From MK Feiglin's visit to Bet Shemesh, 24 Tamuz, 5774MK Feiglin spoke to over 200 people, from Bet Shemesh, Ramat Bet Shemesh, Jerusalem, Gush Etzyon, Modiin, and other communities. Moshe spoke in both Hebrew and English, at different times. The following video is his talk in English.
Click below to see Rabbi Malinowitz's letter supporting Likud registration, from Rosh Chodesh Tammuz, 5774.
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Why I Want to Join the Likud’s Central Committee
With Jolene & Feiglin at the Jerusalem Dinner
NOTE: This, and the rest of this page is very old. Since it was written, both Gershon and I have become members of the Central Committee.
The Likud Central Committee (CC) is the ruling internal body of the LIkud. Its decisions are enforceable to Likud MKs and Ministers.
Read that again...the CC can force MKs and Ministers to follow its rules. The CC can pass a rule that any Likud MK (like Bibi, for example) that gives away any part of the Golan or Yesha can not run for office within the Likud for 7 years. Do you think that might make Bibi think seriously about his plans?
Simply said, the CC is the best possible chance to force Bibi's hand. There is absolutely no outside party that can do what we can do from within.
In its first race, in 2003, Manhigut Yehudit succeeded in gaining 130 seats, making it the largest single bloc within the party!
Based on the results of the last national elections we stand to reach 180-200 this time, a very significant increase. If you'd like to undersand why we see this increase, contact me.
With these numbers, we have had numerous successes, as well as failures, in critical battles. When the other right-wing CC members see that we are forming the nucleus of opposition, they join with us.
Here is a brief history of some of our successes and failures in the past 5 years:
What Successes Did We Have Against Sharon?
Being a registered Likud voter does only one thing: It ENABLES you to cast a vote for me, and in the Likud's other internal primaries. You are absolutely not required to vote for the Likud in any elections, though of course, I hope you would do so. (In a vote similar to this, Likud voters determined that Bibi would be the current prime minister...that is a very powerful tool.)
When is the Election?
We don't know. Theoretically, it should be coming soon after the general elections, though the head of party can change that. Rest assured that Bibi will call for elections when he feels it is best for him. The CC could force a vote on elections, but they wouldn't do that as they don't want to lose their seats :)
Isn't there a Waiting Period Before New Members Can Vote?
According to current Likud rules, new members must wait 16 months before they can vote in party primaries. This is a good thing for us, as it prevents massive last-minute recruiting of applicants who are in this for one election and then pull out (see above).
According to our inside information, Bibi may make a very strong effort to change that, if he thinks it will work to his favor. Your application, therefore, is either a way to pressure Bibi to keep this rule in place, or in the case that it is changed, you will have the right to vote immediately with everyone else.
How Do I Sign Up, What's Involved?
New - Click here to Sign up on-line, in English!
I ask you to make this move, to support me, in supporting Klal Yisrael.
Thank you.
Aryeh Sonnenberg
www.jewishisrael.org.
054-499-1733
The Likud Central Committee (CC) is the ruling internal body of the LIkud. Its decisions are enforceable to Likud MKs and Ministers.
Read that again...the CC can force MKs and Ministers to follow its rules. The CC can pass a rule that any Likud MK (like Bibi, for example) that gives away any part of the Golan or Yesha can not run for office within the Likud for 7 years. Do you think that might make Bibi think seriously about his plans?
Simply said, the CC is the best possible chance to force Bibi's hand. There is absolutely no outside party that can do what we can do from within.
In its first race, in 2003, Manhigut Yehudit succeeded in gaining 130 seats, making it the largest single bloc within the party!
Based on the results of the last national elections we stand to reach 180-200 this time, a very significant increase. If you'd like to undersand why we see this increase, contact me.
With these numbers, we have had numerous successes, as well as failures, in critical battles. When the other right-wing CC members see that we are forming the nucleus of opposition, they join with us.
Here is a brief history of some of our successes and failures in the past 5 years:
What Successes Did We Have Against Sharon?
- After we had started to recruti thousands into the Likud, but before we were even on the CC, our strong force in the party helped us to get a decision passed that said “No Palestinian State.” This may be VERY relevant as Bibi just announced his willingness to a PA state.
- We stopped Sharon from forming a 3-person dictatorship when it came time to decide who was running on the municipal party level. This was a serious morale blow for him, and Sharon came out as the loser.
- We forced the “Gush Katif Referendum” to occur. Had their been a leader amongst the opposition, we might have been able to overthrow Sharon. Bibi was not that leader.
- We forced passage of a Likud law that requires a 16-month waiting period before new members can vote, and then we caused over 100,000 of Omri Sharon’s puppet members to be thrown out of the party. This was a direct cause for Sharon to leave and form Kadima.
- While we were able to force Sharon to get CC approval to allow Labor into the government, we lost the vote.
- Immediately after expulsion of Gush Katif, we failed at an attempt to force new elections for a new head of party. Had we won, this likely would have finished off Sharon and he never would have been able to form Kadima. We lost this vote by only tens of votes!
- We were unable to prevent changes in the voting rules for the last Likud Knesset elections, a process which cost us the chance to get some of our members into the current Knesset.
Being a registered Likud voter does only one thing: It ENABLES you to cast a vote for me, and in the Likud's other internal primaries. You are absolutely not required to vote for the Likud in any elections, though of course, I hope you would do so. (In a vote similar to this, Likud voters determined that Bibi would be the current prime minister...that is a very powerful tool.)
When is the Election?
We don't know. Theoretically, it should be coming soon after the general elections, though the head of party can change that. Rest assured that Bibi will call for elections when he feels it is best for him. The CC could force a vote on elections, but they wouldn't do that as they don't want to lose their seats :)
Isn't there a Waiting Period Before New Members Can Vote?
According to current Likud rules, new members must wait 16 months before they can vote in party primaries. This is a good thing for us, as it prevents massive last-minute recruiting of applicants who are in this for one election and then pull out (see above).
According to our inside information, Bibi may make a very strong effort to change that, if he thinks it will work to his favor. Your application, therefore, is either a way to pressure Bibi to keep this rule in place, or in the case that it is changed, you will have the right to vote immediately with everyone else.
How Do I Sign Up, What's Involved?
New - Click here to Sign up on-line, in English!
I ask you to make this move, to support me, in supporting Klal Yisrael.
Thank you.
Aryeh Sonnenberg
www.jewishisrael.org.
054-499-1733
Why I'm running for Merkaz HaLikud
By Gershon Kagan
Where do You Sign?
I started working a few years ago in one of Israel's largest hi-tech companies, which was founded by extreme left-wing Kibbutz members. I was one out of only two of a thousand employees who dressed Haredi. In my first meeting with an older, senior manager, his first question was, "So, you want the whole thing, a Sanhedrin, and the Bet Hamikdash, and the Mashiach?" (I love the directness in Israel of people saying what they are really thinking.) I answered, "Yes! Where do I sign? Come, let's build that together." He chuckled apologetically, "Oh, no, no, no. That's not for me."
I've thought a lot about my spontaneous reply, "Where do I sign?" Where do you sign to unequivocally, practically, politically state you want the Torah's plan for the running of Israel? And I've found an answer: On the membership form of the Likud through Manhigut Yehudit. That's their platform, that's their target, with small, achievable steps along the way. Practically, proudly.
I Can Do That!
I use to think politics was a dirty thing that didn't really affect me. However, our country has a crisis of leadership that cannot be ignored by the average, upstanding citizen. Since the Oslo Accords, Jews are getting killed by suicide bombers, and the country is taking such a wrong-headed, pacifying approach to dealing with terror that the majority of Israeli citizens believe the Jewish homeland will not exist in 30 years. We are talking survival. So I feel I have to do my part. At the same time, corruption is rampant. A few years ago, some Merkaz HaLikud members were offered bribes of lavish hotel stays. So I feel I don't need any special abilities to do good; just a commitment to show up in Tel Aviv and vote in the Merkaz HaLikud in a way that is not detrimental to the country, and not accept bribes. I can do that.
All my Friends and Family Did That
I joined the Likud over 10 years ago, when urged by a local Anglo activist (2 points for whoever still remembers Davida Nugiel). At the time, Bet Shemesh was a Likud town, period. The only way for the Anglo voice to be heard in Bet Shemesh was to join the Likud en masse. Coming from New York, I totally understood this. You had to be a registered Democrat in New York, even if you voted Republican, because that's where you could influence things. All my friends and family did that.
Today, this is true nationally. Likud Members of Knesset are actively asking for our community to turn to them if we need anything done! This is because they see the political strength of the right-wing, religious community which has not had actual, effective representation for years, and is now becoming a leading faction in the ruling party in the government. Members of Knesset realize they will only get re-elected if they are perceived as serving the direction of the religious, right-wing majority. In Bet Shemesh, great advancement has been made recently in the minds of old-time, established members in accepting the religious, Anglo group from Ramat Bet Shemesh headed by Aryeh Sonnenberg into the Likud family. I've sat as a member of the Merkaz HaSnif of the Bet Shemesh Likud for the past 5 years and seen how our being perceived as outsiders has changed to being perceived as a group within the Likud that can do things jointly.
I started working a few years ago in one of Israel's largest hi-tech companies, which was founded by extreme left-wing Kibbutz members. I was one out of only two of a thousand employees who dressed Haredi. In my first meeting with an older, senior manager, his first question was, "So, you want the whole thing, a Sanhedrin, and the Bet Hamikdash, and the Mashiach?" (I love the directness in Israel of people saying what they are really thinking.) I answered, "Yes! Where do I sign? Come, let's build that together." He chuckled apologetically, "Oh, no, no, no. That's not for me."
I've thought a lot about my spontaneous reply, "Where do I sign?" Where do you sign to unequivocally, practically, politically state you want the Torah's plan for the running of Israel? And I've found an answer: On the membership form of the Likud through Manhigut Yehudit. That's their platform, that's their target, with small, achievable steps along the way. Practically, proudly.
I Can Do That!
I use to think politics was a dirty thing that didn't really affect me. However, our country has a crisis of leadership that cannot be ignored by the average, upstanding citizen. Since the Oslo Accords, Jews are getting killed by suicide bombers, and the country is taking such a wrong-headed, pacifying approach to dealing with terror that the majority of Israeli citizens believe the Jewish homeland will not exist in 30 years. We are talking survival. So I feel I have to do my part. At the same time, corruption is rampant. A few years ago, some Merkaz HaLikud members were offered bribes of lavish hotel stays. So I feel I don't need any special abilities to do good; just a commitment to show up in Tel Aviv and vote in the Merkaz HaLikud in a way that is not detrimental to the country, and not accept bribes. I can do that.
All my Friends and Family Did That
I joined the Likud over 10 years ago, when urged by a local Anglo activist (2 points for whoever still remembers Davida Nugiel). At the time, Bet Shemesh was a Likud town, period. The only way for the Anglo voice to be heard in Bet Shemesh was to join the Likud en masse. Coming from New York, I totally understood this. You had to be a registered Democrat in New York, even if you voted Republican, because that's where you could influence things. All my friends and family did that.
Today, this is true nationally. Likud Members of Knesset are actively asking for our community to turn to them if we need anything done! This is because they see the political strength of the right-wing, religious community which has not had actual, effective representation for years, and is now becoming a leading faction in the ruling party in the government. Members of Knesset realize they will only get re-elected if they are perceived as serving the direction of the religious, right-wing majority. In Bet Shemesh, great advancement has been made recently in the minds of old-time, established members in accepting the religious, Anglo group from Ramat Bet Shemesh headed by Aryeh Sonnenberg into the Likud family. I've sat as a member of the Merkaz HaSnif of the Bet Shemesh Likud for the past 5 years and seen how our being perceived as outsiders has changed to being perceived as a group within the Likud that can do things jointly.
The Vote to Change the Likud Constitution - 29.4.10
