The Jewish Home הבית היהודי | |
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Leader | Hagit Moshe[1] |
Founded | 18 November 2008 |
Dissolved | 20 August 2023[2] |
Preceded by | National Religious Party |
Merged into | National Religious Party–Religious Zionism |
Headquarters | Jerusalem |
Ideology | |
Political position | Far-right[4][5][6] |
Religion | Orthodox Judaism[7] |
National affiliation | URWP (2019) Yamina (2019, 2020) |
Member parties | Yamina/New Right Tkuma (2013–2019) |
Colours | Blue, green |
Most MKs | 8 (2013) |
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The Jewish Home (Hebrew: הַבַּיִת הַיְהוּדִי, romanized: HaBayit 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.