Posted on 12/29/2018 6:35:22 PM PST by Nextrush
"The new right-wing party is on the right, period, for the land of Israel, without compromises, against a Palestinian state"
Education Minister Naftali Bennett Announces A New "Right" Party In Israel 12/29/2018
Education Minister Naftali Bennett and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked announced Saturday night the formation of "The New Right" party to contest the April 9th elections.
They are leaving the "Jewish Home" party where Bennett served as its leader.
Bennett and Shaked will be co-leaders of the new party.
The party will 'represent secular and religious Israelis'.
Bennett said religious Israelis have been used for too long by politicians like Mr. Netanyahu who have "abused" them and taken them for granted.
Bennett said too many compromises have been made including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's recent decision to allow Qatari cash in suitcases into Gaza in the midst of the provocations and attacks against Israel from the territory.
The move came as a surprise.
It appears that the two politicians are hoping to reach a broader audience than religious Israelis and those who live in settlements in Judaea and Samaria ("West Bank").
Religious forces in the "Jewish Home" party were already organizing and looking for new allies as their leading and most widely known politicians announced their departure. They hope to gain seats without Bennett and Shaked in what mainstream media in Israel are describing as a "far-right faction".
There's also been a report saying that former Defense Minister and Likud parliament member Moshe Ya'alon intends to join forces with former Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Benny Gantz and his newly formed Israel Resilience Party.
The Gantz party comes in second place in early election polling data to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party.
Netanyahu spoke to reporters Thursday night as he flew to Brazil for the New Years Day inauguration of Jair Bolsonaro as that country's new president, suggesting Gantz is just another candidate of "the Left" in Israel.
(COMMENT AND ANALYSIS)
What is the "Israel Resilience Party" about in the end?
My intital analysis sees it as a force of the "Center" backed by business and banking forces ala Emmanuel Macron in France.
They are at the ready as the Attorney General in Israel Avichai Mandelblit comes to an expected March decision in three corruption cases involving Benjamin Netanyahu.
If he follows the police recommendation and the leaked report of what state prosecuting attorneys are recommending, there will be an indictment of Netanyahu on multiple charges.
Netanyahu will fight back as the election campaign nears its climax but just in case he falters and is brought down these folks are ready.
Links below....
The system for electing the 120 seats in the Knesset (Parliament) is proportional with a four percent threshhold. 13 parties showing over four percent in one poll taken in the last week.
The election is April 9th but the jockeying is already well underway.
So that’s like 50 political parties now
Hard to keep track of how many parties you mentioned. 5? 6? That’s a lot of partying.
yeah, this seems like a lot of parties to me.
Ambitious personalities form factions in order to get a better chance at heading ministries in th next government. Ideology plays little role in most parties, but some have ethnic base of support.
One of the biggest stumbling blocks - or so I’ve heard - is the military exemption for strict or orthodox Jewish sects.
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There is a contentious debate in Israel over that.
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