National Religious Party–Religious Zionism

Bezalel Smotrich defeated Uri Ariel in the Tkuma leadership election in January 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/hardliner-smotrich-wins-race-to-lead-influential-jewish-home-sub-faction/|title=Hardliner Smotrich wins race to lead influential Jewish Home sub-faction|work=The Times of Israel|first=Jacob|last=Magid|date=14 January 2019|access-date=15 October 2023}}

After difficult negotiations, Tkuma, The Jewish Home, and Otzma Yehudit reached a deal to run in the April 2019 election as the Union of Right-Wing Parties (winning five seats in the Knesset). In June 2019, Otzma Yehudit accused The Jewish Home of not honoring their election pact, and left the alliance.{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/far-right-otzma-yehudit-accuses-jewish-home-of-not-honoring-election-pact/|title=Far-right Otzma Yehudit accuses Jewish Home of not honoring election pact|date=20 June 2019|accessdate=15 October 2023|work=The Times of Israel|author=Staff writer}} The New Right (founded by Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked after splitting from The Jewish Home in December 2018) had failed to pass the electoral threshold in the April 2019 election.{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/yamina-party-officially-splits-into-new-right-jewish-home-national-union/ |title=Yamina party officially splits into New Right, Jewish Home-National Union |work=The Times of Israel |date=10 October 2019 |access-date=15 October 2023 |first=Raoul|last=Wootliff}} Ahead of the September 2019 Israeli legislative election, The Jewish Home and Tkuma (running as the United Right) allied with the New Right,{{cite web|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/266645|title=New Right, United Right reach final agreement on joint run|website=Israel National News|language=en|access-date=15 October 2023|date=29 July 2019|author=Staff}} and called their joint list Yamina.{{cite web|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/267286|title=United Right to run under name "Yemina"|work=Arutz Sheva|date=12 August 2019|accessdate=15 October 2023}} Despite Otzma and The Jewish Home initially agreeing to run on a joint list called the United Jewish Home in preparation for the 2020 Israeli legislative election,{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-home-party-far-right-otzma-yehudit-reunite-ahead-of-third-elections/|title=Jewish Home party, far-right Otzma Yehudit reunite ahead of third elections|author1=Jacob Magid|author2=Staff writer|author2-link=Staff writer|work=The Times of Israel|language=en-US|access-date=15 October 2023|date=20 December 2019|archive-date=20 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220142453/https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-home-party-far-right-otzma-yehudit-reunite-ahead-of-third-elections/|url-status=live}} Yamina was reformed, with Otzma Yehudit once again being left out.{{cite news|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/274617|title=Bennett, Peretz, Smotrich agree to joint run without Ben Gvir|date=15 January 2020|work=Arutz Sheva|access-date=15 October 2023}}

Smotrich rebranded his party from National Union-Tkuma to the Religious Zionist Party on 7 January 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/post-poll-shows-mergers-capable-of-bringing-down-netanyahu-654685|title="Post" poll shows mergers capable of bringing down Netanyahu|first=Gil|last=Hoffman|work=The Jerusalem Post|date=8 January 2021|accessdate=15 October 2023}} The following month, RZP, Otzma Yehudit, and Noam formed an electoral alliance,{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/far-right-parties-led-by-smotrich-and-ben-gvir-merge-ahead-of-election/|title=Far-right parties led by Smotrich and Ben Gvir, a Kahane disciple, join forces|work=The Times of Israel|date=3 February 2021|access-date=17 October 2023}} with all three parties winning six seats in the 2021 election on a joint list.{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-anti-gay-mks-sworn-in-activists-fear-step-backwards-on-lgbt-rights/|title=As anti-gay MKs sworn in, activists fear "step backwards" on LGBT rights|work=The Times of Israel|date=6 April 2021|accessdate=30 October 2023|author1=Nir Kafri|author2=Alexandra Vardi}} The three parties ran together again in the 2022 election, with the RZP winning seven seats, Otzma Yehudit winning six seats, and Noam keeping its single seat.{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/separating-from-religious-zionism-otzma-yehudit-and-noam-now-independent-factions/|title=After joint run, Religious Zionism party splits into three factions|work=The Times of Israel|date=20 November 2022|accessdate=30 October 2023}}

Hagit Moshe was elected head of The Jewish Home on 19 January 2021 by the parties Central Committee, replacing former head Rafi Peretz.{{cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-elections/bennetts-yamina-party-formally-splits-656076|title=Bennett's Yamina party formally splits|first=Gil|last=Hoffman|date=20 January 2021|accessdate=15 October 2023|work=The Jerusalem Post}} After failed negotiations with the RZP for the 2021 election, Moshe announced that the party would not run in the election, and instead supported Yamina{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/39-parties-register-for-elections-jewish-home-spurns-smotrich-will-back-yamina/|title=39 parties register for elections; Jewish Home spurns Smotrich, will back Yamina|date=5 February 2021|accessdate=16 October 2023|work=The Times of Israel}} and allowed them to use "ב", the traditional symbol of Mafdal and The Jewish Home.{{cite web|url=https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/SyzUBCYld|title=למרות מאמצי נתניהו, הבית היהודי תומכת בבנט ולא תתמודד|date=5 February 2022|accessdate=15 October 2023|work=Ynet}} Shaked ended the brief alliance she had with Yoaz Hendel (called Zionist Spirit) prior to the 2022 election,{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/shakeds-search-for-a-new-political-path-could-lead-back-to-jewish-home/|title=Shaked's search for a new political path could lead back to Jewish Home|work=The Times of Israel|first=Carrie|last=Keller-Lynn|date=11 September 2022|accessdate=14 October 2023}} reportedly over Hendel's unwillingness to serve alongside Benjamin Netanyahu in government,{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/zionist-spirits-shaked-hendel-end-their-short-lived-political-partnership/|title=Zionist Spirit's Shaked and Hendel end their short-lived political partnership|author=Staff writer|website=The Times of Israel |date=11 September 2022|accessdate=14 October 2023}} and instead headed the Yamina slate{{cite web|url=https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/359727|title=Shaked signs deal for joint run with Jewish Home|work=Arutz Sheva|first=Hezki|last=Baruch|date=13 September 2022|accessdate=14 October 2023}} that ran under The Jewish Home name in the 2022 election.{{cite web|url=https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/359841|title=48 days to the elections: Jewish Home Central Committee approves agreement with Shaked|work=Arutz Sheva|date=14 September 2022|accessdate=14 October 2023|first=Hezki|last=Baruch}} The Jewish Home did not clear the electoral threshold, and was left out of the Knesset.{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-won-8-seat-majority-over-his-opponents-despite-near-parity-in-raw-votes/|title=Netanyahu won 8-seat majority over his opponents despite near-parity in raw votes|first=Jeremy|last=Sharon|date=3 November 2022|accessdate=13 October 2023|work=The Times of Israel}}

There were ongoing talks between Moshe and Smotrich going back as far as May 2023 discussing a joint run.{{cite web|url=https://www.kipa.co.il/%D7%97%D7%93%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%AA/%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%98%D7%99/1157984-0//|title=הפתעה בירושלים: מגעים לאיחוד בין אנשי סמוטריץ' לחגית משה|work=Kipa|accessdate=14 October 2023}} In August 2023 the parties announced that they were to unite under the name The National Religious Party — Religious Zionism, with Smotrich serving as the head of the united party.{{cite news |title=Religious Zionism, Jewish Home parties unite |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/religious-zionism-jewish-home-parties-unite/ |work=The Times of Israel |date=3 August 2023}} The Jewish Home central committee voted to dissolve the party on 20 August 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://www.srugim.co.il/831581-%d7%9e%d7%a8%d7%9b%d7%96-%d7%94%d7%91%d7%99%d7%aa-%d7%94%d7%99%d7%94%d7%95%d7%93%d7%99-%d7%90%d7%99%d7%a9%d7%a8-%d7%90%d7%aa-%d7%94%d7%a1%d7%9b%d7%9d-%d7%a4%d7%99%d7%a8%d7%95%d7%a7-%d7%94%d7%9e%d7%a4|title=מרכז הבית היהודי אישר את ההסכם לפירוק המפלגה|work=Srugim|accessdate=16 October 2023|date=20 August 2023}}

The National-Religious Party supports strengthening Israel's Jewish religious identity,{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://zionutdatit.org.il/en/about/ |access-date=28 December 2024 |website=מפלגת הציונות הדתית |language=en-US}} and is opposed to any territorial concessions. The party advocates for "traditional family values", and opposes abortion rights{{Cite web |last=Kraft |first=Dina |date=3 May 2022 |title=Abortion in Israel: Relatively Easy to Get, Hard to Discuss |url=https://www.hadassahmagazine.org/2022/05/03/abortion-in-israel-relatively-easy-to-get-hard-to-discuss/ |access-date=28 December 2024 |website=Hadassah Magazine |language=en-US}} and legalizing same-sex marriage.{{Cite web |title=Anti-LGBTQ Israeli Pol Likens Marriage Equality to Incest {{!}} EDGE United States |url=https://www.edgemedianetwork.com/story/303109 |access-date=28 December 2024 |website=EDGE Media Network |language=en}} It also supports increased funding for Torah study and religious education.{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://zionutdatit.org.il/en/about/ |access-date=28 December 2024 |website=מפלגת הציונות הדתית |language=en-US}}

Moshe, the former head of The Jewish Home, led the party's Jerusalem list ahead of the 2024 Israeli municipal elections.{{cite web|url=https://www.jewishpress.com/news/politics/religious-zionism-party-to-merge-with-jewish-home-for-local-elections/2023/08/03/|title=Religious Zionism Party to Merge with Jewish Home for Local Elections|work=The Jewish Press|date=3 August 2023|accessdate=14 October 2023|first=Hana|last=Julian}} The election was originally set to take place on 30 October 2023, but on 23 October, the Knesset pushed back the date until 30 January 2024, as a result of the Israel–Hamas war.{{Cite web |date=23 October 2023 |title=Wartime Knesset pushes municipal elections to January 30, instead of next week|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/wartime-knesset-pushes-municipal-elections-to-january-30-instead-of-next-week/ |access-date=9 January 2024|website=The Times of Israel|language=en|last=Keller-Lynn|first=Carrie}} The election was pushed back again on 31 December to 27 February.{{Cite web |date=31 December 2023 |title=Municipal elections delayed again due to war, to be held February 27|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/municipal-elections-delayed-again-due-to-war-to-be-held-february-27/ |access-date=9 January 2024 |website=The Times of Israel|language=en|last=Sokol |first=Sam}} The party won two seats in the election.{{cite web |title=In first, ultra-Orthodox parties win majority on Jerusalem city council |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-first-ultra-orthodox-parties-win-majority-on-jerusalem-city-council/ |work=The Times of Israel |access-date=3 March 2024|date=29 February 2024}}

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|Ofir Sofer, Orit Strook, Simcha Rothman, Michal Waldiger, Ohad Tal, Moshe Solomon, Zvi Sukkot{{efn|Resigned in January 2025 after Otzma Yehudit left the government and Amihai Eliyahu returned to the Knesset}}{{cite web|url=https://main.knesset.gov.il/en/mk/apps/mklobby/main/current-knesset-mks/mk-replacement|title=Personnel changes in the 25th Knesset|work=Knesset|accessdate=8 April 2025}}{{efn|Sukkot returned to the Knesset in April 2025 as a replacement for Otzma Yehudit MK Almog Cohen}}

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