Justice for the Elderly ( he, צדק לזקן, ''Tzedek LaZaken'') was a political faction 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 ...

between June and October 2008. Led by Moshe Sharoni, it had three seats in 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 (wit ...

History

The faction was established on 2 June 2008 when three MKs from Gil ( Moshe Sharoni, Elhanan Glazer and Sarah Marom) left the party.Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups
Knesset website Glazer had initially decided not to quit Gil after being promised a Deputy Ministerial post (a decision which Sharoni claimed he would sue Glazer for NIS 2 million for), but eventually changed his mind again and left the party. The faction was initially planned to be associated with the

Social Justice Social justice is justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society. In Western and Asian cultures, the concept of social justice has often referred to the process of ensuring that individuals ...

party, with three MKs promised places in the top five on the Social Justice list in the next elections and Sharoni a senior cabinet post, as well as funding amounting to tens of thousands of shekels a month. Gil MK Yitzhak Galanti stated that the "move could result in Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah or Iranian President

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ( fa, محمود احمدی‌نژاد, Mahmūd Ahmadīnežād ), born Mahmoud Sabbaghian ( fa, محمود صباغیان, Mahmoud Sabbāghyān, 28 October 1956),

also 'buying' a Knesset faction to represent their views". However, the agreement was later cancelled. On 15 October 2008 Sharoni announced that the faction was to merge back into Gil. The merger went ahead on 27 October, although Elhanan Glazer broke away to establish another new faction, The Right Way.

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Justice for the Elderly
Knesset website {{Israeli political parties Defunct political parties in Israel Political parties established in 2008 Political parties disestablished in 2008 Pensioners' parties