Zionist Union

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Zionist Union
המחנה הציוני
Leader Isaac Herzog, Tzipi Livni
Founded 10 December 2014 (2014-12-10)
Headquarters Tel Aviv
Ideology Social liberalism
Social democracy
Two State solution
Political position Centre-left[1]
Alliance of Labor Party, Hatnuah, Green Movement
Colours Blue, white, red
Knesset
24 / 120
Election symbol
אמת
Website
www.hamahanehazioni.co.il
Politics of Israel
Political parties
Elections

The Zionist Union (Hebrew: המחנה הציוני‎, translit. HaMaḥaneh HaTziyoni, lit. the Zionist Camp) is a centre-left political alliance in Israel. It was established in December 2014 by the Israeli Labor Party, Hatnuah and Green Movement to create a joint electoral list to contest the 20th Knesset elections with the hope of unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

History

The Labor Party and Hatnuah agreed on 10 December 2014 to form a joint ticket.[2] The list was established to create a large electoral list for the centre-left bloc, in the hope that it will lead the 34th government. Hatnuah leader Tzipi Livni has said that other parties will also be part of the alliance.[3] Livni and Labor leader Isaac Herzog initially said that if the alliance were to win enough seats to lead the next government, they would rotate in the post of Prime Minister, with Herzog serving for the first half of the Knesset's four-year term and Livni for the second half,[4] though Livni announced on 16 March 2015 that only Herzog would serve as prime minister.[5]

Manuel Trajtenberg, number 11 on the list, was the list's candidate for finance minister. Amos Yadlin was the list's candidate for defense minister, though he was not a candidate for the Knesset.[6] The Green Movement was also represented on the list through the addition of Yael Cohen Paran on a spot (No. 25) for Hatnuah members.[7]

Ideology and platform

Main issues

Key issues for the Zionist Union included the following:[8][9][10][11][12]

  • Solving economic woes and reducing the cost of living
    • Tackling the housing crisis by providing land for free in the public domain for housing developments and increasing overall government expenditure[13]
    • Reducing the costs of health care, education, and basic goods
    • Closing the gap between rich and poor
  • Reigniting negotiations with the Palestinians
    • Initiating negotiations as part of a collective effort with regional allies Egypt and Jordan, before presenting a peace initiative to the Arab League
    • Shifting Israeli–Palestinian conflict resolution away from unilateral action (including that by the Palestinian Authority at UN agencies and the ICC) and back to a bilateral process supported by the international community
    • Halting construction in isolated settlements
  • Repairing ties with the United States and European Union

Other positions

In addition, the Zionist Union is in favor of the following:

2015 election

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Main article: Israeli legislative election, 2015

List of Knesset members

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Main article: Full Zionist Union list for Israeli legislative election, 2015

The following are the candidates elected to the 20th Knesset from the Zionist Union's party list.[18]


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  1. Isaac Herzog
  2. Tzipi Livni
  3. Shelly Yachimovich
  4. Stav Shafir
  5. Itzik Shmuli
  6. Omer Bar-Lev
  7. Yehiel Bar
  8. Amir Peretz
  9. Merav Michaeli
  10. Eitan Cabel
  11. Manuel Trajtenberg
  12. Erel Margalit
  13. Mickey Rosenthal
  14. Revital Swid
  15. Danny Atar
  16. Yoel Hasson
  17. Zouheir Bahloul
  18. Eitan Broshi
  19. Michal Biran
  20. Nachman Shai
  21. Ksenia Svetlova
  22. Ayelet Nahmias-Verbin
  23. Yossi Yona
  24. Eyal Ben-Reuven
  25. Yael Cohen-Paran

Results

After the election, the Zionist Union emerged as the second-largest party in the Knesset, with 24 seats. It triumphed in Tel Aviv and its prosperous suburbs, as well as other liberal areas.[19][20] Its success was mostly in affluent areas; it won the highest number of votes in 28 of Israel's 33 wealthiest communities.[21]

References

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External links

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  • Zionist Union on Facebook (Hebrew)
  • Zionist Union on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). (English)
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