Shinouï
The Shinouï is an Israeli party , Zionist, Libéral and Laïc, founded in 1974 by Israeli academics. Minor party of the political scene, it is linked in 1992 with the Ratz and the Mapam to form the Meretz, representing the left Zionist. Following dissensions ideological carrying especially on economic questions (the party is ultra-liberal whereas the other components of Meretz are socializing), Shinouï makes secession in 1998. With the approach of the elections of 1999, the leaders have the idea to give the direction of the party to Tomy Lapid, very famous and popular journalist, who repositions the party on the fight against the ultra-monks. The party then obtains the surprising score of 6 deputies. With the elections of 2003, it gained 15 of the 120 seats of the Knesset, making of him the third Israeli political clout after the Likoud and the workers party. In Hebrew, shinouï means “change literally”.
Its basic ideology rests on separation between the religion and the State (legally dependant in Israel), while remaining attached to the ideology Zionist. Shinouï required modifications of the Israeli fundamental law, such as the introduction of the civil wedding, of a minimum service of public transport, the opening of stores and cinemas during the Shabbat, the abrogation of relative laws to the sale and the product imports not Kasher, and the stop of favors granted to the students of the Yeshivots (social securities, exemption of military service).
Because of these requests and ignited tone employed by its chiefs, Shinouï is often shown to be a party anti-religion and anti-monk, even “racist” towards the monks. Because of that, much of laic Israelis, however in agreement with the ideas of this party, do not vote for him.
The official line of the party is that he is not opposed to the religion, but which he rather seeks to attenuate the injustices related to the close link which exists in Israel between the State and the Jewish religion.
Nevertheless, the recent appearance of the party Kadima, resolutely registered at the center of the Israeli political chessboard, seriously endangers the survival of this party, whose attraction related to its laic program that it could not carry out does not cease weakening. On the contrary, the center line of " Kadima" (created by Ariel Sharon, before its vascular accident) appears popular, in a country marked a long time by a clear bipolarisation of the political life.
Shinouï did not thus have any elected official at the time of the parliamentary elections of March 2006, and only 0.16% of the votes.
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