ours'') is a far-right religious party in Israel. Founded by Chabad Rabbi Shalom Dov Wolpo and Baruch Marzel on 11 November 2008, it seeks to prevent both the creati ...
, which, in turn, joined with the larger National Union party. Jewish National Front representative Michael Ben-Ari was given the fourth spot on the list, and subsequently won a seat in the 18th Knesset in 2009. This marks the first time the Jewish National Front enjoyed Knesset
The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (with ...
representation.
Ben-Ari was its chairman in 2018 and 2019 until banned from running in that year's election and Itamar Ben-Gvir became chairman.
Position
The party calls for a change in the country's electoral system so that Knesset
The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (with ...
members represent constituencies, rather than being elected on a party list system, as well as switching to a presidential system of government.[Hazit: The Jewish National Front -- By Prof. Paul Eidelberg]
GalileeBlog, 7 December 2005
It also supports preserving Israel as a Jewish state by increasing Jewish immigration, limiting immigration of people who are not Jews according to Halakha
''Halakha'' (; he, הֲלָכָה, ), also transliterated as ''halacha'', ''halakhah'', and ''halocho'' ( ), is the collective body of Jewish religious laws which is derived from the written and Oral Torah. Halakha is based on biblical commandm ...
, and strengthening Jewish education in public schools,[ and is against territorial compromise, citing the stance of Rabbi ]Chaim Zimmerman Aharon Chaim Zimmerman (1914 – March 9, 1995) (7th Adar II 5755) was a Ukrainian-born American Orthodox rabbi. Biography
Aharon Chaim Zimmerman was born in Konotop, Ukraine. He was the son of Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Zimmerman and nephew of Rabbi Bar ...
, who wrote a halakhic discourse entitled "The Prohibition of Abandoning Land in Eretz Yisrael".[
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Election results
See also
* Neo-Zionism
Neo-Zionism ( he, ניאו-ציונות) is a right-wing, nationalistic and religious ideology that appeared in Israel following the Six-Day War in 1967 and the capture of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Neo-Zionists consider these lands part of ...
References
External links
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