New Hope (), officially known as New Hope — Unity for Israel ( he, תִּקְוָוה חֲדָשָׁה אַחְדוּת לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, Tikva Hadasha Achdut L'Israel), is a

centre-right Centre-right politics lean to the right of the political spectrum, but are closer to the centre. From the 1780s to the 1880s, there was a shift in the Western world of social class structure and the economy, moving away from the nobility and me ...

right-wing Right-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position on the basis of natural law, economics, authori ...

conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization ...

and national-liberal political party in

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 formed by former

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 Sharo ...

MK and former minister

Gideon Sa'ar Gideon Moshe Sa'ar ( he, גִּדְעוֹן סַעַר; born 9 December 1966) is an Israeli politician who has served as Minister of Justice since June 2021. Sa'ar was previously a member of the Knesset for the Likud between 2003 and 2014, as De ...

on 8 December 2020, with Sa'ar subsequently submitting his resignation from the

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 th ...

on 9 December. On the same day, Derekh Eretz MKs Yoaz Hendel and

Zvi Hauser Zvi Hauser ( he, צבי האוזר; born 5 July 1968) is an Israeli lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Knesset for New Hope and also served as an MK for Blue and White and Derekh Eretz from 2019 to 2021. Biography Zvi Hauser was ...

announced that they would join New Hope.

MKs

Yifat Shasha-Biton Yifat Shasha-Biton (, born 23 May 1973) is an Israeli educator and politician. She was appointed Minister of Education in June 2021. She was elected to the twenty-fourth Knesset on the New Hope list, after serving as an MK for Kulanu and Liku ...

, Michal Shir,

Sharren Haskel Sharren Haskel ( he, שָׁרֶן הַשְׂכֵּל, born 4 March 1984) is an Israeli politician. She is a member of the Knesset for the National Unity Party, having previously served as a member of Likud and for New Hope. When she was first ...

, and

Ze'ev Elkin Ze'ev Elkin ( he, זְאֵב אֵלְקִין; russian: Зеэв Элькин; born 3 April 1971) is an Israeli politician who currently serves as Minister of Jerusalem Affairs and Minister of Housing and Construction. He was previously a memb ...

later joined as well.

Meir Yitzhak Halevi Meir Yitzhak Halevi ( he, מאיר יצחק-הלוי, born 1953) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the New Hope party. He previously served as mayor of Eilat between 2003 and 2021. In addition, he serves as a de ...

joined the party on 28 December.

Benny Begin Ze'ev Binyamin "Benny" Begin, (; born 1 March 1943) is an Israeli geologist and politician. He was a member of the Knesset for New Hope, having previously served as a member for Likud and Herut – The National Movement. He is the son of form ...

and

Dani Dayan Dani Dayan ( he, דני דיין; born 29 November 1955) is an Argentine-Israeli entrepreneur and Consul General of Israel in New York since August 2016 and Yad Vashem chairman since August 2021. Dayan is an advocate for the establishment and mai ...

joined on 21 January 2021, whilst MK Hila Vazan joined on 31 January. The party signed a surplus-vote agreement with

Yamina Yamina or Yemina (; ) is an Israeli political alliance of right-wing parties that originally included the New Right and the Union of Right-Wing Parties (a union of The Jewish Home and Tkuma). The current incarnation of the alliance includes o ...

on 4 January 2021. On 10 July 2022, New Hope formed a joint list with Blue and White, led by

Benny Gantz Benjamin Gantz ( he, בִּנְיָמִין "בֵּנִי" גַּנְץ, Transliterated: ; born 9 June 1959) is an Israeli politician and retired army general serving as the minister of Defense since 2020 and deputy prime minister of Israel s ...

, ahead of the upcoming legislative election.

Policy

New Hope sees the State of Israel as the nation state of the

Jewish people 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""The ...

and sees importance in military, economic, technological, research, settlement aspects of the state, with support for immigration to Israel. The party sees social divisions in Israel as problematic and promises to work for reconciliation and connection between parts of the nation.

Financial policy

The party supports a partially

mixed economy A mixed economy is variously defined as an economic system blending elements of a market economy with elements of a planned economy, markets with state interventionism, or private enterprise with public enterprise. Common to all mixed economies ...

with a strong and partially subsidized capitalist focus. It advocates an expansion of the technological sector and of Israel's infrastructure, as well as supporting a reduction in the size of the country's bureaucracy. It also supports an expansion of Israel's

social safety net The social safety net (SSN) consists of non-contributory assistance existing to improve lives of vulnerable families and individuals experiencing poverty and destitution. Examples of SSNs are previously-contributory social pensions, in-kind and fo ...

, and grants for small businesses.

Government reform

New Hope supports

term limit A term limit is a legal restriction that limits the number of terms an officeholder may serve in a particular elected office. When term limits are found in presidential and semi-presidential systems they act as a method of curbing the potenti ...

s, with a proposal to limit the tenure of a prime minister to eight years. In addition, their platform includes a proposal to elect the

via mixed-member representation. The party is also interested in increasing the powers of local government at the expense of the powers of the central government.

Leaders

Election results

Knesset members

References

External links

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