Gesher (2019 political party)
Gesher (Hebrew: גשר, lit. Bridge) is a liberal and centrist[7] political party in Israel. It was created in December 2018 by former Yisrael Beitenu MK Orly Levy.
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| Leader | Orly Levy |
| Split from | Yisrael Beitenu |
| Ideology | Zionism Social liberalism[1] Economic egalitarianism[2] Feminism[3] Two-state solution[4] |
| Political position | Centre[5] to centre-left[6] |
| National affiliation | Labor-Gesher |
| Colours | Dark Blue <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/G' not found.; color:;border:1px solid darkgray;"> Pink |
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The party focuses on economic and cost-of-living issues, aiming to reduce inequality.[8] The name of the party is a reference to the party founded by Orly's father, David Levy.
Participating in the Netanyahu-Gantz Government.
Gesher (2019 Political Party) Media
Israeli Knesset Member Orly Levy-Abekasis
References
- ↑ כלכלי-חברתי. https://gesherparty.co.il/%d7%9b%d7%9c%d7%9b%d7%9c%d7%99-%d7%97%d7%91%d7%a8%d7%aa%d7%99/. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
- ↑ מגזרים ואוכלוסיות מוחלשות. https://gesherparty.co.il/%d7%aa%d7%95%d7%a9%d7%91%d7%99-%d7%94%d7%a4%d7%a8%d7%99%d7%a4%d7%a8%d7%99%d7%94/. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
- ↑ שוויון מגדרי. https://gesherparty.co.il/%D7%A0%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%9D/. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
- ↑ מדיני. https://gesherparty.co.il/%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99/. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
- ↑ Avishai, Bernard (8 February 2019). "Benjamin Netanyahu Finally Faces a Real Challenger in Benny Gantz—If the Opposition Can Unite Behind Him". The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/benjamin-netanyahu-finally-faces-a-real-challenger-in-benny-gantzif-the-opposition-can-unite-behind-him. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ↑ "Which parties are running – and who is likely to get in?". Arutz Sheva. 9 April 2019. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/261593. "Alignment: Center, Center-Left".
- ↑ Staff Writer (14 March 2018). "Orly Levy-Abekasis is Israel's newest political wildcard". Times of Israel. https://www.timesofisrael.com/orly-levy-abekasis-israels-newest-political-wildcard/. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- ↑ Hezki Baruch (26 December 2018). "Levy-Abekasis' party to be named Gesher". Israel National News. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/256717. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
