Yamin Israel

Yamin Israel ( _he. ימין ישראל, lit. "Right Israel") is a minor right-wing political party in Israel. Founded in the mid 1990s, it is today led by Paul Eidelberg, Eleonora Shifrin and Israel Hanakuglu.

Background

The party was founded during the term of the 13th Knesset in the mid 1990s when Shaul Gutman broke away from Moledet, another right-wing party.

The party ran in the 1996 elections, but failed to cross the electoral threshold of 1.5% and did not win a seat.

In the 2003 elections the party ran a joint list with Herut – The National Movement. Although together the parties won 36,202 votes (1.1%), they were 8,000 short of the threshold. For the 2006 elections the party ran alongside Baruch Marzel's Jewish National Front, winning 28,824 votes (0.79%), again failing to cross the threshold.

Ideology

Yamin Israel believes in; [ [http://www.israeluniverse.com/post-search.php3?RowID=285 A Jewish and Democratic Solution] Paul Eidelberg, 18 December 2002]
*Replacing the current proportional representation system for elections with a constituency-based method.
*Instituting a presidential system of government.
*Presidential appointment of Supreme Court judges.
*Enforcing the basic law prohibiting parties that negate the Jewish nature of the state
*Rescinding citizenship of "disloyal" citizens.
*Rescinding large child allowances.
*Rescinding the grandfather clause of the Law of Return (which allows people with Jewish grandparents to claim Israeli citizenship).
*Allowing Israelis living abroad to vote.
*Castigating CNN and the BBC for being "a façade for Jew-hatred".
*Phasing out US military aid to Israel

References

External links

* [http://www.yamin.org Official website]
* [http://www.knesset.gov.il/faction/eng/FactionPage_eng.asp?PG=11 Party history] Knesset website en icon