2015 The Jewish Home leadership election explained

Election Name:2015 The Jewish Home leadership election
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2012 The Jewish Home leadership election
Previous Year:2012
Next Election:2017 The Jewish Home leadership election
Next Year:2017
Election Date:14 January 2015
Image1:נפתלי בנט - כנס שדרות לחברה במכללה האקדמית ספיר-3 (b).JPG
Candidate1:Naftali Bennett
Percentage1:90%
Candidate2:Shimon Or
Percentage2:10%
Leader
Before Election:Naftali Bennett
After Election:Naftali Bennett
Turnout:57%
Party1:The Jewish Home
Party2:The Jewish Home

The 2015 The Jewish Home leadership election was held on 14 January 2015[1] to elect the leader of The Jewish Home party. The election took place in advance of the 2015 Israeli legislative election. Incumbent leader Naftali Bennett was handily reelected.

The election coincided with the primaries that determined the party's 2015 legislative election party list.[1]

Background

Bennett was first elected leader of The Jewish Home in 2012, defeating Member of the Knesset Zevulun Orlev.[2] Following the primary, the party won 12 seats in the 2013 legislative election, with Bennett becoming the Minister for Economy.[3] [4] On 1 December 2014, the party scheduled elections for both the party leadership and its electoral list for 5 January.[5] On 9 December, the party released a revised schedule, setting the election for 14 January.[6] On 7 January 2015, a week before the election, rabbi Shimon Or announced his intention to challenge Bennett for the party leadership.[7]

Bennett raised 1.2 Million NIS for his re-election between October 2014 and January 2015.[8]

Candidates

Aftermath

Bennett led the party until late 2018, when he left to co-found and lead The New Right.[10] He later became the prime minister of Israel, serving from 2021 through 2022.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dvorin . Tova . Jewish Home Primaries Have Begun . Israel National News . 11 July 2022 . en . 14 January 2015.
  2. Web site: Azulay . Moran . 6 November 2012 . Naftali Bennett wins Habayit Hayehudi primaries . 11 July 2022 . Ynet . en.
  3. Web site: Winer . Stuart . Jewish Home gets the call it was waiting for . 2023-03-24 . Times of Israel . en-US.
  4. Web site: 2013-03-28 . Knesset approves Netanyahu’s new government, ministers sworn in . 2023-03-24 . Times of Israel . en-US.
  5. Web site: למרות המשבר הפנימי: הפריימריז בבית היהודי ייערכו בעוד כחודש . 2023-03-30 . Maariv.
  6. Web site: 2014-12-09 . פריימריז לרשימת הבית היהודי לכנסת ב-14 לינואר . 2023-03-30 . Kippah . he-IL.
  7. Web site: 2015-01-07 . נא להכיר: המתמודד על ההנהגה מול בנט . 2023-03-30 . . he.
  8. Web site: תובל . אורי . 2015-01-18 . בנט גייס 1.2 מיליון שקל ל"מאבק" במועמד אלמוני על ראשות הבית היהודי . 2023-03-30 . כלכליסט - www.calcalist.co.il.
  9. Web site: Hoffman . Gil . Politics: Meet Yonatan Branski, the ex-IDF colonel running to lead Bayit Yehudi . JPost.com . The Jerusalem Post . 11 July 2022 . 22 April 2017.
  10. Web site: 2019-01-30 . Police said probing possible criminality in Bennett’s 2012 party leadership bid . 2022-07-11 . The Times of Israel.
  11. Web site: 2021-06-30 . Naftali Bennett Fast Facts . 2023-03-24 . CNN . en.