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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 424

Zionist Spirit party

Yoaz Hendel in Modi'in, December 5, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
September 13, 2022, 7:55 pm
Minister Hendel bows out of Knesset race, days after Zionist Spirit breakup
Short-lived party collapsed under weight of poor polling and divisions over aligning with Likud
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked and Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel at a state memorial ceremony for former prime minister Yitzhak Shamir, at Mount Herzl Cemetery in Jerusalem, July 10, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
September 13, 2022, 11:34 am
Shaked agrees to run as leader of Jewish Home, days after split with Zionist Spirit
Interior minister signs deal three days after blowup with Yoaz Hendel that ended short-lived alliance; if move finalizes, party likely to support Netanyahu for PM
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked, head of the Zionist Spirit faction, at a press conference at Kfar Hamacabia in Ramat Gan, on August 21, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
September 11, 2022, 7:47 pm
Shaked’s search for a new political path could lead back to Jewish Home
Party’s Yossi Brodny offers first spot on its electoral slate to interior minister, who needs to find a new political home after parting ways with Yoaz Hendel
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Ayelet Shaked holds a press conference with Yoaz Hendel to announce their Zionist Spirit party at Kfar Maccabiah in Ramat Gan, July 27, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
September 11, 2022, 7:01 am
Zionist Spirit’s Shaked and Hendel end their short-lived political partnership
Leaders of party, which isn’t expected to enter the Knesset, part ways as Shaked says she’s willing to join Netanyahu government but Hendel won’t; Shaked to meet MKs Kara, Orbach
By ToI Staff
Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked speaks at the Israel Bar Association conference in Tel Aviv, September 5, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
September 9, 2022, 12:13 pm
Report: Negotiating with Jewish Home, Shaked agrees to only support Netanyahu
If true, Shaked’s commitment to her former party goes against her current agreement with political partner Hendel; Zionist Spirit rejects report, calling it ‘baseless lies’
By ToI Staff
Convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard endorses Zionist Spirit leader Ayelet Shaked for the upcoming elections, August 29, 2022. (Twitter)
August 30, 2022, 6:46 pm
Jonathan Pollard endorses Shaked, then retracts support hours later
Facing fierce blowback, former spy pulls backing from Zionist Spirit leader over her refusal to commit to ‘only join a right-wing government’
By Tobias Siegal and Amy Spiro
Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked (R) and then Yamina MK Abir Kara present their plan to reduce the bureaucratic burden on small businesses, May 1, 2022. (Mark Neiman/GPO)
August 26, 2022, 1:24 pm
Yamina’s Abir Kara parts ways with Shaked’s Zionist Spirit
Shaked claims former Yamina MK leaves due to squabble over list position, while Kara says split is over ‘values and economic policies’
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Yair Lapid speaks during a faction meeting in Tel Aviv on August 25, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 25, 2022, 6:26 pm
Lapid says Joint List doesn’t want to be in his coalition, urges Labor-Meretz merger
PM doesn’t rule out partnership with Arab-majority party if it changes tune, says unity on the left ‘incredibly important’
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Amitai Porat (L) shakes hands with Zionist Spirit leaders Ayelet Shaked and Yoaz Hendel, Kfar Maccabiah, August 21, 2022. (Bernie Ardov / Benovitch Communications)
August 21, 2022, 9:44 pm
Zionist Spirit adds religious settler Amitai Porat to slate behind Shaked, Hendel
Former leader of religious kibbutz movement and son of settlement group founder will be only religious Zionist in realistic spot on list, as faction scrambles for right-wing votes
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Then-interior minister and head of the Yamina party Ayelet Shaked holds a press conference at Kfar Maccabiah in Ramat Gan, on July 27, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)
August 14, 2022, 10:31 pm
Report: Kahana asked that Shaked rule out narrow Netanyahu government — she refused
Yamina lawmaker moving to Gantz’s party also reportedly wanted commitment that Shaked would oppose Netanyahu being first in any potential rotation deal, which she also rejected
By ToI Staff
Deputy Minister of Religious Services Matan Kahana speaks with Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked in the Knesset on May 16, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/FLASH90)
August 14, 2022, 1:45 pm
Shaked swipes at Kahana as he leaves Yamina for ‘statesmanlike left-wing camp’
Zionist Spirit leader says ‘things have become clearer’ as ex-colleague chooses Gantz-led alliance over their former joint home Yamina, in latest blow to party
By Ash Obel
Shirley Pinto communicates with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett during a swearing-in ceremony of new parliamentarians at the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 16, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 3, 2022, 11:59 pm
Yamina MK Pinto, senior official reject joining Shaked’s Zionist Spirit
Knesset’s first deaf member vows to keep fighting for disabled rights; former Yamina director-general Shirley Weinstein also confirms she won’t enlist in new right-wing party
By Ash Obel
Ayelet Shaked (Yamina) and Yoaz Hendel (Derech Eretz) merge their parties to form the Zionist Spirit party, July 27, 2022. (Ariel Zandberg)
July 30, 2022, 9:39 am
Despite union, Zionist Spirit leaders still split over cooperation with Netanyahu
Hendel says former PM needs to be ‘pensioned off, sitting in Hawaii drinking a shake,’ while Shaked says there is no unity government without Likud under Netanyahu
By ToI Staff
Demonstration placards piled outside of Yamina lawmaker Ayelet Shaked's Tel Aviv home, protesting against the big tent government her party was set to form, June 6, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
July 29, 2022, 12:59 pm
‘We have no home’: Undecided former Yamina voters wait for least worst option
Party refugees have the potential to tip election outcome, but many are waiting to see party slates to decide – likely skewing political polls
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Ayelet Shaked, (left) and Yoaz Hendel at the Zionist Spirit launch party in Ramat Gan, on July 27, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 29, 2022, 5:16 am
Straddling the Netanyahu question, Zionist Spirit could be kingmaker, if it survives
After faction leaders Shaked and Hendel unify to raise both of their political fortunes, their unity government appeal might put them in position to crown Israel’s next leader
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
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