National Religious Zionist Renewal Party
- National Religious Zionist Renewal Party
The splinter
Knesset faction created by
Efraim (
Effie)
Eitam and
Yizhak Levy when they seceded in 2005 from the
National Religious Party (NRP) in a dispute about the NRP's policy response to the evacuation of settlers as part of
Ariel Sharon's controversial
Gaza unilateral disengagement plan. The faction subsequently agreed to be incorporated into the
National Union Party for the 2006 election.
Historical Dictionary of Israel.
Bernard Reich David H. Goldberg. Edited by Jon Woronoff..
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