New Hope (Israel)

New Hope
תקווה חדשה
LeaderGideon Sa'ar
FounderGideon Sa'ar
Founded8 December 2020
Split fromLikud
Derekh Eretz
IdeologyConservatism
National liberalism
Economic liberalism
Political positionCentre-right to right-wing
National affiliationNational Unity (2022–)
Colours Blue
Turquoise
Lime
SloganThe only hope for change
Knesset
4 / 120
Most MKs6 (2021)
Election symbol
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Website
www.newhope.org.il/en/home

New Hope (Hebrew: תִּקְוָוה חֲדָשָׁה, romanizedTikva Hadasha), officially known as New Hope — The National Right (Hebrew: תִּקְוָוה חֲדָשָׁה הימין הממלכתי, romanizedTikva Hadasha HaYamin HaMamlakhti), is a centre-right to right-wing conservative and national-liberal political party in Israel.

History

The party was formed by former Likud MK and former minister Gideon Sa'ar on 8 December 2020, with Sa'ar subsequently submitting his resignation from the Knesset on 9 December. On the same day, Derekh Eretz MKs Yoaz Hendel and Zvi Hauser announced that they would join New Hope. Likud MKs Yifat Shasha-Biton, Michal Shir, Sharren Haskel, and Ze'ev Elkin later joined as well. Meir Yitzhak Halevi joined the party on 28 December. Benny Begin and Dani Dayan joined on 21 January 2021, whilst MK Hila Vazan joined on 31 January.

The party signed a surplus-vote agreement with Yamina on 4 January 2021.

On 10 July 2022, New Hope formed a joint list with Blue and White, led by Benny Gantz, ahead of the upcoming legislative election.

Policy

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.

Financial policy

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.

Government reform

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.

The party is also interested in increasing the powers of local government at the expense of the powers of the central government.

Leaders

Leader Took office Left office
Gideon Sa'ar 2020 Incumbent

Election results

Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Status
2021 Gideon Sa'ar 209,137 4.74
6 / 120
New Coalition
2022 Part of National Unity
4 / 120
Decrease 2 Opposition

Knesset members

Knesset Members Seats
24th Gideon Sa'ar, Yifat Shasha-Biton, Ze'ev Elkin, Yoaz Hendel, Sharren Haskel, Benny Begin, Meir Yitzhak HaLevi, Michal Shir, Tzvi Hauser, Michel Buskila 6
25th Gideon Sa'ar, Yifat Shasha-Biton, Ze'ev Elkin, Sharren Haskel 4
  1. Appointed minister and resigned with the help of the Norwegian Law, to allow more MKs to enter
  2. A member of the Derekh Eretz party

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