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'''Otzma Yehudit''' ({{lang-he-n|עוצמה יהודית}}, lit., ''Jewish Power'') is a [[far-right]]<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/new-outpost-built-outside-halamish-after-deadly-terror-attack/|title=Work starts on new outpost outside Halamish after deadly terror attack|work=The Times of Israel|access-date=23 July 2017|language=en-US}} |
'''Otzma Yehudit''' ({{lang-he-n|עוצמה יהודית}}, lit., ''Jewish Power'') is a [[far-right]]<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/new-outpost-built-outside-halamish-after-deadly-terror-attack/|title=Work starts on new outpost outside Halamish after deadly terror attack|work=The Times of Israel|access-date=23 July 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> [[List of political parties in Israel|political party]] in [[Israel]], and it has been referred to as [[Kahanist]] and [[anti-Arab]].<ref name=":9" /><ref name="auto" /><ref name="auto2" /> It was originally formed as '''Otzma LeYisrael''' ({{Hebrew|עָצְמָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל}}), or '''Strength for Israel''',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/.premium-far-right-unites-in-new-israeli-party-1.5198055|title=Far-right MKs Unite to Form New Party|last=Levinson|first=Chaim|date=13 November 2012|work=Haaretz|access-date=24 February 2019|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-home-reaches-unity-pact-with-extremist-otzma-yehudit/|title=Extremist Otzma Yehudit announces unity pact with Jewish Home|last=Magid|first=Jacob|work=[[The Times of Israel]]|language=en-US|access-date=24 February 2019}}</ref> and was established on 13 November 2012 by MKs [[Aryeh Eldad]] and [[Michael Ben-Ari]], who split from the [[National Union (Israel)|National Union]] to form a new party ahead of the [[Israeli legislative election, 2013|2013 elections]].<ref name="jpost">{{cite news|url=http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Eldad-Ben-Ari-form-new-party-Strong-Israel|title=Eldad, Ben-Ari form new party: Strong Israel|last=Harkov|first=Lahav|date=13 November 2012|newspaper=[[The Jerusalem Post]]|accessdate=21 June 2015}}</ref> |
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Otzma Yehudit is the ideological descendant of the outlawed [[Kach and Kahane Chai|Kach]] party.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4636665,00.html|title=Right of right: Eli Yishai's new party mired in controversy|date=13 March 2015|work=Ynetnews|access-date=4 May 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref name="auto" /><ref name=":9">{{Cite news|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-extremist-who-could-bring-kahanism-back-to-the-knesset/|title=The extremist who could bring Kahanism back to the Knesset|access-date=3 February 2019|language=en-US|work=[[The Times of Israel]]|date=18 February 2015|author=Raphael Ahren}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/kahane-billboards-removed-from-jerusalem-hotels/|title=Kahane billboards removed from Jerusalem hotels|access-date=4 May 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/under-deal-extremest-party-aiming-for-spot-on-key-panel-that-appoints-judges/|title=Under deal, extremest party promised spot on key panel that appoints judges|website=www.timesofisrael.com|language=en-US|access-date=27 February 2019}}</ref> Michael Ben-Ari is the party's spokesman and chairman.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.inn.co.il/News/News.aspx/342838|title=מיכאל בן ארי: ניפוץ אשליית הדו-קיום|website=ערוץ 7|access-date=11 July 2017}}</ref> The party's executive director is [[Zvi Sukkot]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/240456|title=Watch: Activists remove terror-inciting ads in Judea and Samaria|website=Israel National News|language=en|access-date=14 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/240486|title=Calls to Chief of Staff: 'Bring back the checkpoints'|website=Israel National News|language=en|access-date=14 January 2018}}</ref> |
Otzma Yehudit is the ideological descendant of the outlawed [[Kach and Kahane Chai|Kach]] party.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4636665,00.html|title=Right of right: Eli Yishai's new party mired in controversy|date=13 March 2015|work=Ynetnews|access-date=4 May 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref name="auto" /><ref name=":9">{{Cite news|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-extremist-who-could-bring-kahanism-back-to-the-knesset/|title=The extremist who could bring Kahanism back to the Knesset|access-date=3 February 2019|language=en-US|work=[[The Times of Israel]]|date=18 February 2015|author=Raphael Ahren}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/kahane-billboards-removed-from-jerusalem-hotels/|title=Kahane billboards removed from Jerusalem hotels|access-date=4 May 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/under-deal-extremest-party-aiming-for-spot-on-key-panel-that-appoints-judges/|title=Under deal, extremest party promised spot on key panel that appoints judges|website=www.timesofisrael.com|language=en-US|access-date=27 February 2019}}</ref> Michael Ben-Ari is the party's spokesman and chairman.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.inn.co.il/News/News.aspx/342838|title=מיכאל בן ארי: ניפוץ אשליית הדו-קיום|website=ערוץ 7|access-date=11 July 2017}}</ref> The party's executive director is [[Zvi Sukkot]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/240456|title=Watch: Activists remove terror-inciting ads in Judea and Samaria|website=Israel National News|language=en|access-date=14 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/240486|title=Calls to Chief of Staff: 'Bring back the checkpoints'|website=Israel National News|language=en|access-date=14 January 2018}}</ref> |
Revision as of 16:06, 7 March 2019
Otzma Yehudit | |
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Political position | Far-right[4] |
Religion | Orthodox Judaism |
National affiliation | Yachad (2015 election) Union of Right-Wing Parties (2019 election)[5] |
Slogan | "There are no rights, without duties"[6] |
Anthem | Jingle of Otzma LeYisrael |
Knesset | 0 / 120
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Most MKs | 2 (2012) |
Election symbol | |
Template:Hebrew | |
Website | |
https://440.co.il | |
Otzma Yehudit (
Otzma Yehudit is the ideological descendant of the outlawed
The party ran in the
Background
Eldad was first elected to the Knesset on the
Eldad, a secular hard-liner, and Ben-Ari, an Orthodox Jew and former Kach activist,[26][27] decided to form the new faction of Strong Israel in October 2012, before the 2013 election, after months of infighting within the National Union, over if the party should hold primaries or not. Eldad was chosen to lead the party's list, followed by Ben-Ari and Marzel; the party was officially formed as a breakaway of the National Union on 13 November 2013.[12] The party has affiliations, and shared their office with the anti-assimilation group Lehava. The office of Lehava and Otzma Yehudit was raided in 2014.[28][29][30][31] The party's anthem is the "Jingle of Otzma LeYisrael".[32][33]
Ideology
The party is considered to be
Election campaigns
In November 2012, Michael Ben-Ari announced the campaign slogan for the 2013 elections: "There are no rights without duties".[3] The party failed to pass the election threshold.[39]
In 2014, police raided the offices of Otzma Yehudit, due to the offices being shared with the organization Lehava.[28][29] This was also the year that the party announced they would be participating in the 2015 election; they announced that their slogan would be: "Those on the right vote Otzma Yehudit! Autonomy? Two states? There's Meretz for that. One state - Otzma Yehudit!"[40]
In 2015, the party chose to contest the
After the elections, the party announced that they were planning on establishing an alternative media source. Michael Ben-Ari also said that the party was unsure if it planned on competing in other elections, instead hoping to focus on extra-parliamentary activism.[45]
On 5 November 2018, the party announced it was running for the 2019 Israeli legislative election.[46] They also launched a crowd-funding page to fund their campaign.[47] The funding campaign resulted in the party receiving NIS 820,000.[48] After Naftali Bennett announced that he was leaving The Jewish Home party to form the New Right party, Otzma Yehudit called on Bezalel Smotrich and Eli Yishai to create an Orthodox-nationalist bloc for running in the 2019 elections.[49]
In January 2019, the party entered talks with the
History
2016
In June 2016, Otzma Yehudit organized a march from 'Ara to Ar'ara.[57][58] The march started in Ara due to it being the village which Nashat Melhem was from, who was a terrorist responsible for an attack in Tel Aviv.[59] The application for the march was originally denied; however, after an appeal to the Supreme Court, the march was allowed to go on, though they had to respect the conditions set by the police.[57] On 7 July, Otzma Yehudit petitioned Israel's High Court of Justice to nullify the rapprochement deal with Turkey. However, the high court struck down the petition on grounds of insufficient evidence to support their claims.[60]
2017
In 2017, Otzma Yehudit leaders protested the
2018
On 9 April 2018, it was reported that the police withdrew their permit for them to demonstrate in
Controversies
In December 2012, Otzma LeYisrael ran an ad campaign on billboards and bus advertisements that included words in Arabic such as "equality" and "taxes". One of the signs was banned by the
Aryeh King, a
In February 2019, the party was condemned by the
Ein L'zion Project
On 14 January 2018, the party announced its plan to catch individuals throwing rocks at Jews in the West Bank, and to seek prosecution of the rock throwers after submitting evidence to the police. The party planned to film evidence through the use of drones piloted by trained volunteers. Training volunteers, and buying the drones was paid through via a successful crowd funding campaign.[89][90][91][92][93]
On 31 January 2018, the party succeed in recording rock throwers attacking Jewish youth who were planting trees at a
Leaders
Leader | Took office | Left office | ||
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Michael Ben-Ari | 2012 | Incumbent |
Election results
Knesset
Election year | Party Leader | # of overall votes | % of overall vote | # of overall seats won |
+/- | Notes | Gov? |
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Michael Ben-Ari | 64,782 | 1.76 | 0 / 120
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First election, party leaves National Union | — | |
Knesset members
Knesset | Members | Notes |
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18th | Aryeh Eldad,[96] Michael Ben-Ari[25] | Party breaks away from the National Union in 2012 |
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External links
- Otzma LeYisrael Knesset website