New Hope (Israel)

New Hope (תִּקְוָוה חֲדָשָׁה), officially known as New Hope — The National Right (תִּקְוָוה חֲדָשָׁה הימין הממלכתי), and also translated as New Hope — The United Right, is a centre-right to right-wing national-liberal political party in Israel.

History
The party was formed by former Likud MK and former minister Gideon Sa'ar on 8 December 2020, with Sa'ar subsequently submitting his resignation from the Knesset on 9 December. On the same day, Derekh Eretz MKs Yoaz Hendel and Zvi Hauser announced that they would join New Hope. Likud MKs Yifat Shasha-Biton, Michal Shir, Sharren Haskel, and Ze'ev Elkin later joined as well. Meir Yitzhak Halevi joined the party on 28 December. Benny Begin and Dani Dayan joined on 21 January 2021, whilst MK Hila Vazan joined on 31 January.

The party signed a surplus-vote agreement with Yamina on 4 January 2021.

On 10 July 2022, New Hope formed a joint list with Blue and White, led by Benny Gantz, ahead of the upcoming legislative election. The next month, the name of the joint list, National Unity, was announced.

In October 2023, National Unity joined the Thirty-seventh government of Israel and the Israeli war cabinet in the aftermath of the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel. Sa'ar announced on 12 March 2024 that New Hope would again be an independent faction, which was approved by the Knesset House committee the following night. Sa'ar stated on 16 March that his party would resign from the government and join the opposition if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not appoint him to the Israeli war cabinet. Sa'ar announced on 25 March that his party had resigned from the government.

Policy
New Hope sees the State of Israel as the nation state of the Jewish people and sees importance in military, economic, technological, research, settlement aspects of the state, with support for immigration to Israel. The party sees social divisions in Israel as problematic and promises to work for reconciliation and connection between parts of the nation.

On social issues, the party advocates for legalisation of cannabis and LGBT rights.

Financial policy
The party supports a partially mixed economy with a strong and partially subsidized capitalist focus. It advocates an expansion of the technological sector and of Israel's infrastructure, as well as supporting a reduction in the size of the country's bureaucracy. It also supports an expansion of Israel's social safety net, and grants for small businesses.

Government reform
New Hope supports term limits, with a proposal to limit the tenure of a prime minister to eight years. In addition, their platform includes a proposal to elect the Knesset via mixed-member representation.

The party is also interested in increasing the powers of local government at the expense of the powers of the central government.

Knesset members
  