New Economic Party

{{Infobox political party

| name = New Economic Party

| native_name = {{Script/Hebrew|המפלגה הכלכלית החדשה}}

| logo = New Economic Party logo.svg

| colorcode = #FEB414

| leader = Yaron Zelekha

| foundation = 30 December 2020

| split =

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| ideology = Anti-corruption{{cite news |url= https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/.premium-former-accountant-general-zelekha-announces-new-party-vows-to-save-israel-s-economy-1.9412000 |title= Leading Economist Zelekha Announces New Party, Vows to Save Israel From Financial Ruin |publisher=Haaretz |date=30 December 2020 |access-date=31 January 2021}}
Anti-clericalism{{cite news |url= https://www.kikar.co.il/383159.html |title= קיצוץ קצבאות ותחלואה; ירון זליכה בריאיון |publisher=Kikar HaShabat |date=16 January 2021 |access-date=5 February 2021}}
Populism{{cite news |url= http://www.yaronzelekha.co.il/%d7%aa%d7%9b%d7%a0%d7%99%d7%aa-12-%d7%94%d7%a0%d7%a7%d7%95%d7%93%d7%95%d7%aa/ |title= 12 point's program |publisher=NEP |date=4 February 2020 |access-date=5 February 2021}}

| position = Centre-right{{url= https://www.hakalkalit.org/%D7%A9%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%A0%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%AA |title= As election race heats up, small factions struggle to find their footing |publisher=Israel Hayom |date=3 February 2021 |access-date=3 February 2021|author1=Yehuda Shlezinger|author2=Danielle Roth-Avneri|author3=Daniel Siryoti}}

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| website = {{URL|https://www.hakalkalit.org}}

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| seats1_title = Knesset

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|120|#FEB414}}

| symbol = {{Script/Hebrew|יז}}

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| country = Israel

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The New Economic Party ({{Langx|he|המפלגה הכלכלית החדשה}}; HaMiflagah HaKalkalit HaHadasha) is a socio-economic political party in Israel founded by the economist and former Israeli Ministry of Finance accountant general, Yaron Zelekha, in December 2020.{{cite news |url= https://www.ynetnews.com/article/Sy5iq119aw |title= Former Accountant General announces new socio-economic party |publisher=Ynetnews |date=30 December 2020 |access-date=31 January 2021}}

History

In December 2020, Zelekha announced that he formed a new political party, which would be called the New Economic Party, based on an economic vision and will run as a candidate in the March 2021 national election in Israel.{{cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/.premium-former-accountant-general-zelekha-announces-new-party-vows-to-save-israel-s-economy-1.9412000 | title=Leading Economist Zelekha Announces New Party, Vows to Save Israel From Financial Ruin|work=Haaretz|first=Bar|last=Peleg | date=30 December 2020|accessdate=31 December 2020}}

In January of 2021, ahead of the deadline to submit the party's electoral list, Zelekha announced his party's slate for the upcoming election, which included several professors, who were designated as the party's nominees for various cabinet positions.{{Cite web|title=פרופ' זליכה מציג את רשימת מפלגתו, ומועמדו לתפקיד שר הבריאות|url=https://www.maariv.co.il/news/politics/Article-816173|access-date=2021-02-10|website=www.maariv.co.il}}

Policy

= Economy =

Zelekha argues that Israel suffers from a significant amount of corruption. In addition, he supports a reduction of the Value-added tax to 15%.{{Cite web|title="אני אכסח את הגנבים אחד-אחד": זליכה מבטיח לרוץ עד הסוף|url=https://www.maariv.co.il/elections-2021/Article-820341|access-date=2021-02-10|website=www.maariv.co.il}}

= Education =

The party's plan to reform the education system centers on reducing the number of students in the classrooms by reducing teaching hours.

Leaders

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! colspan="3" | Leader

! Took office

! Left office

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| Yaron Zelekha

| 2020

| Incumbent

Knesset election results

class=wikitable style=text-align:center !Election !Leader !Votes !% !Seats !+/– !Government
2021 \|rowspan=2 \|Yaron Zelekha \|34,883 \|0.79 \|{{composition bar\|0\|120\|hex=#E4AE39}} \|New \|{{no\|Extra-parliamentary}}
2022 \|13,920 \|0.29 \|{{composition bar\|0\|120\|hex=#E4AE39}} \|{{steady}} 0 \|{{no\|Extra-parliamentary}}

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!Election

!Leader

!Votes

!Seats

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!Government

2021

|rowspan=2 |Yaron Zelekha

|34,883

|0.79

|{{composition bar|0|120|hex=#E4AE39}}