New Hope – The United Right תקווה חדשה הימין הממלכתי | |
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| Leader | Gideon Sa'ar |
| Founder | Gideon Sa'ar |
| Founded | 8 December 2020 |
| Split from | Likud Derekh Eretz |
| Merged into | Likud |
| Ideology | National liberalism Economic liberalism Zionism |
| Political position | Centre-right toright-wing |
| National affiliation | National Unity (2022–2024) |
| Colours | Blue Light Blue Black |
| Slogan | The only hope for change |
| Knesset | 4 / 120 |
| Most MKs | 6 (2021) |
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New Hope (Hebrew:תִּקְוָוה חֲדָשָׁה,romanized: Tikva Hadasha), officially known asNew Hope – The National Right (Hebrew:תִּקְוָוה חֲדָשָׁה הימין הממלכתי,romanized: Tikva Hadasha HaYamin HaMamlakhti), and also translated asNew Hope – The United Right,[2] is acentre-right[3] toright-wing[4]national-liberal[5][6][7] political party inIsrael.
The party was formed by formerLikud MK and former ministerGideon Sa'ar on 8 December 2020,[8] with Sa'ar subsequently submitting his resignation from theKnesset on 9 December.[9] On the same day,Derekh Eretz MKsYoaz Hendel andZvi Hauser announced that they would join New Hope.[10]Likud MKsYifat Shasha-Biton,[11]Michal Shir,[12]Sharren Haskel,[13] andZe'ev Elkin[14] later joined as well.Meir Yitzhak Halevi joined the party on 28 December.[15]Benny Begin andDani Dayan joined on 21 January 2021,[16][17] whilst MKHila Vazan joined on 31 January.[18]
The party signed a surplus-vote agreement withYamina on 4 January 2021.[19]
On 10 July 2022, New Hope formed a joint list withBlue and White, led byBenny Gantz, ahead of the upcominglegislative election.[20] The next month, the name of the joint list,National Unity, was announced.[21]
In October 2023, National Unity joined theThirty-seventh government of Israel and theIsraeli war cabinet in the aftermath of the2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel.[22] Sa'ar announced on 12 March 2024 that New Hope would again be an independent faction,[23] which was approved by the Knesset House committee the following night.[24] Sa'ar stated on 16 March that his party would resign from the government and join the opposition if Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu did not appoint him to theIsraeli war cabinet.[25] Sa'ar announced on 25 March that his party had resigned from the government.[26] The party rejoined the Netanyahu government in September 2024, with Sa'ar joining the cabinet asForeign Minister.[27] The party subsequently signed a merger agreement with Likud in March 2025, which will go into effect before thenext election.[28] The Likud Central Committee approved New Hope's merger back into the party in August 2025.[29]
New Hope sees the State of Israel as the nation state of theJewish people and sees importance in military, economic, technological, research, settlement aspects of the state, with support for Jewish immigration to Israel. The party sees social divisions in Israel as problematic and promises to work for reconciliation and connection between parts of the nation.[30]
On social issues, the party advocates forlegalisation of cannabis[31] andLGBT rights.[32]
The party supports a partiallymixed economy with a strong and partially subsidized capitalist focus. It advocates an expansion of the technological sector and of Israel's infrastructure, as well as supporting a reduction in the size of the country's bureaucracy. It also supports an expansion of Israel'ssocial safety net, and grants for small businesses.[33]
New Hope supportsterm limits, with a proposal to limit the tenure of a prime minister to eight years. In addition, their platform includes a proposal to elect theKnesset viamixed-member representation.[34]
The party is also interested in increasing the powers of local government at the expense of the powers of the central government.[35]
| Leader | Took office | Left office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Gideon Sa'ar | 2020 | Incumbent | |
| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Gideon Sa'ar | 209,137 | 4.74 | 6 / 120 | New | Coalition |
| 2022 | Part ofNational Unity | 4 / 120 |  2 | Opposition(2022–Oct 2023) | ||
| Coalition(Oct 2023–March 2024) | ||||||
| Opposition(March 2024–September 2024) | ||||||
| Coalition(September 2024–) | ||||||
| Knesset | Members | Seats |
|---|---|---|
| 24th | Gideon Sa'ar (replaced byMichal Shir on 9 July 2021; Shir was replaced byMichel Buskila on 2 August 2022),Yifat Shasha-Biton,Ze'ev Elkin (replaced byMeir Yitzhak Halevi on 15 June 2021),Yoaz Hendel (replaced byZvi Hauser[b] on 15 June 2021),Sharren Haskel,Benny Begin | 6 |
| 25th | Gideon Sa'ar (replaced byAkram Hasson on 10 July 2025),Yifat Shasha-Biton (replaced byMichel Buskila on 5 July 2024),Ze'ev Elkin,Sharren Haskel | 4 |
"תקווה חדשה" בהנהגת גדעון סער הוקמה על ידו כתנועה לאומית, ליברלית ממלכתית. בדיוק הערכים שהיו פעם ערכי הליכוד. "תקוה חדשה" היא ימין ליברלי: בעד שוויון מגדרי, זכויות לקהילה הגאה, קו מתון ולא נכנע לחרדים, לצד יסודות אידיאולוגיים של נאמנות לארץ ישראל ואהבת מסורת ישראל.
יו"ר מפלגת תקווה חדשה ומועמדה לראשות הממשלה גדעון סער: "אנו מחוייבים כאנשי ציבור, בכל מקום ותפקיד, לראות מה באפשרותנו לקדם כדי לתרום למאבק למען שוויון זכויות פרט. כאשר הקמנו את "תקווה חדשה", קמה גם תקווה חדשה עבור קהילת הלהט"ב. בפעם הראשונה קמה מפלגת מרכז ימין ליברלית, אשר נוקטת קו ברור ואמירה חד משמעית בנושאים אלה."
