Hatnua

{{Infobox political party

| name = Hatnua

| logo = Hatnuah logo.svg

| colorcode = {{party color|Hatnua}}

| leader = Tzipi Livni{{cite news |author=Yossi Verter |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/tzipi-livni-s-new-movement-brings-her-full-circle-back-to-israeli-politics.premium-1.480978 |title=Tzipi Livni's new movement brings her full circle back to Israeli politics |newspaper=Haaretz |date=27 November 2012 |access-date=28 January 2015}}

| ideology = Liberalism
Two-state solution
Secularism
Environmentalism
Third Way
Liberal Zionism

| headquarters = Tel Aviv, Israel

| international =

| website = {{url|https://web.archive.org/web/20130302032128/http://www.hatnua.org.il/|www.hatnua.org.il}}

| country = Israel

| native_name = {{Script/Hebrew|התנועה}}

| founded = {{start date|2012|11|27|df=y}}{{cite news |author=Gil Hoffman |url=http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=293617 |title=Livni returns to politics with The Tzipi Livni Party |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |date=27 November 2012 |access-date=28 January 2015}}

| split = Kadima

| dissolved = {{start date|2019|02|18|df=y}}

| merged =

| newspaper =

| youth_wing =

| membership_year =

| membership =

| position = Centre{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-21073450|title=Guide to Israel's political parties|date=21 January 2013|publisher=BBC}}{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2015/03/13/these-are-the-political-parties-battling-for-israels-future/ |title=A guide to the political parties battling for Israel's future |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2015-03-14 |accessdate=2022-06-11}} to centre-left{{cite book|author1=Miriam Fendius Elman|author2=Oded Haklai|author3=Hendrik Spruyt|title=Democracy and Conflict Resolution: The Dilemmas of Israel's Peacemaking|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gICiAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA14 |year=2014 |publisher=Syracuse University Press |isbn=978-0-8156-5251-9|page=14}}{{cite news |author=Judi Rudoren |date=15 March 2015 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/16/world/middleeast/israeli-leaders-form-new-government-complicating-peace-process.html |title=Israeli Leaders Form New Government |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=28 January 2015}}{{cite book|author=Malcolm Russell|title=The Middle East and South Asia 2013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yfSXAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA105|date=28 August 2013|publisher=Stryker Post|isbn=978-1-4758-0487-4|page=105}}

| national = Zionist Union (2014–2019)

| seats1_title = Most MKs

| seats1 = 8 (2012)

| seats2_title = {{Nowrap|Fewest MKs}}

| seats2 = 5 (2016)

| religion =

| colors = Blue, white

| symbol = {{Script/Hebrew|צפ}}

}}

Hatnua ({{langx|he|הַתְּנוּעָה||The Movement}}){{cite news |url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/analysis-netanyahu-gambit-appears-backfire |title=Analysis: Netanyahu gambit appears to backfire |author=Josef Federman |agency=Associated Press |date=22 February 2013 |access-date=28 January 2015 |archive-date=7 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107074958/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/analysis-netanyahu-gambit-appears-backfire |url-status=dead }} was a liberal political party in Israel{{cite web |url=http://www.europeanforum.net/country/israel |title=Israel |publisher=European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity |date=25 August 2014 |access-date=28 January 2015 |quote=The party is a liberal party that Israel did not had since 2006. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115080802/http://www.europeanforum.net/country/israel |archive-date=15 January 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}{{cite news|url=http://www.euronews.com/2015/03/13/livni-and-herzog-merge-in-zionist-union-to-oust-netanyahu/ |title=Livni and Herzog merge in Zionist Union to oust Netanyahu |author=Sophie Desjardin |publisher=Euronews |date=13 March 2015 |quote=She quit the traditional Likud party of the right to join the Kadima centrists before she formed the liberal Hatnuah party. He's a socialist. Together, they head the centre-left Zionist Union, with a mantra ‘to defend a Jewish and democratic state'.}} formed by former Israeli Foreign Minister and Vice Prime Minister Tzipi Livni to present an alternative to voters frustrated by the stalemate in the Israeli–Palestinian peace process.{{cite news |url=http://newsok.com/article/feed/513424 |title=A look at the makeup of the new Israeli government |agency=Associated Press |work=The Oklahoman |date=14 March 2013 |access-date=12 November 2017 }}

The party was formed by dissidents in Kadima, which Livni, who had led the party's progressive wing,{{cite news |author=Nathan Jeffay |date=26 September 2008 |url=http://forward.com/articles/14238/livni-s-ascension-threatens-labor-party-s-posi-/ |title=Livni's Ascension Threatens Labor Party's Position in Future Elections |newspaper=The Jewish Daily Forward |access-date=28 January 2015}} headed until March 2012 when she lost a leadership primary election to rival Shaul Mofaz, who was part of the party's more conservative wing.{{cite news |author=Ethan Bronner |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/world/middleeast/19israel.html |title=Israel's Livni to Begin Coalition Talks |date=18 September 2008 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=28 January 2015}}{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-sep-17-fg-kadima17-story.html |title=Israel's Kadima voting for a new leader |author=Ashraf Khalil |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=17 September 2008 |access-date=28 January 2015}}See also the political compasses made for the 2013 elections by [http://www.haaretz.com/news/israeli-elections-2013 Haaretz] ({{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130215083645/https://www.haaretz.com/news/israeli-elections-2013|date=15 February 2013}}) and [http://www.electioncompass.org/ Kieskompas] ({{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130305181316/http://www.electioncompass.org/ |date=5 March 2013}}) (in collaboration with the Israel Democracy Institute and The Jerusalem Post), both of which placed Hatnua led by Tzipi Livni to the left of Kadima led by Mofaz. This was the case in Kieskompas on both the vertical axis (factoring positions on Peace and Territories, Security and Terror, and Religion and State) and horizontal axis (Economy and Welfare, Civil and Human Rights, and Law and Governability), as well as Haaretz on both the vertical axis (Secular versus Religious) and horizontal axis (Left versus Right). The party was based on the infrastructure of Hetz, a faction that broke away from Shinui in 2006.{{cite news |author=Ilan Lior |author2=Jonathan Lis |date=2 December 2012 |newspaper=Haaretz |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/former-labor-party-leader-amram-mitzna-joins-livni-s-party-1.481929 |title=Former Labor Party leader Amram Mitzna joins Livni's party |access-date=28 January 2015}} Relatively close in ideology to Yesh Atid and the Labor Party, which focused mostly on domestic and socioeconomic issues in their 2013 campaigns, Hatnua stood out for its aggressive push for a pragmatic peace settlement with the Palestinians.{{cite news |url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ultra-orthodox-clout-may-ebb-after-israel-election |title=Ultra-Orthodox clout may ebb after Israel election |author=Amy Teibel |agency=Associated Press |date=20 January 2013 |access-date=28 January 2015 |archive-date=7 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107074945/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ultra-orthodox-clout-may-ebb-after-israel-election |url-status=dead }}

In the 2013 legislative election, Hatnua ran on a joint list with the Green Movement, and incorporated many of its core ideals into the party's platform.{{cite news |author=Itai Trilnick |date=23 December 2012 |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/israeli-elections-2013/israeli-elections-news-features/livni-waves-a-big-green-flag.premium-1.489376 |title=Livni waves a big green flag |newspaper=Haaretz |access-date=28 January 2015}} Hatnua's 2013 platform emphasized Arab–Israeli peace, social justice, environmental protection, the integration of all citizens into the military and workforce, and religious pluralism.{{cite web|url=http://en.idi.org.il/media/2056722/hatnua_19Platform.pdf|title=Hatnua 2013 platform|publisher=IDI|access-date=11 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913090502/http://en.idi.org.il/media/2056722/hatnua_19Platform.pdf|archive-date=13 September 2014|url-status=dead}}

In the 2015 legislative election, it ran on a joint electoral list with the Labor Party called the Zionist Union, which became the second-largest parliamentary group. In January 2019, Labor chairman Avi Gabay announced that Labor would not run with Hatnua in the April 2019 election.{{cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Avi-Gabbay-announces-end-to-partnership-with-Tzipi-Livni-576008|title=Gabbay shocks Livni on live TV, kicks her out of Zionist Union |work=The Jerusalem Post|date=1 January 2019|access-date=18 February 2019|author=Gil Hoffman}} Following several weeks of poor poll results, Livni announced on 18 February 2019 that Hatnua would drop out of the election and that she was retiring from politics.{{cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-Elections/Livni-likely-to-quit-politics-this-week-Gantz-party-falls-in-polls-580955|title=Tearful Tzipi Livni quits politics|work=The Jerusalem Post|date=18 February 2019|access-date=18 February 2019|author=Gil Hoffman}}

Formation

File:Tzipi Livni - VOA.jpg officially announced the establishment of Hatnua]]

Following months of speculation, Livni announced the establishment of Hatnua at a press conference in Tel Aviv on 27 November 2012, describing it as a "liberal, secular, and democratic party," with "room for the very best of Likud" and Labor. In her announcement, Livni cited the need for the party after the government had entered into ceasefire negotiations with Hamas while peace talks with the Palestinian Authority were not occurring. She later described her mission in an op-ed in the Jerusalem Post, saying, "I've come to fight for peace. ... I've come to fight for security. ... I've come to fight for a Jewish state. ... I've come to fight for a democratic Israel." In addition, Livni pledged to push for military conscription of the ultra-Orthodox and to promote social justice initiatives for Israel's youth, noting that the then-recent Likud primaries only strengthened the party's hard-right faction.{{cite news |author=Michal Shmulovich |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/livni-announces-new-party/ |title=Tzipi Livni launches new party, 'The Movement'; promises to fight for 'democratic Israel' |newspaper=The Times of Israel |date=27 November 2012 |access-date=28 January 2015}}[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-21073450 Guide to Israel's political parties], BBC, 21 January 2013

The party was formed by taking over the remains of the Hetz party, also inheriting the NIS 1.8 million in the party's bank account.{{cite news |author=Mati Tuchfeld |url=http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=6806 |title=Netanyahu's advantage |newspaper=Israel Hayom |date=21 December 2012 |access-date=15 January 2015}} It began with seven members of the Knesset, all of whom were allies of Livni who were breaking away from Kadima.{{cite web |url=http://knesset.gov.il/faction/eng/FactionHistoryAll_eng.asp |title=Mergers and splits among parliamentary groups |publisher=Knesset |access-date=28 January 2015}}

Following its establishment, Ynetnews published a poll on 30 November 2011 showing Livni to be more favored than Labor leader Shelly Yachimovich, and overall the strongest candidate for Prime Minister against the incumbent, Netanyahu.{{cite news |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4313769,00.html |title=Poll: Livni strongest against Netanyahu |publisher=Ynetnews |date=30 November 2012 |access-date=30 November 2012}} On 1 December 2012, former Labor leader Amram Mitzna joined the party.{{cite news |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4314088,00.html|title=Amram Mitzna joins Livni's new party |author=Yuval Karni |publisher=Ynetnews |date=1 December 2012 |access-date=2 December 2012}} A second former Labor leader, Amir Peretz, joined the party on 6 December.{{cite news |url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4316401,00.html|title=Amir Peretz joins Livni's new party |author=Yuval Karni |publisher=Ynetnews |date=6 December 2012 |access-date=7 December 2012}} The party campaigned on diplomatic issues, mainly peace with the Palestinians and preserving international support for Israel.

Before forming Hatnua, Livni turned away an offer from Yair Lapid for the No. 2 seat on the Yesh Atid list, as well as an offer from Shelly Yachimovich for a seat on the Labor Party list.Jonathan Lis,

[https://www.haaretz.com/.premium-livni-redux-labor-attacks-just-in-case-1.5265697 "Israel's Labor Party Attacks Livni Plan to Throw Hat Into Election Race"], Haaretz, 24 November 2012

In a Jerusalem Post interview, Livni said she created Hatnua because there was a vacancy for a non-socialist party "representing the need to relaunch negotiations." She suggested that other parties had narrow agendas and that her party would not ignore the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, which she said was connected to other issues affecting Israel.Gil Hoffman, [http://www.jpost.com/Features/Front-Lines/Politics-Livni-as-Netanyahus-foreign-minister Politics: Livni as Netanyahu's foreign minister?] Jerusalem Post, 14 December 2012

Eighteen days before the 2013 election, Livni called on Yachimovich and Lapid to come together and form a united front against Likud Beiteinu.[https://www.haaretz.com/.premium-livni-calls-on-centrist-parties-to-form-united-front-1.5288158 18 Days to Israeli Election Livni Calls on Yacimovich, Lapid to Form United Front Against Netanyahu], Haaretz, 4 January 2013 Both leaders were receptive to the idea, but Lapid said the parties should consider joining a Netanyahu-led government after the election to prevent extremist parties from joining the governing coalition.{{cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/.premium-livni-s-unity-call-embraced-1.5288683|title=Yacimovich Welcomes Livni's Call for United Centrist Front|first1=Ilan|last1=Lior|first2=Revital|last2=Hovel|first3=Jonathan|last3=Lis|date=6 January 2013|publisher=Haaretz}}{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/hopes-for-a-center-left-bloc-stall-as-party-leaders-row/|title=Hopes for a center-left bloc collapse as party leaders trade recriminations|first=Stuart|last=Winer|work=THe Times of ISrael}}Meirav Arlosoroff and Sivan Klingbail,

[https://www.haaretz.com/.premium-tzipi-livni-peace-trumps-all-1.5224998 "Livni Talks to Haaretz About Politics, Economics, and the 'Greatest Tragedy Facing Israel'"], Haaretz, 2013 January 18

Ideology and politics

Hatnua was described as a liberal party[http://www.abc.es/internacional/20150316/abci-tzipi-livni-herzog-201503131402.html "Tzipi Livni, subalterna de Herzog para no desaparecer del mapa político israelí"], ABC, 16 March 2015. "Desde entonces, Livni se ha visto despojada del liderazgo del Kadima, creó una nueva formación de corte liberal -Hatnuá- con la que ganó sólo seis escaños en los comicios de 2013, y ha visto languidecer su otrora prometedor horizonte político hasta tal punto que, para salvarse, ha preferido la unión con el Laborismo, partido del que ideológicamente ha estado siempre alejada."{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/germany-votes-to-not-amend-pension-law-for-jewish-ghetto-laborers-a-890485.html |title= Pensions for Jewish Ghetto Laborers: Israel Angered By German Government |author= Christoph Schult |work=Spiegel Online |date=22 March 2013 |access-date=28 January 2015}}{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/outcry-as-israel-tries-to-ban-the-word-nazi-53vtt3ndszl |title=Outcry as Israel tries to ban the word 'Nazi' |author=Katherine Philip |newspaper=The Times |date=16 January 2014}}{{subscription required}} adhering to secularism,{{cite web |author=Jim Zanotti |url=https://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/223458.pdf |title=Israel: Background and U.S. Relations |date=28 February 2014 |publisher=Congressional Research Service |access-date=28 January 2015}}{{cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-election-2015/.premium-1.632244# |title=Where do Israeli lawmakers stand on matters of religion and state? |author=Judy Maltz |newspaper=Haaretz |date=17 December 2014 |quote=Both Meretz and Hatnuah are known for their progressive platforms on matters of religion and state.}} environmentalism{{cite news |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4322872,00.html |title=Hatnua presents green platform |publisher=Ynetnews |date=26 December 2012 |access-date=28 January 2015}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fpri.org/docs/Finkelstein_-_Israeli_Center.pdf |title=Can the Israeli Center Hold? |author=Justin Scott Finkelstein |publisher=Foreign Policy Research Institute |date=August 2013 |access-date=23 February 2015 |archive-date=29 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529054745/https://www.fpri.org/docs/Finkelstein_-_Israeli_Center.pdf |url-status=dead }} and liberal Zionism,Carlo Strenger, [http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/strenger-than-fiction/.premium-1.578511 Israel today: a society without a center], Haaretz (7 March 2014){{cite book |url=http://www.fnst-jerusalem.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dror_book.pdf |title=A Liberal Upheaval: From the General Zionists to the Liberal Party (pre-book dissertation) |author=Dror Zeigerman |publisher=Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty |date=2013 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402102632/http://www.fnst-jerusalem.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dror_book.pdf |archive-date=2 April 2015 }} news sources also noted the party's commitment to a two-state solution.{{cite news |url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/israel-vote-presents-diplomatic-domestic-choices |title=Israel vote presents diplomatic, domestic choices |author=Karin Laub |agency=Associated Press |date=22 January 2013 |access-date=28 January 2015 |archive-date=29 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129122515/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/israel-vote-presents-diplomatic-domestic-choices |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |url=http://www.newsweek.com/2013/08/23/tzipi-livni-and-quest-peace-israel-and-palestine-237854.html |title=Tzipi Livni and the quest for peace in Israel and Palestine |author=Ben Birnbaum |work=Newsweek |date=23 August 2013 |access-date=28 January 2015}}

Having worked as Israel's lead peace negotiator, Livni is well respected internationally and has a good relationship with the Palestinian leadership. The party campaigned almost exclusively on foreign policy issues, pushing for renewed peace talks with the Palestinians and preserving support from the international community, especially the United States.{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/weaken-the-right-1.494756 |title=Weaken the right |author=Editorial |newspaper=Haaretz |date=18 January 2013 |access-date=28 January 2015}}

Livni has stated that there should be a three-step process in order to resume negotiations with the Palestinians; the first step would be to ensure coordination with America; the second step would be utilizing the EU to back the negotiations; the third step would be to direct negotiations with the Palestinians; she also stated that there would be no negotiations with Hamas unless it renounced terrorism.{{cite web |url=http://www.bicom.org.uk/news-article/11304/|title=Livni outlines Hatnuah foreign policy platform|publisher=Britain Israel Communications & Research Centre|date=16 January 2013 |access-date=20 January 2013}} It was also committed to passing Basic Laws that protect the environment{{cite news |url=http://www.jpost.com/Sci-Tech/Article.aspx?id=296853|title=Tzipi Livni Party presents environmental agenda |author=Sharon Udasin |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |date=21 December 2012 |access-date=30 December 2012}} and social rights. It was in favor of a differential value added tax as well as canceling existing subsidies for West Bank settlements and ultra-Orthodox sectoral interests while increasing the fees charged for the mining of natural resources. Livni has long been an advocate for women's rights and gay rights,{{cite news |author=Gabe Fisher |date=6 March 2012 |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/tzipi-livni-is-one-of-the-most-powerful-women-in-the-country/ |title=Tzipi Livni called one of world's 150 most powerful women |newspaper=The Times of Israel |access-date=28 January 2015}} and her party supported same-sex marriage in Israel.{{cite news |url=http://www.mako.co.il/news-elections-2013/Article-bd784bea59a1c31004.htm |script-title=he:בחירות 2013: אילו מפלגות בעד נישואים חד-מיניים ומי מתנגד? |language=he |trans-title=2013 Elections: Which parties support same-sex marriage and which oppose it? |publisher=Channel 2 News |date=8 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204032835/http://www.mako.co.il/news-elections-2013/Article-bd784bea59a1c31004.htm |archive-date=4 December 2013}}

The party's social agenda was similar to that of other centre-left parties.{{cite web|url=http://www.apcoworldwide.com/content/PDFs/analysis-of-israel-elections-january-2013.pdf |title=Winds of Change: An Analysis of Israeli Elections |publisher=APCO Worldwide |date=January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130910165854/http://apcoworldwide.com/content/PDFs/analysis-of-israel-elections-january-2013.pdf |archive-date=10 September 2013 }} Livni is socially progressive and is well known for having refused the coalition terms of religious parties as the leader of Kadima.[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-31815481 Israel election: Who are the key candidates?], BBC (14 March 2015) Hatnua was liberal on matters of religion and state. Like Yesh Atid, it was in favor of conversion reform.{{cite news |url=http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/politics/48201-141022-israeli-government-doves-forming-joint-peace-front |title=Israeli government doves forming joint peace front |publisher=i24news |date=22 October 2014 |access-date=28 January 2015}}{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/.premium-1.623986 |title=Israel to implement far-reaching conversion reforms, following cabinet approval |author=Jonathan Lis |newspaper=Haaretz |date=11 February 2014 |access-date=28 January 2015}}

The party supported Third Way economic policies.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GKs0DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT41 |title=The Elections in Israel 2013 |editor=Michael Shamir |publisher=Routledge |year=2017 |pages=40–41 |isbn=9781351295826 |quote=Hatenua ... 2013 manifesto: yes. Manifesto self-identification: 'enabling economy'. Economic ideology: Third Way. Discourse type: liberal.}}{{cite web |url=http://www.strategicoutlook.org/middle-east/news-israelis-prefer-a-right-leaning-government-of-netanyahu-lapid-and-bennet.html |title=Israelis prefer a right-leaning government of Netanyahu, Lapid and Bennett |author=Alexander Murinson |publisher=Strategic Outlook |date=28 January 2013 |access-date=28 January 2015}}{{cite news|url=http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=296321|title=Livni, Peretz present 'revolutionary' economic plan|author=Harkov, Lahav|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|date=17 December 2012|access-date=13 February 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130213050859/http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=296321|archive-date=13 February 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.iemed.org/observatori/recursos/documents/cronologies/arxius-cronologies-anuari-2014/chronology_israel_and%20_palestine_IEMed_yearbook_2014_EN.pdf|title=Chronology of Events in Israel and Palestine|publisher=IEMED}} It saw economic issues, as with other issues, as interconnected with the country's security and diplomacy situation.{{cite news |author=Yonah Jeremy Bob |author2=Lahav Harkov |author3=Khaled Abu Toameh |author4=Tovah Lazaroff |date=30 December 2013 |url=http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Ex-defense-minister-Peretz-assails-ministers-vote-to-annex-Jordan-Valley-336532 |title=Assailing the right, Livni says settlements harm Israel's security |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=28 January 2015}}{{cite news |author=Herb Keinon |date=2 July 2013 |url=http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Livni-European-boycott-of-settlement-goods-can-spread-to-all-of-Israel-318307 |title=Livni: Without peace progress European boycott will move from settlements to rest of country |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=28 January 2015}} According to Livni, the absence of a peace deal can hinder Israel's economic growth and its chances of allying with moderate Arab states.{{cite news |title=Israel Justice Minister: U.S. Shouldn't Give Up On Palestinian Peace Process |date=30 September 2014 |url=https://www.npr.org/2014/09/30/352808212/israel-justice-minister-u-s-shouldnt-give-up-on-palestinian-peace-process |work=All Things Considered |publisher=NPR |access-date=28 January 2015}} Robert Siegel speaks with Tzipi Livni, the Israeli Minister of Justice and the country's chief negotiator with the Palestinians, about the future of the failed peace process.{{cite news |author=Herb Keinon |date=9 September 2014 |url=http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Livni-tells-parley-Israel-needs-daring-diplomatic-initiative-374816 |title=Livni tells parley: Israel needs daring diplomatic initiative|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=28 January 2015}}

19th Knesset

The party went on to win six seats in the 2013 Knesset elections.{{cite news |url=http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=294007|title=JPost/Smith poll: Livni party worth only six seats |author=Gil Hoffman |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |date=29 November 2012 |access-date=30 November 2012}} It did not endorse any candidate for prime minister to President Shimon Peres. Amid reports that coalition negotiations between Netanyahu and the Yesh Atid and Jewish Home factions, which formed an alliance, were floundering, Hatnua became the first party sign on to joining Benjamin Netanyahu's government.Jodi Rudoren, [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/world/middleeast/deal-gives-palestinian-portfolio-to-netanyahu-rival-tzipi-livni.html Israel: Deal Gives Netanyahu Rival Palestinian Portfolio], New York Times, 19 February 2013{{cite web |url=http://knesset.gov.il/govt/eng/GovtByNumber_eng.asp |title=Nineteenth Knesset: Government 33 |publisher=Knesset |date=18 March 2013}} As part of its coalition agreement, Hatnua received the Justice Ministry (held by Livni) and the Environmental Protection Ministry (held by Peretz), and a ministerial team for the peace process with the Palestinians was established with Livni as chief negotiator.Ruth Levush, [https://www.loc.gov/law/help/israel-govenment-comp-agreements/il-gov-comp-2013.pdf Israel: 2013 Government Composition and Coalition Agreements], Law Library of Congress Coalition negotiations also involved the issue of ultra-Orthodox military conscription. Hatnua MK Elazar Stern, whose long-running work on the matter also formed Yesh Atid's position thereon, sought to stiffen sanctions against yeshivas that fail to meet conscription targets.Yair Ettinger, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/livni-to-join-netanyahu-coalition-but-divide-remains-deep-on-haredi-draft.premium-1.504793 Livni to join Netanyahu coalition, but divide remains deep on Haredi draft], Haaretz, 20 February 2013 Livni said she would not officially join Netanyahu's government without other centre-left parties; Yesh Atid eventually signed on as a coalition partner.

During his tenure as environmental protection minister, Peretz championed the slogan "it is impossible to separate environmental and social justice", and his campaigns within the ministry have followed suit. Many of the changes Peretz led involved minority or periphery communities, such as ongoing efforts to bring waste infrastructure to Arab towns and Bedouin villages, in particular. Other accomplishment involved the government approval of a NIS 45 million budget for addressing environmental deficiencies for residents of the south and the eradication of free plastic bags from grocery stores. With Livni's approval, he resigned as cabinet minister in November 2014, citing his frustration with Netanyahu's policies and the lack of peace negotiations. He remained a member of Hatnua and the governing coalition.{{cite news |author=Lahav Harkov |author2=Sharon Udasin |date=9 November 2014 |url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Peretz-I-wont-stay-in-this-government-381205 |title=Peretz resigns with jab at Netanyahu: Are we living in a monarchy? There is an alternative |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=28 January 2015}}{{cite news |author=Yossi Verter |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.626314 |title=Lapid as Israel's next PM, and other fairytales |newspaper=Haaretz |date=13 November 2014 |access-date=28 January 2015}}{{cite news |author= Barak Ravid |author2=Jonathan Lis |date=9 November 2014 |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/1.625442 |title=Peretz announces intent to resign from coalition over Netanyahu's policies |newspaper=Haaretz |access-date=28 January 2015}}

Hatnua often sparred with the Jewish Home, another coalition partner, particularly with regard to peace negotiations, which Hatnua continuously pushed for, and which the Jewish Home vehemently opposed.Jeremy Ashkenas, [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/03/19/world/middleeast/netanyahu-likud-election-knesset-coalition.html In Netanyahu's Next Knesset, a More Compatible Coalition], New York Times, 19 March 2015 As Justice Minister, Livni also advanced a bill to give equal inheritance rights to same-sex couples.Itamar Sharon, [http://www.timesofisrael.com/committee-okays-inheritance-between-same-sex-partners/ Committee okays inheritance between same-sex partners], Times of Israel, 12 May 2014

On 2 December 2014, Netanyahu fired Livni from her cabinet portfolio, accusing her and Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid then Minister of Finance, of conspiring to bring down the governing coalition in a "putsch".{{cite news |author=Elie Leshem |author2=Ilan Ben Zion |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-lapid-and-livni-to-blame-for-new-elections/ |title=Accusing Lapid and Livni of attempted 'putsch,' Netanyahu fires them, calls elections |newspaper=The Times of Israel |date=2 December 2014 |access-date=28 January 2015}} The following week, Hatnua agreed to run on a joint list with the opposition Labor Party in the ensuing March 2015 election, with Livni alleging that Likud had been taken over by right-wing extremists. If the joint list wins the election and is able to form a government, under the agreement, the position of Prime Minister would rotate between Livni and Labor leader Isaac Herzog.{{cite news |author=Jonathan Lis |date=10 December 2014 |title = Labor, Livni agree to join forces ahead of elections |work = Haaretz | url = http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/1.631032 |access-date=28 January 2015}} In protest of the alliance, Elazar Stern left the party on 20 December 2014{{cite news |date=20 December 2014 |title=MK Stern breaks from Hatnua, blames Livni |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/mk-stern-breaks-from-hatnua-blames-livni/ |work=The Times of Israel |access-date=20 December 2014}} and soon joined Yesh Atid. Tzur, Mitzna, and Sheetrit announced their retirement from politics altogether; of them, Tzur and Mitzna expressed support for the alliance with Labor, while Sheetrit said he opposed it.{{cite news |author=Stuart Winer |date=25 December 2014 |title=Two more MKs abandon Livni's Hatnua party |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/two-more-mks-abandon-livnis-hatnua-party/ |newspaper=The Times of Israel |access-date=28 January 2015}}{{cite news |author=Noa Amouyal |author2=Gil Hoffman |date=25 December 2014 |url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel-Elections/Veteran-MK-Meir-Sheetrit-I-will-not-be-in-the-next-Knesset-385780 |title=Veteran MK Meir Sheetrit: I will not be in the next Knesset |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=28 January 2015}}{{cite news |author=Hezki Ezra |date=23 December 2014 |url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/189006 |title=MK David Tzur Resigns from Tzipi Livni's Hatnua |publisher=Arutz Sheva |access-date=28 January 2015}} Peretz, the only MK to join Livni, not only supported the alliance, but later added he would like to see a full merger between the parties.Gil Hoffman, [http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Peretz-Cabel-Herzog-should-get-another-chance-395870 Peretz, Cabel: Herzog should get another chance], Jerusalem Post, 1 April 2015

As part of its agreement with Labor, Livni received the second spot on the joint list. Spots 8, 16, 21, 24, 25, and 28 were also reserved for Hatnua members, going, in order, to Peretz, former Kadima MK and Livni ally Yoel Hasson, Channel 9 journalist and analyst on Arab affairs Ksenia Svetlova, Maj. Gen. (res.) Eyal Ben-Reuven, Israeli Green Movement co-chair Yael Cohen-Paran, and former Kadima MK Robert Tiviaev.{{cite news |title=Israel elections updates /Lieberman presents Knesset list: Four women in top 10 |date=19 January 2015 |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-election-2015/1.637864 |newspaper=Haaretz |access-date=28 January 2015}}{{cite news |url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel-Elections/Herzog-may-accept-invite-to-Washington-388927 |title=Herzog may accept invite to Washington |author=Gil Hoffman |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |date=26 January 2015 |access-date=28 January 2015}}{{cite news |url=http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Labor-Hatnua-adds-Maj-Genres-Eyal-Ben-Reuven-to-list-389153 |title=Labor-Hatnua adds Maj.-Gen.(res.) Eyal Ben-Reuven to list |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |date=27 January 2015 |access-date=28 January 2015}}

Electoral history

In the 2013 Israeli legislative election, Hatnua won 6 seats with almost 5% of the votes, while the remainder of Kadima won 2 seats with 2% of the votes. The party had a surplus vote agreement with Meretz.

The six seats were taken by:{{cite news |author=Niv Elis |url=http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=300687 |title=Disappointed Livni mum on coalition options |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |date=24 January 2013 |access-date=28 January 2015}}

In the 2015 elections Hatnua had seven seats reserved for it on the Zionist Union list, with five elected as the list won 24 seats. In September 2015, Hatnua MK Amir Peretz defected to their Zionist Union sister party Labor, thus reducing Hatnua's representation to 4 seats. In November 2015, Labor Party MK Danny Atar resigned from the Knesset to chair the Jewish National Fund, leaving Hatnua candidate Yael Cohen Paran, to replace him, increasing Hatnua's representation back to 5 seats. Cohen Paran's entrance in the Knesset brought the total number of female MKs to 32, the highest ever.

Hatnua's faction in the 20th Knesset comprised the following MKs:

Tzipi Livni
Yoel Hasson
Ksenia Svetlova
Eyal Ben-Reuven
Yael Cohen Paran (also of the Green Movement)
Robert Tiviaev

Amir Peretz was elected as a Hatnua member, but rejoined the Labor Party during the Knesset term.

On 1 January 2019 at a live televised Zionist Union party meeting, Labor leader Avi Gabay announced that Labor would not run with Hatnua in the upcoming April 2019 Israeli legislative election, surprising Livni. Electoral polls showed that Hatnua was not close to crossing the 3.25% electoral threshold, and Livni announced on 18 February 2019 that Hatnua would not run in the elections, so as not to split the centre-left vote, as well as her own retirement from politics.