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 Far-right politics, also referred to as the extreme right or right-wing extremism, are political beliefs and actions further to the right of the left–right political spectrum than the standard political right, particularly in terms of being ...

Date for far right Umm el-Fahm march announced
The Jerusalem Post, 2 December 2008

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

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 Part ...

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, which, in turn, joined with the larger National Union party. Jewish National Front representative

Michael Ben-Ari Michael Ben-Ari ( he, מיכאל בן ארי, born 12 October 1963) is an Israeli politician, and former member of the Knesset. During the 2009 Israeli legislative election, 18th Knesset, Ben Ari was a member of the National Union (Israel), Nati ...

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 Itamar Ben-Gvir ( he, אִיתָמָר בֶּן גְּבִיר; born 6 May 1976) is an Israeli lawyer and politician, who serves as the Minister of National Security. He is additionally a member of the Knesset and leader of Otzma Yehudit. He h ...

became chairman.

Position

The party calls for a change in the country's electoral system so that

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

Jew Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""Th ...

ish 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 Ba ...

, who wrote a halakhic discourse entitled "The Prohibition of Abandoning Land in Eretz Yisrael".

Election results

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Official website
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History

Position

Election results

See also

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