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Yamin Yisrael

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Political party in Israel

Yamin Yisrael ימין ישראל‎

Leader	Shaul Gutman Miriam Lapid Eleonora Shifrin
Founded	24 July 1995
Split from	Moledet
Political position	Right-wing
Most MKs	1 (1995–96)
Election symbol
יד‎
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Yamin Yisrael (Hebrew:ימין ישראל,lit. 'Right Israel') was a minor right-wingpolitical party inIsrael.

The party was founded on 24 July 1995 whenShaul Gutman broke away fromMoledet.^[1] It ran in the1996 elections, but failed to cross theelectoral threshold of 1.5% and did not win a seat.

In the2003 elections the party ran a joint list withHerut – The National Movement. Although together the parties won 36,202 votes (1.1%), they were 8,000 short of the threshold. For the2006 elections the party ran alongsideBaruch Marzel'sJewish National Front, winning 28,824 votes (0.79%) and again failing to cross the threshold.

The party did not run in the2009 elections.

The party's objectives were to:^[2]

Replace the currentproportional representation system for elections with aconstituency-based method.
Institute apresidential system of government.
Presidential appointment ofSupreme Court judges.
Enforce thebasic law prohibiting parties that negate the Jewish nature of the state
Rescind citizenship of "disloyal" citizens.
Rescind large child allowances.
Rescind the "grandfather clause" of theLaw of Return (which allows individuals with a Jewish grandparent, but not recognisedhalakhically as Jews to claim Israeli citizenship).
Allow Israelis living abroad to vote.
CastigateCNN and theBBC for being "a facade for antisemitism".
Phase out U.S. military aid to Israel.