After all we've been through , it's hard to remember when we had a strong right wing. Actually, we thought we did when Sharon was elected. Then he gave us the shock of our lives, Disengagement. Thinking back, in 1977, when Menachem Begin was elected, people also expected a strong right wing government...
...Maybe we're better off when the left is in power. Maybe not. Think Rabin and Oslo. But at least Rabin had some great roads built, so we wouldn't have to drive through Ramallah.
Actually, since Begin's time, things have not been that great. Great expectations and then destruction, arrests, violence....oy...
I decided to check out MK Dr. Arieh Eldad's new political grouping. OK. He's still in the National Union, but he's expected to join Hatikvah for the next elections.
Hatikvah is the Hebrew word for "hope." It's also the name of Israel's National Anthem.
Hatikvah is supposed to be a political party for all Israelis, like the old T'chiya Party of Geula Cohen, Prof. Yuval Ne'eman and Moshe Shamir. Many Israeli Right wing Nationalists aren't religious and they don't feel at home in the National Union, which has aligned itself with the National Religious Party.
Their information/protest tent is in the Rose Garden (park) across from the Prime Ministers Office in Jerusalem.
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Dos the Hatikvah party have a website? How can I join?
If you know, please email me at: yotzma2@yahoo.com
Actually, their site's address is in the first picture, on the big banner.
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