Yamin Yisrael ( he, ימין ישראל, lit. ''Right Israel'') was a minor right-wing
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 ideological or p ...
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 ...
.
Background
The party was founded on 24 July 1995 when
Shaul Gutman
Shaul Gutman ( he, שאול גוטמן, born 9 September 1945) is an Israeli academic and former politician.
Biography
Born in Be'erot Yitzhak during the Mandate era, Gutman grew up in Rehovot and studied at the Technion and Berkeley, before ...
broke away from
Moledet
Moledet ( he, מולדת, ''Homeland'') was a minor right-wing political party in Israel.
History
Moledet was established by Rehavam Ze'evi in 1988. It won two seats in the Knesset elections later that year, taken by Ze'evi and Yair Sprinza ...
electoral threshold
The electoral threshold, or election threshold, is the minimum share of the primary vote that a candidate or political party requires to achieve before they become entitled to representation or additional seats in a legislature. This limit can ...
of 1.5% and did not win a seat.
In the 2003 elections the party ran a joint list with
Herut – The National Movement
Herut – The National Movement ( he, חרות – התנועה הלאומית, ''Herut – HaTnu'a HaLeumit''), commonly known as just Herut (), was a minor right-wing political party in Israel. Though it saw itself as the ideological successor ...
. Although together the parties won 36,202 votes (1.1%), they were 8,000 short of the threshold. For the 2006 elections the party ran alongside
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 c ...
's
Jewish National Front
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-right2009 elections.
proportional representation
Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...
system for elections with a
constituency
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-based method.
*Institute a
presidential system
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of government.
*Presidential appointment of
Supreme Court
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judges.
*Enforce the basic law prohibiting parties that negate the Jewish nature of the state
*Rescind citizenship of "disloyal" citizens.
*Rescind large child allowances.
*Rescind the "grandfather clause" of the
Law of Return
The Law of Return ( he, חֹוק הַשְׁבוּת, ''ḥok ha-shvūt'') is an Israeli law, passed on 5 July 1950, which gives Jews, people with one or more Jewish grandparent, and their spouses the right to relocate to Israel and acquire Isr ...
(which allows individuals with a Jewish grandparent, but not recognised halakhically as Jews to claim Israeli citizenship).
*Allow Israelis living abroad to vote.
*Castigate CNN and the BBC for being "a facade for antisemitism".
*Phase out U.S. military aid to Israel.