Will Otzma's 61,825 Votes Affect 2017 Elections?

Will Otzma's 61,825 Votes Affect 2017 Elections?

Although the final tally has yet to be released, it seems that the Otzma LeYisrael party has failed to break the threshold and will not make it into the 19th Knesset. But judging by recent history, the large amount of votes may prompt other party leaders to approach Otzma LeYisrael for the upcoming 2017 elections.

In 2006 Hevron based activist Baruch Marzel ran with the Hazit party. Marzel was considered too nationalistic for parties with similar ideology such as the National Union or National Religious Party (today's Bayit Yehudi party). Hazit gained 24,824 votes, not enough to make the threshold.

In 2009, Marzel was still considered too outspoken, but the National Union felt pressured to prevent him from running separately and thus approached Hazit's number 3 candidate Dr. Michael Ben-Ari. The National Union earned 4 seats in the 2009 elections making Ben-Ari a Member of Knesset.

For the 2013 elections Ben-Ari ran together with MK Aryeh Eldad, also of the National Union. Following the creation of a joint list between the Bayit Yehudi and the National Union, Ben Ari and Eldad said they were not offered realistic positions and decided to run separately, taking Marzel as their number 3 candidate. They earned 61,825 votes, just missing the theshold. Otzma LeYisrael was the largest of the 32 parties to not make it into the Knesset.

It remains to be seen whether Otzma LeYisrael's large support will prompt either Bayit Yehudi, the National Union or other parties to apprach Ben-Ari and Eldad in the future.

Elections normally take place every four years. The next election will most likely be in 2017 barring a Knesset vote to hold early elections.

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Fellow Olim: Continue to Dream. Only Otzma Le'Yisrael Share Our Dream

Fellow Olim: Continue to Dream
When my wife and I made aliyah from NYC a year ago, we left behind family (including a toddler grandson) and old friends (some of more than 50 years), good jobs and professional standing, a life that many would consider "the American dream." We came anyway, believing in another dream: the mitzvah of living in Eretz Yisrael.

We came without jobs, with few connections (our son who made aliyah two years before and a handful of friends scattered throughout the land). The adjustment to a new culture and language, to new attitudes and bureaucracy was challenging. Yet we were comforted meeting olim (in ulpan and elsewhere) who had arrived from all over the world, who were tackling the same challenges with the same level of faith. We came because Eretz Yisrael is a Jew's home--our only home, our hope and our salvation. We didn't wait to be kicked out of the countries of our birth either--we came willingly, giving up the comforts and the familiar.

And yet, in the year we've been here, to my disbelief, Israel has been discarding parts of our homeland as if it were a burden rather than a gift from Hashem to us: bulldozing Jewish homes in Yehudah and Shomron; shutting down Jewish"settlements"; promising to give away the heart of the Jewish homeland to appease foreign opinion; making large areas of Israel off limits to Jews, including entire neighborhoods in Jerusalem; allowing thousands of illegal homes to be built on our land by those who "wage peace" against us.

Following the news this past year, we have become sickened by the daily abuse from our enemies and false friends--worse, the daily gut-punches from our Jewish leaders and media. We didn't give up everything to come here to give up everything again. The dream mustn't die.

The upcoming election presents an opportunity. There is only one party that won't relinquish an inch of our ancient homeland, won't turn its back on Jews who attempt to preserve the land and build it up. Only Otzma L'Yisrael (the Power to Israel Party of Aryeh Eldad and Michael Ben-Ari) shares the dream that drew us here and why others continue to come--including my daughter, her husband and our grandson, B'H, before Pesach this year--from America and Canada, from Australia and Argentina, from France and Russia, from Ethiopia and India. Jews everywhere have recognized that it's time to return home, that Eretz Yisrael has called us back to her.

There is no dream, no Jewish homeland, if Jews don't believe it and continue to give it away.

Shlomo Yashar
Jerusalem

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Send a Message to Obama and Give Power to Israel!

Send a Message to Obama and Give Power to Israel!

by ‎Stand With Otzma עוצמה לישראל‎ on Friday, January 18, 2013 at 5:07am ·

It is the eve of the Israeli elections, and that great lover of Israel, Barack Hussein Obama, is suddenly concerned about the future of the Jewish State. Concerned that it “doesn’t know what its own best interests are”.

So concerned in fact, that in a vain attempt to influence the outcome on January 22nd, his White House leaked a thinly-veiled threat to isolate and demonize Israel unless it fully acquiesces to his policy of creating a Palestinian terror state in the heart of Israel.

That he did so via Jeffrey Goldberg, a media lap dog that happens to be Jewish, was just for good measure. In addition to the sheer tone-deaf desperation of this move, its blatant condescension was particularly noteworthy, even for Obama. Were Obama and his self-hating advisors so arrogant and ignorant of Israeli politics that they thought this move would actually harm the Israeli right?

As if the Obama administration has done anything other than isolate and demonize Israel for the past four years – incessantly blaming it and not the Islamo-fascists for the lack of peace in the Middle East, and supporting every Islamist revolution of the so-called Arab Spring.

It’s no mystery what Obama and company have in store for Israel in the next four years. Just look at his recent appointment of Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense, a man with a history of deriding the “Jewish lobby” and appeasing Hamas and Iran. Obama will utilize every tool at his disposal in an attempt to uproot the Jewish People from their homeland, to strengthen the enemies of Israel, and to weaken its resolve.

Netanyahu will face the same pressure that he was unable to withstand in the past, such as when he failed to stand up to Bill Clinton at the Wye River Plantation, resulting in the surrender of Jewish land to terrorist control, and the pressure from Obama that caused him in 2009 to officially adopt the “two-state solution” of the delusional left.

In the likely event that Naftali Bennett joins the coalition, he will in turn be pressured by Netanyahu into ditching the Zionist ideology of those who vote for the Jewish Home for the sake of preserving the government. As Bennett’s recent pronouncements foreshadow, including those about tearing down Jewish homes, the ideologically motivated individuals on the Jewish Home’s Knesset list will have no ability to influence policy once Bennett takes his ministerial seat at Bibi’s table.

The latest Jewish Home campaign posters, which depict Netanyahu and Bennett sitting side by side, have it right – a vote for the Jewish Home is a vote for Netanyahu.

By voting for either the Likud or the Jewish Home, supporters of Israel’s National Camp wind up at the same destination albeit via different road – a government beholden to Obama’s pressure and subject to Netanyahu’s weakness.

But there is an authentic Zionist alternative. By supporting the Power to Israel Party of Aryeh Eldad and Michael Ben-Ari, Israelis can send a message to Netanyahu, Bennett, and the leftist elites of the Israeli establishment that there is a large and ever-growing public demanding a return to the ideology upon which the entire Zionist enterprise rests – the Land of Israel, for the People of Israel, in accordance with the Torah of Israel.

The Zionist commitment of Eldad and Ben-Ari is beyond question, as evidenced by their stellar records. Their determination to defend Israel and uproot its enemies is equally unshakeable. These two men will never bend before Obama or any other world leader. A vote to strengthen them is truly a vote to strengthen Israel.

On Monday, January 21st, Barack Hussein Obama will be inaugurated as America’s president for another four years. But the next day at the ballot box, the People of Israel can send a clear message to the entire world and to this modern day Pharaoh – they can vote to bring Power to Israel.

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Otzma Leyisrael Brings Muslim Prayer to Tel Aviv

Otzma Leyisrael Brings Muslim Prayer to Tel Aviv

Otzma Leyisrael brings a mosque to an upscale Tel Aviv suburb, wakes residents with cries of ‘Allahu Akbar.’

By Maayana Miskin

First Publish: 1/17/2013, 10:15 PM

Mosque tower in Jerusalem

Israel news photo: Flash 90

The Otzma Leyisrael party, known for its strong Jewish nationalist views, brought a mosque to an upscale suburb of Tel Aviv early on Thursday. At six in the morning activists began “prayer services” at the makeshift mosque, using a loudspeaker to blast prayers beginning “Allahu Akbar.”
When residents complained about the noise, activists pointed out that tens of thousands of Israelis living in the Pisgat Ze'ev neighborhood of northern Jerusalem wake up to the same noise every day. Mosques in the Pisgat Ze'ev area start their morning prayers before dawn.

Like many mosques in the region, those in Pisgat Ze'ev use a broadcast system to ensure the prayers are heard for many blocks around. Residents of Akko, Lod, Ramle and other mixed Arab-Jewish cities hear loud Muslim prayers from a similarly early hour.

Some angry Ramat Aviv residents called police to complain, but when officers arrived they were unable to find a law that would allow them to put a stop to the loud prayers.

In a post to his Facebook page, Otzma Leyisrael head Michael Ben-Ari reported that the response from Ramat Aviv residents when hearing about life in Pisgat Ze'ev was to say, “So they shouldn’t live there.”
“Apparently we’ll have to wake them up a few more mornings in order to get them out of their bubble,” he concluded.

The issue of loud Muslim prayer has become part of Otzma Leyisrael’s campaign ads. “Are you, too, sick of waking up in Arabic?” the party asks in a new ad. Accompanying the ad, under the heading, “Quiet, please” is a graphic comparing the noise from a nearby mosque to that from a neighbor’s motorcycle, a party, or a crying baby next door – and noting that the mosque is the loudest.

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Otzma Party Rallies Support Against PA Outpost in E1

Otzma Party Rallies Support Against PA Outpost in E1

The Otzma LeYisrael party will hold an event in Maale Adumim to discuss their platform in the upcoming elections. The party believes in building on all parts of Israel including throughout Judea and Samaria. The meeting will be held in the northern part of the city which has a clear view of the E1 neighrbhood, also known as Mevaseret Adumim.

This week residents of the Palestinian Authority established tents in E1 to protest Israel's building plans there. The Otzma LeYisrael party has called upon the government to remove the PA residents outpost and to go forward with establishing permanent housing units for Jewish residents.

The E1 land is part of the Maale Adumim municipality. The Israeli government has warned that the outpost presents a security risk.

Member of Knesset Dr. Aryeh Eldad will speak in English at the Pnei Shmuel synagogue in Maale Adumim on Thursday January 17th.

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Otzma Le'Yisrael Demonstrates in Musmus

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Otzma Le'Yisrael Demonstrates in Musmus

Dozens of Otzma Le'Yisrael activists marched and demonstrated today, Tuesday, January 15th in the Arab-Israeli village of Musmus in Wadi Ara, 20 miles southeast of Hafia.

The town declared a general strike to show their anger at what they felt was a provocation.

 

Otzma Le'Yisrael arrived in Musmus to examine illegal construction, thus further enraging the Arab residents.

Baruch Marzel, number three on Otzma Le'Yisrael's list said: "It's inconceivable that the State demolishes unlicensed houses in southern Tel Aviv and such construction continues unhindered in Musmus."
"I'm sorry to say the police are afraid to enter the village. This reality must change or we will lose the whole northern area," said Marzel


Ben-Gvir (L) and Marzel at demonstration (Photo: Hagai Aharon)

Itamar Ben-Gvir added that "the village is a symbol for non-enforcement. We blame Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Avigdor Lieberman, because they only talk and never act. Those who demand rights must accept duties."

The march-demonstration is part of Otzma Le'Yisrael's larger plan to create a report on illegal construction in Arab communities -- the answer to the Sasson report, which investigated construction in Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria.  "This is the message we are talking about throughout the campaign." said party leader MK Michael Ben-Ari. "It cannot be that entire cities and many villages, especially in the Negev and Galilee, conduct themselves as if they were a separate country. Whoever wants rights must pay property taxes, must construct legal buildings and must be faithful to Israel. Just like the Sasson report on the outposts in Judea and Samaria, there must be a report on the illegal construction in the Negev and the Galilee."

Otzma LeYisrael's Knesset placed ads calling on Arabs to pay taxes and to be held accountable to the same laws as Israelis.

"Tens of thousands of illegal structures and dozens of illegal towns built in Israel remain standing, and the selective demolition targets Jews," Otzma Le'Yisrael stated.
 

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Why Tamir Druz is voting for Otzma Le'Yisrael

The Times of Israel

Why I’m voting for Otzma Leyisrael

Tamir Druz January 13, 2013, 4:41 am7

Tamir is not affiliated with any political party or movement, but just a guy living in Israel who sometimes needs to vent…

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Barring a cataclysmic shift in Israel’s political landscape, next week’s elections will lead to another Bibi-led government. It has also become clear that the Jewish Home party will join his government. But that will only give Bibi about 50 of the 61 seats he needs to govern. So the only real question is which of the leftist and haredi parties Bibi will include in his Likud-Beytenu-led governing coalition: Hatnuah? Yesh Atid? Labor? Kadima? Shas? United Torah Judaism?
 

No matter how the post-election wheeling and dealing plays out next week, the resulting government won’t be much different from what we have now. The party leaders will compete for the choicest ministries, and once everyone is settled in, the status quo will remain the status quo, with Bibi calling the shots and the coalition partners clinging to what they’ve managed to grab a hold of for themselves. This means being good soldiers and not questioning the wisdom of the ‘peace process’ and ‘two state solution,’ empty mantras that have led neither to peace nor any kind of solution, in spite of the fact that they have been official government policy for all these years.

 

There is only one party that has refused to compromise its principles to win approval from the media, the courts and the other elites in this country. It has held firm to the core principle that the land of Israel belongs to us, the people of Israel. It is not to be negotiated away in the false hope that we can appease our sworn, perennial enemies. While Bibi calls for another Arab state to be established in Israel’s heartland and Naftali Bennett proposes Arab autonomy over roughly half of Judea and Samaria, Otzma refuses to relinquish Jewish sovereignty or control over any part of the Land of Israel. No other leaders faced down Bibi’s bulldozers and defended the right of Jews to live in Migron, Ulpana and anywhere else in our land as did Otzma’s MKs, Dr. Michael Ben-Ari and Professor Aryeh Eldad. Not a single new Jewish settlement of any real size has been built in Judea or Samaria in almost thirty years, and Otzma is the only party that has vocally called for this to change. Yasher koach, Otzma Leyisrael!

 

No other party stepped forth to stop the illegal infiltration into Israel of many tens of thousands of African Muslims and others until Otzma shed light on the issue and shamed the ruling elites into taking action. The government had dumped the problem on south Tel Aviv, transforming it into a massive refugee colony, and bringing crime and squalor to the Jews who could not afford to leave. Otzma’s leaders refused to close their eyes to the problem. They established their headquarters in south Tel Aviv. They marched, they protested, and they brought the new inhabitants of south Tel Aviv on field trips to north Tel Aviv’s country clubs. They were condemned for pulling such “stunts,” but they didn’t care. The media was forced to report on a situation that they had all but ignored, the people recognized the enormity of the problem, and the political elites were forced to take action. Infiltrators are being deported. A wall is being completed. Thank you, Otzma Leyisrael!

 

And then there are the Arabs who live inside the mythical “Green Line.” The very mention of them in proper Israeli discourse is a surefire way to evoke shrill accusations that one is a kitsoni (extremist), a gizani (racist), or even, if the media is feeling especially frisky, a fashist (Fascist). So while other parties are happy to score political points by going after Jewish settlers, haredim or even the Russians among us, no one dares to call on Arabs to respect our laws and to honor their obligations as Israeli citizens. No one, that is, except for Otzma Leyisrael. Otzma led the charge to try and throw Haneen Zoabi out of the Knesset after she participated in the Mavi Marmara terrorist attack on Israel, and to disqualify her from running this time around. They confront illegal Bedouin construction and criminal gangs in the Negev and Muslim extremism in the Galilee. Kol hakavod, Otzma Leyisrael!

 

In short, I am convinced that we need Otzma’s voice in this next Knesset, because there just isn’t anyone else we can depend on to speak truth to power, no matter the cost. No matter how few or how many seats they win, I know that by casting my vote for Otzma Leyisrael, I will have acted on my true convictions as well.

 

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MK Dr. Michael Ben-Ari Explains His Position To YWN

MK Dr. Michael Ben-Ari Explains His Position To YWN

(Monday, January 14th, 2013)

MK Dr. Michael Ben-Ari, who holds the second slot on the Otzma Yisrael list, explains his platform, responding to a number of questions including why he and his colleagues did not join with HaBayit HaYehudi.
The following responses were sent to YWN-ISRAEL by Dr. Ben-Ari.

Why doesn’t Otzma Yisrael and Bayit HaYehudi join together?

Bayit HaYehudi does not want us, quoting Bayit HaYehudi’s MK Uri Orbach in his reference to Ben-Ari saying “He isn’t a religious Zionist”.
In every closed forum Naftali Bennett says he does not wish to join with us. Moti Yogev, a member of the Bayit Yehudi list tried to establish a dialogue between us and he can attest to the accuracy of my statements.

Secondly, Naftali Bennett does not share our ideology. He is interested in joining a Netanyahu-led government which has not retracted its support for the two-state solution despite the fact the coalition will discuss the establishment of a Palestinian State. Bennett refuses to define his red line regarding inclusion in the government coalition. Eldad and I on the other hand will not play any role in a coalition, at any price, that presents a plan which will destroy settlements and include negotiations towards the establishment of Palestine. Additionally, Bennett speaks about supporting autonomy for the Arabs including granting citizenship. We do not see eye to eye on these issues and oppose autonomy as it is envisioned by Likud. We reject Bennett’s solution for the situation throughout Yehuda and Shomron.”

Are the only differences between you and Bayit Yehuda pertaining to Eretz Yisrael?
To my sorrow, the response is no. Bennett and his people are doing fantastic work regarding the election campaign and saying the correct things for their potential voters. Nevertheless, there are many issues upon which we do not agree. There is major disagreement between us regarding giyur, the state conversions and the religious status quo regarding Shabbos. While some of the Bayit HaYehudi members are former Ichud HaLeumi members, such as Uri Ariel and Rabbi Eliyahu Dahan, and while Uri is a dear friend, Bennett’s clarification regarding insubordination in the military has painted yet another line that divides us.

Isn’t there a fear that you will not pass the minimum threshold to enter Knesset?
Yes, this fear is real. Permit me to remind you that in the last elections, Ichud HaLeumi in many polls showed it would not pass minimum threshold and at the end of the process we received three seats and the Bayit HaYehudi four. In the end, I entered Knesset and Slomiansky remained outside. In most polls today however, we do clear the minimum required. In most polls we receive between two and four seats.

You yourself state you will receive between 2 and 4 seats. What can such a small number of MKs accomplish in Knesset?
Our presence in the outgoing Knesset shows just what a small number of MKs is capable of accomplishing. One MK can prevent an entire Knesset from making a move and this is our challenge as the right-wing, at the end of the day to remain firm to our ideology.
In the event that we are not there, there will not be a true right-wing representative. The Bayit HaYehudi will join a coalition government led by Netanyahu and it will compel the party to join the negotiations with our enemies. In all of his public addresses Mr. Netanyahu expresses his commitment to the establishment of a Palestinian state. They will be a partner in the destruction of outposts. There is not such creature, to remain a member of the coalition while not supporting it.

When Bayit HaYehudi received funds for yeshivot and ulpanot (dati leumi girl’s high schools), while other MKs were busy with nonsense, deal-making, travel abroad, and cocktail parties, we were out there and we served as the conscience of the Knesset. Without us, Danny Danon would not be the same Danny Danon and Ze’ev Elkin would not be the same Ze’ev Elkin. Members of Bayit Yehudi would also feel freed to remain in a government coalition that freezes construction and destroyed communities like Migron.

You mention Danon and Elkin who have since joined Moshe Feiglin. Why not join them?
It appears to me that the answer to that question is quite clear. During the last Knesset with the Likud majority and today remain in Likud highlights just how critical our presence is. I have the utmost respect for Moshe Feiglin but Netanyahu was surrounded by what he perceived is right-wing led many processes, delivering a number of blows to yishuvim. His blows to the yishuvim in the outing administration were unprecedented. Even his predecessors never dreamed of accepting a construction freeze throughout Yehuda and Shomron while his statements prove he is establishing the State of Palestine. His actions speak louder than words.

Don’t you trust Lieberman? Your campaign is similar to his from four years ago.
Lieberman during the past years have proven that for him, it all comes down to talk, nothing more. He makes fierce declarations regarding MKs from Balad and Ra’am-Ta’al but it remains there. As a central coalition player said, ‘when he enters a room, he becomes a ‘paper tiger’.
Take for example his statements to expand the list of organizations classified as terrorist organizations, to include the Israel Islamic Association of Sheikh Raid Salah, to make that group illegal. Who opposed that move, Lieberman’s own people!

I called for a bill compelling High Court of Justice justices to have served in the IDF or national service, the bill dubbed Jubran Law, Lieberman’s people opposed. When I proposed the Theater Bill against the artists who came out harshly against the state, once again it was Lieberman’s people opposing, led by Likud’s Limor Livnat.

What goals is Otzma Yisrael setting for the next Knesset?
We are heading into a critical period. There will be enormous pressure exerted on Israel to compromise national interests. Netanyahu in the past four years busied himself with laying the groundwork for a Palestinian state. He will enter an accelerated negotiating process to set final borders, expel 100,000 Jews from their homes, while Bayit HaYehudi and Likud remain in the cabinet.

We will be a right-wing warning sign outside of the government. We will lead MKs in the correct direction. When Mr. Netanyahu continues to destroy outposts, like Givat Assaf and Amona, we will stand in opposition to challenge their ‘right-wing’ with no-confidence motions. I would like to remind everyone of the Sharon administration that received the support until the last moment from both Ichud HaLeumi and the National Religious Party, refusing to resign from the cabinet. They clung to their cabinet posts until Sharon threw them out. He used them to advance the entire expulsion process. After he was done, he brought in the chareidim and ousted them. If we are not there, warning against the next catastrophe, who will be there? I remind everyone that Netanyahu clings to the two-state solution and settlement blocs. These plans are remarkably similar to Bennett’s outline. It should warn us that once again the National Religious Party will revert back to those days and his “influence from inside” will address jobs and budgets while the coalition compromises on national interests. Anyone seeking a clue can simply take the comments by Eilat Shaked, who stated “take a pain killer but remain in the government if it destroys a Yishuv like Migron.”

So we should vote for you just to serve as a warning sign?
The response is yes. Without an ideological right-wing, without people who cannot be bought out, those who will not lose sight of the correct path, the jobs, money, power and influence will blind the eyes of the best of them. We saw the right-wing minister such as Rabbi Dr. Hershkowitz who should have saved the Ulpana neighborhood of Beit El and other outposts, promising to do just that, but at the last moment, they collapsed and shunned us, fighting to maintain their cabinet positions and with their actions prepared the saws that dismantled the Ulpana homes and ousting the families from Beit HaMachpelah.

Without us the right-wing will once again become a contractor of destruction like we saw in Gush Katif, the Wye Agreement, when the shouts were not heard, falling on deaf ears. The cries were not heard in the plenum, and not as they tried to sabotage the destruction mechanism, not at committee meetings. The best of them explained to us this was the only way towards preserving the settlement movement.

When Gilad Erdan was responsible for explaining Mr. Netanyahu’s actions, or other dynamic personalities like him, as today during the campaign they support joining a coalition, and they are laying the groundwork for the next destruction as they prepare their explanations. Remember, Bayit HaYehudi refuses to date to announce its red lines regarding entering a coalition government.

Do the small parties have any influence?
Small or large is dependent on you, the voters. Take for example ephemeral Meretz Party that for the past 30 years has been leading the public agenda because it clings to its uncompromising ideology. They encouraged Rabin with Oslo, they dream of the establishment of the State of Palestine terror state alongside Israel, fulfilled by the Likud Sharon and Bibi government in Gaza. Now Bibi races to complete the job, referring to what he calls generous concessions.

I did not hear Naftali Bennett’s ideological conditions or his red line for entering a Netanyahu coalition such as adopting the Edmond Levy report calling to legalize outposts – not to mention the vision of a two-state solution.

We will be there opposed, not stuttering. We will lead the opposition to any and all evictions. We will support insubordination with hesitation when it comes to evicting Jews. We will not strive to be liked or loved like the dati leumi, those proud of playing a role in the expulsion of Jews because that was the order given. To our sorrow, they won’t hesitate to do it again.
My experience shoes if they were a partner in ousting Jews in the past because it was the order given and they won’t hesitate to do it again.
It has been my experience that one must adopt a proud and determined stance, resulting in many condemnations and vilification. It is worthy for all of you to hear and understand this.

On a personal note, we lack the funding and don’t embrace the media that the other parties merit. Certain members of the press boycott us, both radio and television, while other parties receive coverage. We need your support today in order to be the voice tomorrow, for we are the right-wing. We aren’t the moderate or balanced right, but regarding our party, the media loves calling us the radical right-wing and davka because of this bias we need your votes. We are not for sale and will not be bought for those clinging to their positions like Bennett, Orbach or Ariel. We will be strong as a fortress to remain true to the ideals. We are needed to fight the enemy from within like Hanin Zoabi and Raid Salah – to save the nation from the conquerors from within who don’t even have to fire a single shot.

If we are not there, there may be dati leumi yeshiva funding, perhaps new Chief Rabbis will be appointed, perhaps Uri Orbach will actualize his vision of delivering a blow to the chareidim. However without us, there is a doubt if there will even be a state in another 30 years.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)

Police Approve Otzma Le'Yisrael March in Musmus

Police Approve Otzma Leyisrael March in Musmus

The Hof (Coastal) District police approved, Sunday, a march scheduled for Tuesday by Member of Knesset Michael Ben-Ari, aides Itamar Ben-Givr and Baruch Marzel, and activist Aryeh King into the Nachal Eeron (Wadi Ara) Arab village of Musmus to promote the Knesset campaign of the Otzma Leyisrael party and its campaign slogan "If there are no obligations, there are no rights." As was the case in a march by Doctor Ben-Ari into the Israeli Arab city of Umm Al-Fahm, his party won't be allowed to march to the center of the village and the march will be limited to 55 people.

The premise of the campaign is that Arabs, who are not required to do military service, should do some kind of national volunteer service. They should also observe construction laws. Ben-Ari said, "It's unthinkable that there are whole cities and villages, especially in the Negev and the Galilee, that are being run as if it was a different country." He also said, "Whoever wants rights must pay municipal taxes, must observe construction laws, and must be loyal to the state of Israel." Referring to a report on unauthorized Jewish construction in Judea and Samaria (Shomron), he added, "Just as there is the Talia Sasson Report on outposts in Yesha, there should be a report on illegal construction in the Negev and the Galilee."

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Evict Arabs from E-1. If not we will set up headquaters in area

Otzma LeYisrael: The Hesitation only Encourages Enemies

Otzma LeYisrael leaders threatened that if the Arabs who established an illegal outpost in E1 were not evacuated, they would go to the area and set up their campaign headquarters in the same area. "The hesitation, stuttering, and zigzagging only encourages the enemies of Israel," said Aryeh Eldad and Michael Ben-Ari.

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MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT: THE CASE FOR OTZMA LE'YISRAEL

Make Your Vote Count: The Case for Otzma LeYisrael

by ‎Stand With Otzma עוצמה לישראל‎ on Sunday, January 6, 2013 at 3:09am ·

We all know that Bibi will remain Israel’s prime minister, whatever the final result on January 22nd. The main question for the National Camp is whether it will be able to influence him from the right. The strongest choice to achieve this goal is the dynamic new Otzma LeYisrael Party, led by Aryeh Eldad and Michael Ben-Ari. Here are six reasons why:

1. With Otzma, You Know What You Will Get
Eldad and Ben-Ari have proven records in the Knesset of fighting for Zionist values. With Otzma, you know what you will get – a party that advocates the cancellation of the failed “land for peace” process and unequivocally opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state on Jewish land. A vote for the leaders of other parties is a gamble, especially concerning the likes of Naftali Bennett, who has never held elected office, or Eli Yishai and Lieberman, who have disappointed time and again.

2. Reviving Zionism
At a time when the Israeli leadership has forgotten the basic tenets of Zionism, Otzma proudly raises up the flag of Zionist ideology without compromises or apologies. Even its opponents admit that it is the most ideologically motivated Zionist party running for the Knesset.

3. Transcending Sectarianism
Otzma transcends sectarian divides. Its leaders don’t just talk about unity, they implement it, as can be seen from their Knesset list. Otzma is a joint effort of Ashkenazim and Sephardim, religious and non-religious, men and women - all united by a genuine love of the Jewish People, its Land and heritage.

4. No Rights Without Responsibilities
Otzma is at the forefront of the struggle against Arab members of Knesset like Tibi and Zoabi, who oppose the Jewish character of Israel. Rights and responsibilities are inextricably linked. Otzma will strive to ensure that Arab citizens are required to obey the law and pay their taxes, focusing on an issue that undermines both the Jewish and democratic nature of the country.

5. Resisting Foreign Infiltration
Otzma acknowledges the threat of foreign infiltrators that have established a lawless state within a state in south Tel Aviv. Bibi and Eli Yishai have been unable or unwilling to deal with this situation, which has made the lives of vulnerable Israelis a nightmare. Naftali Bennett has been largely silent on this issue, apparently fearing how he will be portrayed by the media, whereas Eldad and Ben-Ari have called for the immediate removal of this threat.

6. A Message to the World and the Enemy
World leaders seeking to pressure Israel into undermining its own security are emboldened by the weak political leadership they have seen for years. A vote for Otzma sends a clear message to the world, and especially to the enemy, that Zionism is a vibrant force to be reckoned with and that no foreign power will determine the future of the Jewish State.

Censored: Some Arabs Don't Pay Taxes'

Censored: ‘Some Arabs Don’t Pay Taxes’

Maayana Miskin

The first pre-elections television ads aired on Tuesday night. The Otzma Leyisrael party had to make do with showing just part of its ads after the Elections Committee ruled that the ads “were intended to depict the Arab sector in Israel as not fulfilling its civil obligations.”

The ad opens with the question, “How much do you pay in city taxes?” The words that were meant to follow, “In Sakhnin, not everyone knows what city tax is,” were replaced with a dark screen.

The next question, “What about paying income tax according to the law?” was again followed by a dark screen rather than the original line, “In eastern Jerusalem, there are those who spit on the law.”

In his decision to censor the ad, Elections Committee head Justice Elyakim Rubenstein compared the party’s approach to that of anti-Semites abroad. “Parts of this ad are almost certain to offend the sensibilities of the Arab public, and also of Jews who were used, and are still used, as a target for ethnic persecution in various parts of the world,” he wrote.
The ad portrays the Arab public alone as not fulfilling its obligations to the state, he said.

Sources in the party expressed anger at the decision. “Rubenstein was looking for a way to censor us,” they accused. They noted that Rubenstein had originally decided to censor the ads for including the Arabic phrase, “There are no rights without obligations,” but turned to target other parts of the ad after realizing that the offending phrase appeared in Hebrew, as well.
What the ads said “was legitimate and true,” they argued. The party will file an appeal, they said.


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Ben-Ari Not Sorry for Telling Leftists to Go to Gaza

Ben Ari Not Sorry for Telling Leftists to Go to Gaza

Reprimanded by Knesset's Ethics Committee, Ben Ari responds: "Whoever demonstrates against the IDF during a time of war is a traitor."

By Annie Lubin

First Publish: 1/8/2013, 2:59 PM

MK Michael Ben Ari

Flash 90

The Knesset's Ethics Committee has reprimanded MK Michael Ben Ari of Otzma LeYisrael for alleged statements of incitement made at a November rally during Operation Pillar of Defense.

The statements in question were made when Ben Ari and his supporters countered an Israeli anti-war demonstration in Tel Aviv, coming out in support of the IDF and Israel's right to defend itself. Many people took offense to some of Ben Ari's statements, namely his calling left-wing demonstrators "traitors," his participation in chants telling leftists "to go to Gaza," and for alleged calls for bloodshed in Gaza, telling the crowd, "Why is it only 200 strikes and 15 killed? We want 15 strikes and 2000 killed!"

After the rally, videos of Ben Ari's statements circulated on the internet and the Ethics Committee received various complaints from Israeli citizens regarding Ben Ari's statements, mainly for claims of incitement to violence.
Ben Ari responded to the complaints brought against him by saying, "I do not take back what I said. Whoever demonstrates against IDF soldiers during a time of war is a traitor. At a time when our soldiers are risking their lives, whoever participates in a a traitorous act against the nation of Israel is clearly someone who identifies with the aggression of the enemy and should go to Gaza."

Usually the Ethics Committee does not exercise its powers in these kinds of cases, citing the principle of freedom of expression, especially in regard to Knesset members. However, the Committee said that freedom of expression has its limitations, even for Knesset members, and that in the case of Ben Ari the line between acceptable, passionate statements and incitement was crossed.

According to the committee, cries of "leftists go to gaza" are improper in political speech and are not in accordance with the way members of the Knesset should behave or represent themselves and are a misuse of political power.

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Ben Ari to Arab Heckler: Well Meet in Musmus. Israel has soverignty over the land

MK Ben-Ari to Arab Heckler: We'll Meet in Musmus

A number of Arab students who support the hostile Balad, Ra'am Ta'al and Hadash parties interrupted Member of Knesset Michael Ben-Ari, Monday morning, during a lecture at the University of Haifa. Doctor Ben-Ari had presented data on the threat of an Arab state within Israel's borders, called Member of Knesset Hanin Zoabi (Balad) a terrorist for the things she has said and her participation in Turkish ship Mavi Marmara's attempt to break the Gaza naval blockade, and presented figures on illegal construction in the Arab sector.

A student from the Musmus local council area said to Ben-Ari that he would use his own body to stop Ben-Ari from entering Musmus, where Ben-Ari wants to march, later this week. Ben-Ari countered by saying that because of Israeli sovereignty he could march in Musmus as he has in Umm Al-Fahm and that he was not afraid of the student's bullying. He closed his response by saying, "We'll meet in Musmus."

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Ben-Ari warns:Shas will Help Left form Coalition

MK Ben-Ari Warns: Shas will Help Left form Coalition

Gil Ronen

MK Michael Ben-Ari (Otzma Leyisrael) warned potential voters that Shas co-leader Aryeh Deri could help the left wing form the next government.
In the current situation, he said, with two large blocs representing the Left and Right, Deri is in a position to "reshuffle the cards" and transfer all of Shas's power to the Left bloc.

"It is no secret that Aryeh Deri is deep inside the Left," he said. "His friends, headed by Haim Ramon, are out-and-out leftists, newspaper Yediot Aharonot is counting on him and building him up as the Left's great hope, and the Left's court newspapers have turned him into a well-guarded etrog, and have forgotten his severe corruption convictions."

Shas supporters' natural place is in Otzma Leyisrael (Power to Israel), MK Ben- Ari continued. "I meet Shas supporters in many places, in Jerusalem's Bucharan neighborhood, Shmuel Hanavi, and Har Nof, in Or Yehuda, Netivot and Sderot, and all of them are worried by the possibility that Deri will join the Left. Shas supporters are not like that. The vast majority among them are Torah believing Jews from the nationalist camp who want Israel to keep Jerusalem and not give up a single centimeter in Hevron."

"We've already been to this movie," he added, "in which Deri took votes from the Right and transferred them to the Left; today this matter is in the open and he himself does not deny it. It is enough to see Deri's statements in house parties in the Arab sector, when he says that only Shas will take care of the Arabs, and that only Shas can make the hareidim more moderate, as he told Yediot Aharonot on Shabbat, by reshaping the hareidi public."
Deri's co-leader in Shas, Minister Eli Yishai, is "a dear Jew with good intentions," MK Ben Ari said. "While it is true that as regards the illegal infiltrators he was mostly good at talking, and could have had more influence as a Minister of Interior, today it is already clear to everyone that Eli Yishai no longer decides anything in Shas and in the next Knesset the party will be in Deri's image, and his decisions will be the deciding ones."

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Letter from Eldad and Ben-Ari to supporters

Dear Supporters,

We are at the end of a extremely significant week. This week proved the importance of bringing significant representatives of Otzma Le'Yisrael into the Knesset.

We all are shocked and saddened that the High Court allowed Zoabi to run for the Knesset. Otzma Le'Yisrael also asked for Achmad Tibi who was the adviser to Arafat to be disqualified from entering the Knesset race. Tibi spoke at Bar Ilan University and his speech to the students was filled with anti-Israel hate.

Even Likud, Habayit Hayehudi and Shas kept quiet about Otzma Le'Yisrael's request to ban Tibi from running in the Knesset race.

Only Eldad and Ben Ari's Otzma Le'Yisrael will bring up painful issues,quietly ignored by the right-wingers in the Knesset and force them to be on their toes. Thus, we will stop them from floundering from the Right and to do what has to be done.

The Polls show Otzma Le'Yisrael will be successful in gaining seats in the Knesset. Please spread the word.

 

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Ballot Letters and Names

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1 Eldad, Arieh 4 King, Aryeh Yitzhak 7 Linesky, Shlomo   Ben Ari, Michael 5 Ben Gvir, Itamar 8 Shiryon, Nili 3 Marzel, Baruch 6 Cohen, Elad 9 Ochayon, Yaakov Avi

 

Please note: The names of the lists and candidates are unofficial translations or transliterations of the original Hebrew. Currently, the names of only the top 9 candidates have been translated.

Otzma Le'Yisrael (Strong Israel) Platform

Highlights of Strong Israel’s political, security,

social and economic platform

 

The Jewish people in their Land

 

·         The Land of Israel has been the national home of the Jewish people from time immemorial. The Otzma L'Yisrael (herein: Strong Israel) party declares that our right to the Land of Israel is inalienable, and proclaims that we live here by dint of our thousands-of-years-old right and that we will continue living in the Land of Israel forever.

 

·         Strong Israel demands the application of Israeli law and Israeli rule of law over all of the Land’s territory, from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, and will legislate such a law in the next Knesset.

 

·         Strong Israel totally rejects the establishment of any additional political or national entity alongside the State of Israel west of the Jordan River.

 

·         Strong Israel will work for the cancellation of the Oslo Accords and demands the immediate adoption of the Edmond Levy report by the Israeli government.

 

·         Strong Israel will act to establish Jewish sovereignty on the Temple Mount and the right of the Jews to pray on the Mount.

 

·         Strong Israel will work to dismantle the terrorist army’s “security forces” – i.e., the PLO police force.

 

·         Strong Israel will act to continue the redemption of territory of the entire Land of Israel and to preserve it for future generations.

 

·         Strong Israel will enact the “Hebrew language” law, making Hebrew the only official language of the State of Israel.

 

·         Strong Israel will work to evict infiltrators and illegal residents from the country.

 

Aliya and Absorption

 

·         Strong Israel believes that the State of Israel is the national home of every Jew wherever he may find himself, and will work to strengthen and deepen the connection of the world’s Jews to the Land of Israel.

 

·         Strong Israel will act to renew the Zionist momentum. The party views the aliya of all Diaspora Jews to the Land of Israel with utmost importance, in order to strengthen the State of Israel as a Jewish state and to defend world Jewry against assimilation and annihilation.

 

·         Strong Israel will act to provide substantial incentives to immigrants arriving with business ventures.

 

·         Strong Israel will work to create and develop sources of employment in Israel in order to encourage aliya, to prevent dropping out and emigration and to prevent unemployment among all Israeli residents.

 

·         Strong Israel will work to facilitate the absorption of communities who choose to immigrate to Israel as a group, by means of the establishment of communal neighborhoods. We will encourage the establishment of joint ventures involving them and the veteran residents, to maximize social and economic integration and absorption.

 

Education

 

·         Strong Israel will ensure that all Israeli children, right from the elementary school grades, acquire a deep knowledge of the history of the Jewish people throughout the generations.

 

·         Strong Israel will encourage investment of resources to strengthen and deepen Jewish identity among Israeli youth, to prevent assimilation.

 

·         Strong Israel will act decisively to ensure that those serving in combat units and combat support staff will be entitled, upon their discharge from regular service in the IDF, to full funding of tuition in academic institutions or full vocational programs.

 

·         Strong Israel will work to restore vocational study tracks in high schools.

 

·         Strong Israel will fight against the phenomenon of self-hatred, calls to boycott Israel and Israeli academics and support for the Arab enemy, which reveals itself from time to time among an insignificant minority of university faculty in Israel.

 

·          Strong Israel will fight against the spread of drug and alcohol addiction and against young people dropping out of educational institutions.

 

Housing

·         Strong Israel will act to cancel the Value Added Tax on the purchase of a first apartment.

 

·         Strong Israel will move to establish an independent authority at the Ministry of Housing that will take the lead in “gentrification” projects in order to rehabilitate neighborhoods all over the country. These projects will receive top priority in planning and building procedures.

 

·         Strong Israel will work towards reducing the prices of land for construction in the periphery, including subsidizing of land development, along with creating sources of employment in proximity to the neighborhoods to be built.

 

·         Strong Israel will act to offer land for construction in the peripheral areas to released soldiers.

 

Economy, Society and Welfare

·         Strong Israel will act to increase fair competition in the economy and to eliminate monopolies, whether overt or covert; to limit cross-control by a few capitalists over all branches of the economy and the media; to reduce the gaps in the economy and in society while preserving and strengthening Israel’s economic interests.

 

·         Strong Israel will work towards the advancement and granting of unique incentives to research, science and technological development institutes; the establishment of additional standards which will enable Israeli scientists and researchers to return to Israel from abroad; and the creation of new academic and research horizons for young scientists and researchers.

 

·         Strong Israel will act to put special emphasis on development of alternative energy sources, at the same time increasing awareness of the importance of conserving quality of the environment, within the framework of educational institutions and among the general public.

 

·         Strong Israel will work to increase Israel’s natural water resources and will demand the doubling of investment in development of alternative sources of water.

 

·         Strong Israel will work to encourage, advance and develop the various branches of agriculture.

 

·         Strong Israel will work to enhance the resilience of Israeli society through strengthening of brotherhood and unity among all sectors of society in the country.

 

·         Strong Israel will act to improve the health system by expansion of the basket of health services, anchoring a fixed annual increment of 2% to update the basket according to changes in population and new medical technologies, and enshrining in legislation the right to choose a physician or surgeon also in public healthcare.

 

·         Special emphasis will be given to strengthening and empowerment of the weaker sectors, e.g. the elderly, single-parent families, Holocaust survivors, handicapped and elderly IDF veterans, families with special needs.

 

·         Strong Israel will fight against the phenomena of violence against women and polygamy, covert or overt.

 

·         Strong Israel will act to eliminate corruption and maintain integrity of elected public officials. The party will work towards establishing stricter rules to prevent the return to political activity of public figures who have committed an offense.

 

The legal system

·         Strong Israel will act to separate the prosecutor’s office from the Office of the State Attorney General.

 

·         The party will work to reform the system of choosing judges and will reduce to the minimum, the “bring a friend” system.

 

·         Strong Israel will act to enforce the egalitarian act on all Israeli citizens at all levels: Arnona and tax payments, building and traffic codes, the obligation of loyalty (to the state) and the struggle against incitement against the State.

 

·         Strong Israel will work to reinforce the Knesset as the institution that oversees the activity of the executive branch of government and to set up a system of checks and balances between the Knesset and the judiciary.

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