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The Jewish Home (HaBayit HaYehudi) is a new right-wing national religious Zionist
Religious Zionism

Religious Zionism, or the Religious Zionist Movement is an ideology that combines Zionism and religious Judaism, basing Zionism on the principles of Torah, Talmud et al and authentic heritage....
 political party in Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
. It was formed by a merger of the National Religious Party
National Religious Party

The National Religious Party was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel representing the Religious Zionism movement. Formed in 1956, at the time of its dissolution in 2008, it was the second oldest surviving party in the country after Agudat Yisrael, and was part of every government coalition until 1992....
, Moledet
Moledet

Moledet is a small right-wing political party in Israel. It advocates the notion of voluntary population transfer of the Arab population of the West Bank....
 and Tkuma in November 2008. However, after its top representative was placed 17th on the new party's list, Moledet broke away from the party, and instead will run on a joint list with Hatikva
Hatikva (political party)

Hatikva is a minor List of political parties in Israel in Israel. A secular right wing politics party, it is headed by Aryeh Eldad, and forms one of the factions of the National Union alliance....
. Around half of Tkuma
Tkuma

Tkuma was a Right-wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel....
 have also rejoined the National Union
National Union (Israel)

The National Union is a nationalist List of political parties in Israel in Israel. In the Israeli legislative election, 2009 the Union was an alliance of four parties: Moledet, Hatikva , Eretz Yisrael Shelanu, and former Tkuma members....
 whereas the Ahi faction have joined Likud
Likud

Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....
.

National Religious Party and the National Union
National Union (Israel)

The National Union is a nationalist List of political parties in Israel in Israel. In the Israeli legislative election, 2009 the Union was an alliance of four parties: Moledet, Hatikva , Eretz Yisrael Shelanu, and former Tkuma members....
 originally allied in order to run a joint list for the 2006 elections.






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The Jewish Home (HaBayit HaYehudi) is a new right-wing national religious Zionist
Religious Zionism

Religious Zionism, or the Religious Zionist Movement is an ideology that combines Zionism and religious Judaism, basing Zionism on the principles of Torah, Talmud et al and authentic heritage....
 political party in Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
. It was formed by a merger of the National Religious Party
National Religious Party

The National Religious Party was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel representing the Religious Zionism movement. Formed in 1956, at the time of its dissolution in 2008, it was the second oldest surviving party in the country after Agudat Yisrael, and was part of every government coalition until 1992....
, Moledet
Moledet

Moledet is a small right-wing political party in Israel. It advocates the notion of voluntary population transfer of the Arab population of the West Bank....
 and Tkuma in November 2008. However, after its top representative was placed 17th on the new party's list, Moledet broke away from the party, and instead will run on a joint list with Hatikva
Hatikva (political party)

Hatikva is a minor List of political parties in Israel in Israel. A secular right wing politics party, it is headed by Aryeh Eldad, and forms one of the factions of the National Union alliance....
. Around half of Tkuma
Tkuma

Tkuma was a Right-wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel....
 have also rejoined the National Union
National Union (Israel)

The National Union is a nationalist List of political parties in Israel in Israel. In the Israeli legislative election, 2009 the Union was an alliance of four parties: Moledet, Hatikva , Eretz Yisrael Shelanu, and former Tkuma members....
 whereas the Ahi faction have joined Likud
Likud

Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....
.

History

The National Religious Party and the National Union
National Union (Israel)

The National Union is a nationalist List of political parties in Israel in Israel. In the Israeli legislative election, 2009 the Union was an alliance of four parties: Moledet, Hatikva , Eretz Yisrael Shelanu, and former Tkuma members....
 originally allied in order to run a joint list for the 2006 elections. On 3 November 2008 it was announced that the NRP and the Moledet and Tkuma factions of the Union would merge to form a new party. However, the Ahi and Hatikva
Hatikva (political party)

Hatikva is a minor List of political parties in Israel in Israel. A secular right wing politics party, it is headed by Aryeh Eldad, and forms one of the factions of the National Union alliance....
 factions of the Union rejected the merger - their leaders, Effi Eitam
Effi Eitam

Efraim "Effi" Eitam is an Israeli politician. A former leader of the National Religious Party, he later led a breakaway faction, Ahi , which merged into Likud in 2009....
 and Aryeh Eldad respectively, were both opposed to the party being a religious one, while Eitam was also unhappy that the new party would not hold primaries.Likud
Likud

Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....
.

The party was initially nameless. Five names were proposed: HaBayit HaYehudi ("Jewish Home"), Shorashim ("Roots"), Atzma'ut ("Independence"), Shalem ("Whole"), and Amihai. In an on-line ballot, the members chose "Jewish Home".

Ya'akov Amidror was chosen to head a public committee formed to choose the party's list for the 2009 elections
Israeli legislative election, 2009

Elections for the 18th Knesset were held in Israel on 10 February 2009. These elections became necessary due to the resignation of Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert as leader of the Kadima party, and the failure of his successor, Tzipi Livni, to form a coalition government....
.. On November 11, 2008, Rabbi Daniel Hershkovitz, a mathematician from the Technion, was chosen to head the new party.

When Jewish Home announced its candidate list for the upcoming elections, five of the top six slots went to ex-NRP members. MK Uri Ariel
Uri Ariel

Uri Yehuda Ariel is an Israeli politician who current serves as a member of the Knesset for the National Union ....
 of Tkuma
Tkuma

Tkuma was a Right-wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel....
 was the sole exception: he received the third slot. Polls then indicated Jewish Home would get five to seven seats, thus making the first six spaces highly contested. The ex-National Union members again complained. Ex-Moledet MK Benny Elon stated that he would not seek reelection and was replaced on the candidate list by American immigrant Uri Bank. The remaining Moledet members broke away and allied with Hatikva in a revived Union. (Bank also later switched to the Union.)

On December 25, Tkuma MK Ariel left Jewish Home and joined the Union. This left Jewish Home as little more than a renamed NRP.

In the 2009 election, Jewish Home won three seats.

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