Good luck, Rabbi! You are a very brave man and a Jew and Zionist worthy of admiration.

Another rabbi, another fool trying to swell the existing political morass. His routine? very standard "" we did decide on this new path after gauging the public mood "". How corny. Since Genghis Khan assorted leaders have attempted to gage their public mood --- and failed miserably. As usual this Amsellem claim to have the support of important rabbis. Strange, I have yet to meet one.. Translation: if he is a rabbi he couldn't be that important.

I think one of the biggest threats facing israel is the divide, hatred and mistrust between religious and secular. A divide nation is a weak nation and our enemys are very aware of this. Live and let live

Good for him!! This is really what's important today. But not just unity, also stregthening the pluraistc and democratic foundations of our country.

We need unity

Originall I thought Amsallem had some political savvy, but now I doubt it, and here are some reasons: [1] naming the party after himself. [2] thinking that secular people will vote for a Rabbi, and [3] thinking religeous people will vote for someone who rebelled against a relig establishment.

Under Israel's parliamentary system based on party "lists", if you're not part of a national party, you don't count. In systems based on direct representation, one runs as the standard bearer of a party *or* as an individual. That's not possible in Israel. That's why individuals like Amsalem and journalist Yair Lapid have no choice but to create "movements" and struggle for mandates.