The Jewish Home (Hebrew: הבית היהודי, HaBayit HaYehudi) is a nationalist and religious Zionist political party in Israel. Its political views have been described as right-wing to far-right. It was originally formed by a merger of the National Religious Party, Moledet and Tkuma in November 2008. However, after its top representative was placed 17th on the new party's list, Moledet broke away from the party, and instead ran on a joint list with Hatikva called the National Union. Tkuma also rejoined the National Union whereas the Ahi faction have joined Likud. For the 19th Knesset Elections, The Jewish Home and Tkuma parties merged their lists under the leadership of the chairman of The Jewish Home, Naftali Bennett; Uri Bank and his Moledet party supported the merger. The other National Union members formed the Otzma LeYisrael party.
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