Tzalash (, an acronym for ''Tziyonut Liberaliyut Shivyon'', () lit. ''Zionism Liberalism Equality'') was a one-man

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Background

Tzalash was formed after MK and Infrastructure Minister

Yosef Paritzky Yosef Yitzhak Paritzky (; 14 September 1955 – 5 October 2021) was an Israeli attorney, politician and columnist. Background Born and raised in the Beit HaKerem neighbourhood of Jerusalem, he attended high school in the Hebrew University Sec ...

was expelled from

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in July 2004 after he had been caught attempting to shame Shinui's deputy leader Avraham Poraz; he had hired a private investigator to look into Poraz's affairs and "drop him in the dirt." Paritzky's actions were investigated by the police, but charges were not brought. Shinui attempted to have Paritzky expelled from the

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and replace him with another Shinui MK. However, the Knesset House Committee allowed him to retain his seat. Paritzky then announced that he was forming his own party and would run in the 2006 elections, saying his goal was for Shinui "not to attain the minimum number of votes needed to get into the Knesset." Although it was possible for the faction to receive 600,000 shekels in electoral funding, Tzalash did not participate in the 2006 elections. Despite Tzalash's demise, two of Paritzky's goals were realised; Poraz was defeated in Shinui's primary elections in January 2006, with Paritzky saying Poraz and party leader

Tommy Lapid Joseph "Tommy" Lapid (; born Tomislav Lampel sr-Cyrl, Томислав Лампел 27 December 1931 – 1 June 2008) was a Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav-born Israeli radio and television presenter, playwright, journalist, politician and Ca ...

"should have been sent home long ago". In addition, in the elections, Poraz's new party, Hetz, and Shinui both failed to win any seats. In 2018 the party's registration was used to create the New Right, a breakaway from

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.הפלטפורמה: מפלגתו של פריצקי
Israel National News, 30 December 2018

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