Ihud Bnei HaBrit
Israeli political party
Ihud Bnei HaBrit (Hebrew: איחוד בני הברית; Arabic: اتحاد أبناء العهد; English: United Allies) is an Israeli political party that participated in the April 2019 Israeli legislative election. It is mostly an Arab Christian party, with some Jewish and Muslim support.
For the September 2019 Israeli legislative election, the party changed its name to Hatnuah Hanotzrit Haliberalit (Hebrew: התנועה הנוצרית הליברלית; Arabic: الحركة المسيحية الليبرالية; English: Liberal Christian Movement). For the 2021 Israeli legislative election, the party changed its name to "ברית השותפות לאיחוד לאומי" (United Alliance).
History
Bnei Brit HaHadasha ("Sons of the New Testament"), soon changed to Bnei Brit ("Allies"), was established in 2013 with the aim of representing the interests of Arab Christians in Israel. The party encourages full integration of Arab Christians into Israeli society, the two-state solution, and enlistment of Arab speaking Christians into the Israel Defense Forces. It was founded by Bishara Shilyan, a sea captain from Nazareth, and one of the founders of the Christian Enlistment Forum and a central promoter of recruitment of Christians into the Israel Defense Forces. Israel's Arab Christians are predominantly Melkite Greek and Roman Catholic and represent a minority within the broader Arab population of the country.
The party's founder, Bishara Shilyan, said he wants to build a 30.5-metre (100 ft) tall statue of Jesus (modelled on Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer statue) on top of a mountain in Nazareth. He said the purpose of the statue would be to prevent Nazareth's Christian heritage from being eroded.
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