The Jewish Home

The Jewish Home
הבית היהודי
LeaderHagit Moshe[1]
Founded18 November 2008 (2008-11-18)
Dissolved20 August 2023[2]
Preceded byNational Religious Party
Merged intoNational Religious Party–Religious Zionism
HeadquartersJerusalem
Ideology
Political positionFar-right[4][5][6]
ReligionOrthodox Judaism[7]
National affiliationURWP (2019)
Yamina (2019, 2020)
Member partiesYamina/New Right
Tkuma (2013–2019)
Colours    Blue, green
Most MKs8 (2013)
Election symbol
ב‎[a]
Website
www.baityehudi.org.il

  1. ^ Historical symbol of Mafdal. Despite this, the party used טב in all elections but 2009 and 2022 because of their alliance with National Union–Tkuma which uses the letter ט.

The Jewish Home (Hebrew: הַבַּיִת הַיְהוּדִי, romanizedHaBayit HaYehudi) was an Orthodox Jewish, religious Zionist and far-right political party in Israel.[8] It was originally formed by a merger of the National Religious Party, Moledet and Tkuma in November 2008. However, Moledet broke away from the party after its top representative was placed only 17th on the new party's list for the 2009 Knesset elections, and instead ran on a joint list with Hatikva. Tkuma later also left to join the National Union.

For the 2013 elections, the Jewish Home and Tkuma parties ran a joint list under the leadership of the chairman of the Jewish Home, Naftali Bennett.[9] The party ran with Tkuma again in the 2015 elections.[10] In April 2019, Jewish Home ran on a joint list with Tkuma and Otzma Yehudit. The parties registered under the name Union of Right-Wing Parties. The party ran on a joint list (named Yamina) with Tkuma and the New Right in the September 2019 Israeli legislative election, though the joint list split into two factions on 10 October. Yamina ran again in the 2020 Israeli legislative election. Party leader Rafi Peretz announced on 5 January 2021 that he was retiring from politics and was succeeded by Hagit Moshe as the leader of the party on 19 January 2021. In 2023, the Jewish Home and the Religious Zionist Party agreed to merge to become a single party, National Religious Party–Religious Zionism.

  1. ^ Hezki Baruch (14 September 2022). "48 days to the elections: Jewish Home Central Committee approves agreement with Shaked". Arutz Sheva. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  2. ^ "מרכז הבית היהודי אישר את ההסכם לפירוק המפלגה". Srugim. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Which parties are running - and who is likely to get in?". Arutz Sheva. 9 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Medieval fantasy that fuels Israel's far-right". Washington Post. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  5. ^ "At 11th hour, Jewish Home drops Kahanist far-right slate to merge with New Right". Times of Israel. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  6. ^ Israel elections: Netanyahu challengers Gantz and Lapid join forces BBC News, 21 February 2019
  7. ^ "A look at the make-up of the new Israeli government". The Oklahoman. Associated Press. 14 March 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  8. ^ Rudoren, Jodi (22 January 2013). "Tepid Vote for Netanyahu in Israel Is Seen as Rebuke". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  9. ^ "Moledet Strengthens Unity in Religious Camp". Arutz Sheva. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  10. ^ Lewis, Avi (12 January 2015). "Jewish Home faction Tekumah selects Knesset candidates". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 22 February 2019.