Union of Right-Wing Parties

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The Union of Right-wing Parties (Hebrew: איחוד מפלגות הימין, Ihud Miflagot HaYamin) was a short-lived electoral alliance of right-wing to far-right religious Zionist parties which included HaBayit HaYehudi, Otzma Yehudit, and Tkuma. The list was created ahead of the April 2019 Israeli legislative election after Benjamin Netanyahu, urged The Jewish Home to accept Otzma Yehudit and Tkuma as part of its list for the April election, to avoid loss of votes by the right-wing bloc and International Criminal Court arrest warrants for Israeli officials. The alliance gained five seats in the April election. Otzma Yehudit left the union on 5 July 2019, citing disagreements with the party, such as the refusal of URWP members to resign to allow Itamar Ben-Gvir to become a Knesset member. In addition, Otzma was unwilling to leave Baruch Marzel and Benzi Gopstein off the electoral slate, as Rafi Peretz demanded. For the September 2019 election, the URWP ran on a joint list, called Yamina, with the New...

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