Gesher – Zionist Religious Centre

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Gesher – Zionist Religious Centre (Hebrew: גשר – מרכז ציוני דתי‎, Gesher – Merkaz Tzioni Dati) was a short-lived political faction in Israel in the early 1980s.

[edit] Background

The faction was formed during the 10th Knesset when two MKs, Yehuda Ben-Meir and Zevulon Hammer, broke away from the National Religious Party. Both were prominent members of the party, with Hammer serving as Minister of Education, Culture and Sport and Ben-Meir being Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. The faction took the Gesher part of its name from the youth faction within the NRP.

The faction did not last long, as the two returned to the NRP after two weeks.

Ben-Meir later left the NRP again to be one of the founding members of the left-wing religious party Meimad, whilst Hammer went on to become leader of the NRP.

[edit] External links

• Party history on the Knesset website (in English)