Yisrael Beiteinu

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Yisrael Beiteinu
Yisrael Beiteinu (, lit. Israel, Our Home) is a right-wing political party in Israel. It takes a hard line towards Israeli Arabs and Palestinians based upon a realpolitik view that they do not support the right of Jews to maintain a Jewish state in the Middle East. One of its founders and leaders is Avigdor Lieberman, a former Likud member, who is known for his plan to redraw the Green Line with the West Bank in such a way that areas such as the Triangle and Wadi Ara — transferred to Israel from Jordan as part of the 1949 Armistice Agreements — will be transferred to Arab sovereignty. This will mean that some third of the Arab citizens of Israel would lose Israeli citizenship. He justifies the idea of giving up a part of the State of Israel by arguing that the residents of the area are Arabs who see themselves as Palestinians rather than Israelis, and therefore should be encouraged to re-unite — including, controversially, providing financial incentive for Israeli Arab emigration out of Israel whenever territorially applicable — with the Palestinian Authority as part of establishing two separate national entities; one for Israelis and one for Palestinians. However, he is known to have affection for the non-Jewish Druze population (which accepts Israel and serves in the IDF), attracting a number of Druze voters. Yisrael Beiteinu received 11 seats in the Knesset in the 2006 elections. In October 2006 the party became part of the Kadima-led coalition government, despite objections from Labour.
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