Feiglin and New Right leader Naftali Bennett discussed a potential electoral alliance (whose leader Feiglin preferred be elected in open primaries) in a meeting that was described as "long and positive". He expressed openness to run as part of an alliance on the right, and urged "all political figures who see themselves as part of the freedom camp" to join it. September 2019 campaignĪfter narrowly missing the Knesset threshold in the April 2019 election, Feiglin announced on 30 May that Zehut will run in the September snap election. Feiglin also stated that the party will not join a government that is willing to sell out the Land of Israel. Zehut made cannabis legalization a condition for joining any government after the April elections, and would pursue the finance and education ministries. Members of the Zehut party list for the April 2019 elections during the party's campaign inauguration event.ĭuring the campaign for the April 2019 election, Feiglin stated that he did not have a preference between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main election rival Benny Gantz. In late March 2019, a major poll conducted by the National Union of Students found that Zehut was the 2nd-most popular party (after Blue and White) among Israeli college and university students. One out of every 10 candidates is represented by Zehut International, the party's Jewish diaspora branch. About 12,000 people voted in these primaries, which determined the order of the candidates who won in the party's internal primaries in September 2017. They were held on 29 January 2019 at voting booths as well as online. In July 2018, Zehut announced it would be holding Israel's first open primaries. Since then, every poll conducted by various organizations have showed that Zehut would pass the threshold, receiving 4–8 seats. Many pollsters kept excluding Zehut as a pre-written selectable option as late as 11 March 2019.
Prior to 2019, Zehut had never been listed in a poll by media outlets, but internal polling in April 2017 showed that the party could win up to 12 Knesset seats if voters were confident that it would pass the 3.25% threshold. Idan Mor, a prominent stand-up comedian and cannabis legalization activist known by his pseudonym "Gadi Wilcherski", joined the party in December 2018, and has appeared in most of its rallies since. Zehut's first conference, held in 2017 at Hangar 11 in Tel Aviv Port, had over 2,000 attendees. In 2015, he left it to form the Zehut party, which was officially registered later that year.
Īfter Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took active steps to block Feiglin's advancement in the party, he reached the conclusion that it would be impossible to affect any political changes while acting within the Likud. In the 2013 elections, Feiglin was elected to the 19th Knesset, and served as its Deputy Speaker. The roots of Zehut lie in the Manhigut Yehudit ( Jewish Leadership) movement within the Likud party, established in 1995 by Moshe Feiglin in order to attain the country's leadership through it, eventually receiving 23% of the votes in the 2012 Likud leadership election.
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