2012 The Jewish Home leadership election

The 2012 The Jewish Home leadership election was held on 5 November 2012[1] to elect the leader of The Jewish Home party. The election took place in advance of the 2013 Israeli legislative election.[2] Naftali Bennett was elected as leader, defeating Zevulun Orlev.[1]

2012 The Jewish Home leadership election
5 November 2012
 
Candidate Naftali Bennett Zevulun Orlev
Party Jewish Home Jewish Home
Popular vote 23,645 11,501
Percentage 67.27% 32.73%
Leader before election

Daniel Hershkowitz

 Elected Leader

Naftali Bennett

A month before the leadership election, incumbent leader Daniel Hershkowitz announced that he would not contend.[1]

Background

The Jewish Home was founded in 2008 as a merger of the National Religious Party and the National Union,[3] who previously ran on a joint ticket in the 2006 election.[4] The party's first leader was Daniel Hershkowitz, a mathematician who was chosen by a special committee led by Yaakov Amidror.[5] In the 2009 election, the party was elected to the Knesset, winning 3 seats.[6] The party then joined the newly-formed second Netanyahu government.[7]

On 19 April 2012, the party decided to hold a membership census, which would be followed by elections to the party's leadership and electoral list in September.[8] The census began on 22 April,[9] but ended in early September.[10] As a result, the leadership election took place in November.[11] On 17 May, Member of the Knesset Zevulun Orlev announced his intention to run for leadership,[12] challenging Hershkowitz.[13] On 21 May, former Yesha Council chairman Naftali Bennett announced his campaign.[14]

Candidates

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Campaign

On 19 October, Bennett, Orlev and Hershkowitz participated in a televised debate held on Channel 2 and hosted by Amit Segal. The debate took place a day after the National Union merged into the Jewish Home.[20] On 22 October, Hershkowitz announced his withdrawal from the election and endorsed Orlev.[19]

Results

The election was open to the party's nearly 54,000 members to vote in 168 polling stations across the nation.[1][21]

2015 The Jewish Home leadership election[22]
Party Candidate Votes %
Jewish Home Naftali Bennett 23,645 67.27%
Jewish Home Zevulun Orlev 11,501 32.73%
Jewish Home Yehuda Cohen 79 0.22%

Aftermath

After his loss, Orlev announced that he would be retiring from the Knesset.[1] Following the primary, the party won 12 seats in the 2013 election, and remained in the coalition.[23][24]

Bennett led the party until late 2018, when he left to co-found and lead the The New Right.[25] He later became the prime minister of Israel, serving from 2021 through 2022.[26]

References
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  5. Wagner, Matthew (9 December 2008). "Habayit Hayehudi opts for Hershkowitz". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
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  10. Schneider, Tal (11 July 2012). "הבית היהודי מציג: מהפכה בקצב הצ'ולנט". Haaretz (in Hebrew). Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  11. Schneider, Tal (28 September 2012). "המפד"ל החדשה: יותר צעירים, יותר נשים". Haaretz (in Hebrew). Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  12. Azulay, Moran (16 May 2012). "אורלב לראשות הבית היהודי, אבל רק כמס' 1". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  13. Ahren, Raphael (26 July 2012). "The new great white hope of the religious right?". Times of Israel. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  14. Azulay, Moran (21 May 2012). "נפתלי בנט יתמודד לראשות הבית היהודי". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 22 March 2023.
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  19. Nir, Tomer (22 October 2012). "הסכם הפרישה: אורלב יו"ר; הרשקוביץ ישתתף בהחלטות". Srugim (in Hebrew). Retrieved 22 March 2023.
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  21. Azulay, Moran (6 November 2012). "Naftali Bennett wins Habayit Hayehudi primaries". Ynet. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  22. אזולאי, מורן (7 November 2012). "הבית היהודי: פי 2 תומכים לבנט לעומת אורלב". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  23. Winer, Stuart. "Jewish Home gets the call it was waiting for". Times of Israel. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  24. "Knesset approves Netanyahu's new government, ministers sworn in". Times of Israel. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
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