National Home (, ''HaBayit HaLeumi'') was a short-lived

political faction A political faction is a group of individuals that share a common political purpose but differs in some respect to the rest of the entity. A faction within a group or political party may include fragmented sub-factions, "parties within a party," ...

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 ...

during 2006.

Background

National Home was formed on 5 February 2006 when two MKs,

Hemi Doron Hemi Doron ( he, חמי דורון, born 16 October 1956) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Shinui, the Secular Faction and National Home between 2003 and 2006, and is currently mayor of Tayibe. Biography Born ...

and

Eliezer Sandberg Eliezer Sandberg (, born 21 February 1962) is a former Israeli politician who served as a government minister between 2003 and 2004. Biography Born in Haifa, Sandberg studied law at Tel Aviv University, gaining an LLB. He joined the Tzomet party ...

broke away from the Secular Faction (itself a recent breakaway from

Shinui Shinui ( he, שִׁינּוּי, lit. ''Change'') was a Zionist, secular, and anti-clerical free market liberal party and political movement in Israel. The party twice became the third-largest in the Knesset, but both occasions were followed by a ...

). The faction received 600,000 shekels in party funding (transferred from Hetz, the Secular Faction's new guise). The faction was dissolved shortly before the March 2006 elections when both Doron and Sandberg joined

Likud Likud ( he, הַלִּיכּוּד, HaLikud, The Consolidation), officially known as Likud – National Liberal Movement, is a major centre-right to right-wing political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin and Ariel Sharon ...

. They were included on Likud's

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 ...

list, placed in the symbolic 117th and 118th places in the party list, and both lost their seats.

References

External links

National Home
Knesset website Defunct political parties in Israel Political parties established in 2006 Political parties disestablished in 2006 2006 establishments in Israel 2006 disestablishments in Israel {{israel-party-stub