Eitam and Levy Found New "Religious Zionism" faction (Israel, Jewish)

[jewscout]

Hope i'm putting this in the right place...
Eitam and Levy Found New "Religious Zionism" Faction
16:53 Feb 24, '05 / 15 Adar 5765

"You [Ariel Sharon] will destroy, and we'll build. You'll cause strife, and we'll win." So said Effie Eitam in the founding convention yesterday of the Religious Zionism Knesset faction.

MKs Eitam and Yitzchak Levy started the independent Knesset faction yesterday, announcing their resignation from the NRP. They explained that this would be a split for the ultimate purpose of uniting all the religious-Zionist elements in the Knesset.

The NRP's legal committee voted earlier this month to suspend Eitam as party chairman because of his unilateral actions of June 2004 when he and Levy quit the government and voted against it. Their move came in opposition to the disengagement plan. The NRP as a whole had made no such decision, and in fact objected to their move – though the party's remaining four MKs quit the government five months later, for the same reason.


http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=77423

[robtex]

JS from a jewish viewpoint what does this mean?

[jewscout]

Originally Posted by robtex

JS from a jewish viewpoint what does this mean?

This means that these 2 guys and a few others are trying to bring religious jews and their viewpoints into the Knesset, which for years has been dominated by mostly non-observant jews...at least from what i've been able to gather...

It is something that exists in Israel today w/ a rift between observant and non-observant jews in Israel. Though that rift is beginning to be smaller than it was...