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35-588: The party was founded during the 15th Knesset when three Members of Knesset left the United Arab List ; one founded National Unity – National Progressive Alliance , whilst the other two, Kanan and Tawfik Khatib created the Arab National Party. The party did not participate in the 2003 elections , and in the run-up to the 2006 elections it looked like Kanan would join Hadash . However,

70-568: A bill calling for early elections. Ehud Barak , the leader of the main opposition Labor Party, was Netanyahu's main challenger in this election. Before the elections, Ehud Barak 's Labor Party formed an alliance with Gesher and Meimad called One Israel in the hope that a united front on the centre-left would give them enough seats to form a more stable coalition. The rising death toll and lack of military victory in Israel's long-running occupation in south Lebanon had soured voter support for

105-599: A breach of the Sabbath. The government finally collapsed on 10 December 2000 when Barak resigned in the face of the outbreak of the Second Intifada and the Israeli Arab riots of October . Barak called new elections for the position of Prime Minister , which he lost to Ariel Sharon . Sharon formed the 29th government on 7 March 2001. He set up a national unity government , including Likud, Labor-Meimad, Shas,

140-730: A collection of quotes from Palestinian leaders, which he claimed demonstrated that the Oslo Accords were a deception by the Palestinian side. After leaving political life, Begin returned to work in Geology and, in mid-2005, was appointed head of the Geological Survey of Israel. In this role, he was involved in promoting a project to extract oil from oil shale in the Elah Valley . On 2 November 2008, Begin informed

175-672: A convoluted coalition with Shas , Meretz , Yisrael BaAliyah , the Centre Party, the National Religious Party and United Torah Judaism . When Barak's government collapsed after the start of the Second Intifada and the October Israeli Arab riots in 2000, Barak called new elections for Prime Minister in the hope of winning an authoritative mandate. However, he was well-beaten by Ariel Sharon and subsequently retired from politics. After winning

210-812: A seat. This article about an Israeli political party is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 1999 Israeli legislative election Benjamin Netanyahu Likud Ehud Barak One Israel Early general elections for both the Prime Minister and the Knesset were held in Israel on 17 May 1999 following a vote of no confidence in the government; the incumbent Likud Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu , ran for re-election. This election

245-621: The Arab National Party and one formed National Unity – National Progressive Alliance . Michael Kleiner left the National Union to establish Herut – The National Movement , whilst the National Union became allied to Yisrael Beiteinu. Ahmed Tibi left Balad to establish Ta'al . Benny Begin Ze'ev Binyamin (Benny) Begin ( Hebrew : זאב בנימין "בני" בגין ; born 1 March 1943), is an Israeli geologist and politician . He

280-697: The United States . For most of his career as a geologist, he worked at the Geological Survey of Israel. Begin began his political career in the mid-1980s at the Jerusalem branch of the Herut movement and at the national conference of the movement. Ahead of the 1988 elections for the 12th Knesset , in June 1988, he submitted his candidacy in the primary elections of the Herut movement. He won third place and

315-577: The 18th Knesset. In these primaries, he won 30,918 votes (about 63.8%) and was placed 5th on the list. He was elected to the 18th Knesset and appointed Minister Without Portfolio in the 32nd Government of Israel, serving as a member of the security cabinet and the "Octet" under Prime Minister Netanyahu. In this role, Begin angered some right-wing supporters when, along with his friend, Minister Dan Meridor , he opposed bills he viewed as infringing on minority rights, imposing restrictions on left-wing organizations, and limiting freedom of speech. Begin also supported

350-505: The 1993 Likud leadership election, the first open election (for party members) for the leadership of Likud, Begin ran against Benjamin Netanyahu , David Levy , and Moshe Katsav . The election campaign was intense, and in the end, Netanyahu won by a large margin (52%), followed by Levy (with 26% of the votes), Begin (with 16%), and Katsav (6%). Begin was one of the prominent opponents of the Oslo Accords , consistently arguing that it

385-518: The 27th Israeli Government. On 10 January 1997, despite his closeness to Roni Bar-On , Begin was the only minister to vote against his appointment as Attorney General of Israel , arguing that he was unfit for the position. This appointment later led to the Bar-On–Hebron affair . On 16 January 1997, following the government’s decision to approve the Hebron Protocol , Begin resigned from

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420-634: The 34th Government of Israel in May 2015, Begin was appointed as a Minister Without Portfolio, but he resigned two weeks later following Gilad Erdan ’s return to the government, resuming his role as a Knesset member. Begin was the senior Knesset member in the 20th Knesset. He served on the Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee and the Committee for the Advancement of Women and Gender Equality. He

455-676: The Centre Party, the National Religious Party, United Torah Judaism, Yisrael BaAliyah, and National Union-Yisrael Beiteinu. Sharon's government had 26 ministers, which later rose to 29, necessitating the addition of a small table to the end of the Ministers row in the Knesset . During the Knesset term, there were several splits, mergers, and defections. The One Israel alliance broke into its constituent parts, Labor - Meimad (25 seats) and Gesher (2 seats). Five members left

490-539: The Centre Party, with three forming New Way and two establishing Lev , which immediately merged into Likud. Later, two of the three that set up New Way resigned from the Knesset and were replaced by Centre Party members, whilst the remaining New Way MK joined Labor-Meimad. Two MKs left Yisrael BaAliyah to establish the Democratic Choice , whilst three MKs left the United Arab List; two established

525-640: The Hebron agreement, he would work to topple the government. After the approval of the Wye River Memorandum in October 1998, Begin left Likud and established a new faction called Herut – The National Movement together with Michael Kleiner and David Ream. In the elections for the 15th Knesset (May 1999), "Herut" ran as part of a joint list called National Union with " Tekuma " and " Moledet ." Begin decided to run for prime minister despite

560-589: The Likud policy. Initially, three other candidates planned to run; these included: Benny Begin of Herut – The National Movement , running to the right of Likud; Azmi Bishara of the Israeli Arab Balad party , running to the left of One Israel and the first from that minority to stand for prime minister, and; Yitzhak Mordechai of the Centre Party , running on positions between those of Likud on

595-518: The Minister of National Infrastructures, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer , that he was resigning from his position at the Geological Survey, following his decision to return to political life and run for a spot on the Likud list for the 18th Knesset . On 4 November 2008, Begin held a joint press conference with Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu, formally announcing his candidacy for the Likud primaries for

630-553: The Prime Ministerial elections, Ehud Barak formed the 28th government of Israel on 6 July 1999. His coalition included One Israel, Shas, Meretz, Yisrael BaAliyah, the Centre Party, the National Religious Party and United Torah Judaism, and initially had 16 ministers, though the number later rose to 24. Avraham Burg was appointed as Speaker of the Knesset . United Torah Judaism left the coalition in September 1999 after

665-763: The commander of the Irgun . The family moved frequently to disguise the identity of the family’s patriarch. Begin completed his high school education at Ironi He in Tel Aviv . From 1960 to 1962, he served in the IDF in the Israeli Armored Corps . He returned to active service between 1975 and 1976. He studied Geology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and received his MSc in the field. In 1978, he earned his PhD from Colorado State University in

700-472: The concurrent Knesset elections. Two parties, Manhigut Yehudit and Voice of the Environment, initially signed up to participate in the elections, but withdrew their candidacy before election day. Yisrael Beiteinu gained a seat after the vote-sharing process was completed. Although Barak won the Prime Ministerial election comfortably, his One Israel alliance won only 26 seats, meaning he had to form

735-597: The election. In the Israeli–Palestinian peace process , although the Likud government had negotiated the Wye River Memorandum and it had passed the Knesset overwhelmingly in November 1998, subsequent negotiations with the Palestinians were going badly. The lack of progress had alienated support for the government on the left, as well as on its right. The left claimed negotiations were moving too slowly, while

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770-409: The government. After a series of ideological clashes with Benjamin Netanyahu, head of Likud and Prime Minister of Israel, in November 1997, Begin called for Netanyahu’s replacement as leader of Likud, warning that if Likud did not replace its leader in time, it would face severe electoral failure in the next elections. He further stated that if there was another withdrawal as part of the second stage of

805-454: The more extreme right were unhappy with the contemplated territorial concessions included in the memorandum itself. The Likud – Gesher – Tzomet alliance had fallen apart, with more members leaving Likud to set up Herut – The National Movement and the Centre Party . Netanyahu's government finally gave up the ghost due to difficulties in passing the state budget and in January 1999 passed

840-468: The opposition of Rehavam Ze'evi from "Moledet", but withdrew before the elections after Yitzhak Mordechai withdrew his candidacy. Due to the small number of seats his faction received, Begin retired from political life, stating that he remained "a public servant without a public." Begin continued to publish articles on current affairs. On 4 September 2002, he published an article in Haaretz featuring

875-629: The party then entered the election race, before withdrawing and announcing its support for Balad , though by then it was too late to take the party's name off the ballot. On election day the party picked up only 738 votes (0.02%), the second lowest in total and far below the electoral threshold of 2%. The party contested the 2015 elections as part of the Arab List, an alliance with the Arab Democratic Party headed by Kanan. The alliance received just 4,301 votes (0.11%), failing to win

910-431: The right and One Israel on the left. Over the course of the campaign however, Begin, Bishara, and Mordechai all dropped out of the race for prime minister, after it became clear that they could not win, and that their continued presence would cost votes for the major candidates, Barak and Netanyahu, at their respective ends of the political spectrum. The parties these other candidates represented however, continued to run in

945-453: The settlement freeze in Judea and Samaria , which the government decided on under U.S. pressure. In November 2012, he ran in the Likud primaries ahead of the 19th Knesset elections. In January 2015, Begin resumed activity in the Likud party and was elected to the 20th Knesset after being reserved for the 11th spot on the Likud list by party leader Benjamin Netanyahu. With the formation of

980-558: Was a deception by Yasser Arafat . However, he distanced himself from the delegitimisation of Yitzhak Rabin by the right-wing after the agreement was signed. Following the 14th Knesset elections and the Likud’s rise to power (where he was again placed seventh on the list, though fifth among Likud members in the Likud- Gesher - Tzomet joint list), led by Netanyahu, he was elected to the Knesset and appointed Minister of Science in

1015-507: Was a member of the Knesset for New Hope , having previously served as a member for Likud and Herut – The National Movement . He is the son of former Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin . Benny Begin was born in Jerusalem to Aliza (née Arnold) and Menachem Begin , who would later become Prime Minister of Israel . At the time of his birth, his father was a soldier in Anders' Army and shortly thereafter went underground, becoming

1050-675: Was also a member of the Interior and Environmental Protection Committee but was removed in November 2017 due to his opposition to a bill proposed by committee chairman Dudi Amsalem to prohibit the police from publishing recommendations regarding indictments for public officials, including a prime minister already under investigation. Begin strongly opposed the Settlement Regulation Law, arguing that it contradicted international law, would damage Israel's standing globally, and endanger settlements in Judea and Samaria . Begin

1085-413: Was elected to the Knesset. In the 24th Knesset, as in the 20th Knesset, Begin was the elder statesman of the Knesset. Ahead of the elections for the 25th Knesset , Begin announced his retirement from political life. In the elections for the 25th Knesset, he was placed in the symbolic 120th spot on the "State Camp" list. Begin is the son of Menachem Begin , the 6th Prime Minister, and Aliza Begin . He

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1120-465: Was not accepted. In the elections for the 21st Knesset , he did not run in the Likud primaries and was not included on the party’s list. Ahead of the elections for the 22nd and 23rd Knesset , he announced that he would not vote for Likud. On 21 January 2021, ahead of the elections for the 24th Knesset , Begin joined the New Hope party led by Gideon Sa'ar . He was placed sixth on its list and

1155-592: Was one of two coalition members who voted against the law. Begin abstained from voting on the Nation-State Bill, arguing that it "undermines the principle of equality and the Jewish State." Begin attempted to promote an alternative version of the law, supported by the Yesh Atid party, which guaranteed equal rights for Israeli Arab citizens. After the law was passed, he proposed an amendment that

1190-513: Was only the second time in Israeli history an election had been held for the Prime Minister's post in addition to elections for the Knesset . The first such election, in 1996 had been an extremely tight contest between Likud 's Benjamin Netanyahu on the right, and Labor 's Shimon Peres on the left; the right had won by less than one percent (about 29,000 votes). Ehud Barak, promising peace talks and withdrawal from Lebanon by July 2000, won

1225-648: Was placed 13th on the Likud list. Begin was elected to the 12th Knesset as a member of Likud and served on the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee , the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, and the Ethics Committee. He was re-elected to the 13th Knesset in 1992, placed seventh on the Likud list, and continued to serve on the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. In March 1993, during

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