MK (Likud) Moshe Feiglin on Monday night, the eve of 15 Teves, announced he was leaving the Likud party. Feiglin did not fare well in the party’s primary elections and he is aware that he will not be in Knesset under the Likud banner. He is in the 36th place on the Likud list.
The resignation brings an end to the Feiglin vision. He has explained in the past that the smaller parties are sectoral and the only way to change the country is by one of the larger parties. It was his vision to amass growing support in Likud towards shifting the party back to its Jabotinsky roots, but he is now aware that this vision will not leave the sphere of a dream.
While Otzma Yisrael party leader Dr. Michael Ben-Ari has called Feiglin to join with him, and many feel Feiglin would do well shifting to the Ha’Am Itanu party headed by Eli Yishai, Feiglin is indicating that he will be running under his own independent party.
Feiglin stresses “While many are angry, I am not and do not have anger towards Likud. Quite the contrary as I have many friends hat I found and I am sympathetic towards the prime minister and his family. There are also things that I take with me; “kapara (כפרה), motek (מותק) and neshama (נשמה) Feiglin added.
“Netanyahu once again changed the rules of play midstream and really got me, but I am not angry, really not. There are two things we must do now – leave the Likud and to establish a new party.”
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Jabotinsky roots??????
Jabotinsky was anti-religious and wanted to get rid of the Hebrew alaphabet (so Israelis wouldn’t be able to learn old fashioned books).
In a proportional parliamentary system, the way to make a big change is for a small party to grow. When you get enough votes, you get to form a government. Likud is a merger between several parties united out of opposition to socialism, not out of ultra-nationalism. Its no surprise Feiglin wasn’t able to take it over
That’s what Herut did. The “big two” in 1949 were the moderate socialists (led by Ben Gurioun) and the more radical socialists (Mapam, Maki, etc.). Over time Herut grew, formed alliances, and took over.
Mr. Feiglin, do yourself and those that favor your positions a favor, join Eli Yishai as you could both do a wonderful job in representing what the Israelis need/want but are unable to express and that is finally an honest government that can be run by Torah oriented Jews. Yishai is straightforward and will not pull a fast one on you.
Yes, that’s what we need: another splinter party.
To akuperma
What are you talking about?
What proof do you have that he was anti-religious? Now, did his revisionist Zionism theory include religion, no. But it didn’t not include it either. It had many religious followers, more so than the ben-gurion/weizman group of socialists & marxists. It was more a political theory, that was free market on economic issues (with a few exceptions, similar to what we have NOW in the USA), and nationalist in that it called for a “greater” Israel, that on both sides of the Jordan river.
As for Hebrew, you are factually incorrect. He not only pushed the Hebrew language, he was from its biggest supporters. raising awareness and funds for the HEBREW university, and translating many books from Russian to Hebrew.
the title of Revisionist Zionism doesn’t give you license to create revisionist history.
#4- That’s just #1’s typical anti-Zionist drivel. Jabotinky not only studied Hebrew, he took a Hebrew name, spoke the language and served, amongst other things, as the editor of a Hebrew language daily newspaper (printed in good old fashioned Hebrew/Aramaic letters). He did at one point advocate writing Hebrew in Latin letters so as to make it more accessible to the masses of unlettered European Jews (such transliteration has actually become quite common in the US for the same reason). But #1’s assertion that this esoterica was rooted in a desire to assure that “Israelis wouldn’t be able to learn old fashioned books” is just #1 being #1.
I don’t believe Jabotinsky was anti religious. the proof is that Begin, his biggest follower was not anti religious. He should quit. His dream is dead. Either Judaism or false ideologies. We don’t need him.
The core of zionism itself is based on anti-Torah Judaism.
Exactly Zionism is contrary to Judaism