Israeli political party
New Hope
(
Hebrew
:
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,
romanized
:
Tikva Hadasha
), officially known as
New Hope ? The National Right
(
Hebrew
:
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,
romanized
:
Tikva Hadasha HaYamin HaMamlakhti
), and also translated as
New Hope ? The United Right
,
[2]
is a
centre-right
[3]
to
right-wing
[4]
national-liberal
[5]
[6]
[7]
political party in
Israel
.
History
[
edit
]
First logo of New Hope, used from 2020 to 2024
The party was formed by former
Likud
MK and former minister
Gideon Sa'ar
on 8 December 2020,
[8]
with Sa'ar subsequently submitting his resignation from the
Knesset
on 9 December.
[9]
On the same day,
Derekh Eretz
MKs
Yoaz Hendel
and
Zvi Hauser
announced that they would join New Hope.
[10]
Likud
MKs
Yifat Shasha-Biton
,
[11]
Michal Shir
,
[12]
Sharren Haskel
,
[13]
and
Ze'ev Elkin
[14]
later joined as well.
Meir Yitzhak Halevi
joined the party on 28 December.
[15]
Benny Begin
and
Dani Dayan
joined on 21 January 2021,
[16]
[17]
whilst MK
Hila Vazan
joined on 31 January.
[18]
The party signed a surplus-vote agreement with
Yamina
on 4 January 2021.
[19]
On 10 July 2022, New Hope formed a joint list with
Blue and White
, led by
Benny Gantz
, ahead of the upcoming
legislative election
.
[20]
The next month, the name of the joint list,
National Unity
, was announced.
[21]
In October 2023, National Unity joined the
Thirty-seventh government of Israel
and the
Israeli war cabinet
in the aftermath of the
2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel
.
[22]
Sa'ar announced on 12 March 2024 that New Hope would again be an independent faction,
[23]
which was approved by the Knesset House committee the following night.
[24]
Sa'ar stated on 16 March that his party would resign from the government and join the opposition if Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu
did not appoint him to the
Israeli war cabinet
.
[25]
Sa'ar announced on 25 March that his party had resigned from the government.
[26]
Policy
[
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]
New Hope sees the State of Israel as the nation state of the
Jewish people
and sees importance in military, economic, technological, research, settlement aspects of the state, with support for
immigration to Israel
. The party sees social divisions in Israel as problematic and promises to work for reconciliation and connection between parts of the nation.
[27]
On social issues, the party advocates for
legalisation of cannabis
[28]
and
LGBT rights
.
[29]
Financial policy
[
edit
]
The party supports a partially
mixed economy
with a strong and partially subsidized capitalist focus. It advocates an expansion of the technological sector and of Israel's infrastructure, as well as supporting a reduction in the size of the country's bureaucracy. It also supports an expansion of Israel's
social safety net
, and grants for small businesses.
[30]
Government reform
[
edit
]
New Hope supports
term limits
, with a proposal to limit the tenure of a prime minister to eight years. In addition, their platform includes a proposal to elect the
Knesset
via
mixed-member representation
.
[31]
The party is also interested in increasing the powers of local government at the expense of the powers of the central government.
[32]
Leaders
[
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]
Election results
[
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]
Election
|
Leader
|
Votes
|
%
|
Seats
|
+/?
|
Status
|
2021
|
Gideon Sa'ar
|
209,137
|
4.74
|
|
New
|
Coalition
|
2022
|
Part of
National Unity
|
|
2
|
Opposition
(2022?Oct 2023)
|
Coalition
(Oct 2023?March 2024)
|
Opposition
(March 2024?)
|
Knesset members
[
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]
Knesset
|
Members
|
Seats
|
24th
|
Gideon Sa'ar
,
[a]
Yifat Shasha-Biton
,
Ze'ev Elkin
,
[a]
Yoaz Hendel
,
[a]
[b]
Sharren Haskel
,
Benny Begin
,
Meir Yitzhak HaLevi
,
Michal Shir
,
Tzvi Hauser
[b]
,
Michel Buskila
|
6
|
25th
|
Gideon Sa'ar
,
Yifat Shasha-Biton
,
Ze'ev Elkin
,
Sharren Haskel
|
4
|
- ↑
Appointed minister and resigned with the help of the
Norwegian Law
, to allow more MKs to enter
- ↑
A member of the Derekh Eretz party
References
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]
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"????? ???? ?????? ????? ??? ?????? ??????"
.
Central Election Committee for the Knesset
(in Hebrew)
. Retrieved
14 June
2021
.
- ^
"Knesset Faction, New Hope - The United Right"
.
The Knesset
. 15 March 2024
. Retrieved
28 March
2024
.
- ^
"Liberman urges Sa'ar, Lapid, Bennett to join with him against Netanyahu: reports"
.
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. Retrieved
28 March
2024
.
- ^
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.
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.
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Munch, Peter (10 December 2020).
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.
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.
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"???? ???? ????? ?? ????? ???? ???"
.
Ynet
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"????? ????" ?????? ????? ??? ????? ?? ??? ?????? ??????, ??????? ???????. ????? ?????? ???? ??? ???? ??????. "???? ????" ??? ???? ??????: ??? ?????? ?????, ?????? ?????? ????, ?? ???? ??? ???? ??????, ??? ?????? ???????????? ?? ?????? ???? ????? ????? ????? ?????.
- ^
"??? ????? ???? ?????? ????"?"
.
????? ????? ????
(in Hebrew)
. Retrieved
26 March
2024
.
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.
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.
- ^
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.
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.
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.
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10 December
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.
- ^
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.
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. Retrieved
17 December
2020
.
- ^
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.
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. 22 December 2020
. Retrieved
21 December
2020
.
- ^
Hoffman, Gil (23 December 2020).
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.
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. Retrieved
23 December
2020
.
- ^
TOI Staff (23 December 2020).
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.
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. Retrieved
21 February
2021
.
- ^
Hoffman, Gil; Joffre, Tzvi (28 December 2020).
"Eilat mayor joins Gideon Sa'ar's New Hope Party"
.
Arutz Sheva
. Retrieved
21 January
2021
.
- ^
Baruch, Hezki (21 January 2021).
"Former Minister Benny Begin joins Sa'ar's party"
.
Arutz Sheva
. Retrieved
21 January
2021
.
- ^
"Dani Dayan, ex-settler leader and consul-general to NY, joins Sa'ar's party"
.
The Times of Israel
. 13 January 2021
. Retrieved
21 February
2021
.
- ^
Hoffman, Gil
(31 January 2021).
"South African MK Wasserman returning to Knesset"
.
The Jerusalem Post
. Retrieved
31 January
2021
.
- ^
Hoffman, Gil (4 January 2021).
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.
The Jerusalem Post
. Retrieved
10 February
2021
.
- ^
"Blue and White, New Hope announce union, will run as joint slate in November vote"
.
The Times of Israel
. 10 July 2022
. Retrieved
12 March
2024
.
- ^
Keller-Lynn, Carrie (14 August 2022).
"Ex-IDF chief Eisenkot, former Yamina minister Kahana join Gantz-led 'National Unity'
"
.
The Times of Israel
. Retrieved
12 March
2024
.
- ^
Keller-Lynn, Carrie (12 October 2023).
"Knesset okays war cabinet; PM: Saturday 'most horrible day for Jews since Holocaust'
"
.
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. Retrieved
26 March
2024
.
- ^
Sokol, Sam (12 March 2024).
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. Retrieved
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2024
.
- ^
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.
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. Retrieved
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2024
.
- ^
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(16 March 2024).
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.
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. Retrieved
18 March
2024
.
- ^
Sokol, Sam (25 March 2024).
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.
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. Retrieved
26 March
2024
.
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"I24NEWS"
.
- ^
"Legalisation of Cannabis"
.
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. 9 March 2021
. Retrieved
26 March
2024
.
- ^
"New Hope for the LGBT community"
.
????? ????? ????
. 10 March 2021
. Retrieved
26 March
2024
.
- ^
"5 ??????? ?????? ??????"
.
????? ????? ????
(in Hebrew)
. Retrieved
10 February
2021
.
- ^
"????? ???? ?????? ?????"
.
????? ????? ????
(in Hebrew). 7 February 2021
. Retrieved
10 February
2021
.
- ^
"New Hope for a Change in the System of Government"
.
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. 9 March 2021
. Retrieved
5 June
2021
.
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