Or (political party)
Or אור | |
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| Leader | Yaron Yadan |
| Founded | July 2008 |
| Ideology |
Centrism, Secularism |
| Political position | Centre |
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אר (2009) ני (2013, 2015) | |
| Website | |
| www.orr.org.il | |
Or (Hebrew: אור, lit. Light) is a political party in Israel. It describes itself as centrist and advocating the principles of humanism, freedom and equality. The primary ideology of the party focuses on the separation of religion and state.
The party received 815 votes (0.02%) in the 2009 election; in the 2013 election the party received 1,027 votes (0.03%), and in the 2015 election it received 503 votes (0.01%). It has never won seats in the Knesset.
Platform
- Separation between state and religious institutions
- Implantation within the Basic Laws both the freedom of religion and freedom from religion.
- The Book of Laws should not include religious law, except that which facilitates the freedom of belief.
- Empowerment of individual freedom.
- Establishing a basic core curriculum for all schools (including Ultra-orthodox Jewish schools).
- Strengthening higher education.
- Equal rights and obligations between different sectors of Israeli society, including the conscription to the IDF.
- Supporting a free economy.
- Changing the structure of child allowances, to reduce the dependence of families on public money.
- Formulation of a constitution based the French constitution model.
Leaders of Or
- Yaron Yadan (2008–present)
References
External links
- Official website (Hebrew)
- Or on Facebook
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