Likud Yisrael Beiteinu
Likud Yisrael Beiteinu הליכוד ישראל ביתנו | |
|---|---|
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| Chairman | Benjamin Netanyahu |
| Founded | 25 October 2012 |
| Dissolved | 9 July 2014 |
| Ideology |
Neo-Zionism[1] Revisionist Zionism[2] Secularism,[3][4] Economic liberalism,[5][6] Conservatism, Russian-speakers' interests,[7] |
| Political position | Centre-right to Right-wing |
| Alliance of | Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu |
| Knesset |
31 / 120 |
| Election symbol | |
| מחל | |
Likud Yisrael Beiteinu[8] (Hebrew: הליכוד ישראל ביתנו; often referred by the Israeli media as Likud Beiteinu, Hebrew: הליכוד ביתנו) was an electoral alliance formed in 2012 by the center-right Likud and the right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu to contest the January 2013 Knesset elections.[9]
History
On 25 October 2012, several days after the decision to dissolve the 18th Knesset and after the decision was made to hold general elections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Foreign Affairs Avigdor Lieberman convened a joint press conference in which they announced for the first time that their respective parties have established an electoral alliance in preparations for the 19th Knesset elections to be held in January 2013. Four days later the Likud's Central Committee approved the decision.
According to Lieberman, the decision was made two months before it was announced.[10]
Initially the move encountered opposition from a number of prominent Likud members, led by Michael Eitan, who referred to the move as "the Likud's destruction",[11] nevertheless, after the approval of the move by the Likud's Central Committee he stated that he accepts the decision of the committee.[12] Eitan later failed to win re-election to the Knesset after performing poorly in a Likud primary election and being placed in an unrealistic spot on the party's election list.
Of the 31 seats won by Likud Beiteinu joint list, 20 were members of Likud and 11 of Yisrael Beiteinu.[13]
The alliance was officially dissolved on 9 July 2014.
References
- ↑ "A nationalist list, made up of new immigrants and old-timers and headed by MK Avigdor Lieberman, that ran in the elections for the Fifteenth Knesset". Knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
- ↑ http://www.yisraelbeytenu.com/#bringing
- ↑ "Lenience within the Halakha (religious law)". Beytenu.org. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
- ↑ "Regarding religious issues in Israel, the party does not call for the separation of religion and state.". Jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
- ↑ "Yisrael Beiteinu supports the advancement of free-market economic policies". Jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
- ↑ Khanin, Vladimir (Ze'ev) (2009), "Israel's "Russian" Parties", Contemporary Israel: Domestic Politics, Foreign Policy and Security Challenges (Westview Press), p. 165
- ↑ "Israel: Background and Relations with the United States" (PDF). Retrieved 25 April 2010.
- ↑ "הליכוד ישראל ביתנו בהנהגת בנימין נתניהו לראשות הממשלה".
- ↑ "Israel's Netanyahu, ally Lieberman merge parties".
- ↑ ליברמן: "ההחלטה על האיחוד התקבלה לפני חודשיים" - פוליטי - הארץ Haaretz
- ↑ היוזמה של השר איתן: סיכול האיחוד עם ישראל ביתנו - וואלה! חדשות Walla
- ↑ ישראל היום | האיחוד יוצא לדרך Israel HaYom
- ↑ LA Times - Netanyahu officially asked to put together new Israeli government LA Times
External links
- Binyamin Netanyahu's Likud party 'to merge with coalition partner' - published in The Guardian on October 25, 2012
- Likud members rail against merger, say 'Bibi sold us out' - published in Ynetnews on October 26, 2012
- Polls show new Israeli bloc will retain power - published in the Sacramento Bee on October 28, 2012
- Israel’s governing Likud Party approves teaming up with nationalist Yisrael Beiteinu faction - published in the Washington Post on October 29, 2012
- Likud Yisrael Beiteinu's list for the 19th Knesset (Hebrew)