Gush Emunim

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Gush Emunim was a religious Zionist movement founded after the 1967 Six-Day War that promoted Jewish settlement in the occupied territories as a religious and national imperative.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Israeli political movement
religious Zionist movement
activePeriodEnd 1980s
activePeriodStart 1970s
associatedOrganization Amana (settlement movement)
National Religious Party
Yesha Council
associatedRabbi Haim Drukman
Moshe Levinger
Yoel Bin-Nun
Zvi Yehuda Kook
baseOfSupport Religious Zionist communities in Israel
Students of Mercaz HaRav yeshiva
country Israel
criticizedFor Contributing to Israeli-Palestinian tensions
Encouraging illegal settlement outposts
Undermining prospects for a two-state solution
dissolutionApproximate late 1980s
doctrine Belief that settling the Land of Israel is a religious commandment
Messianic-nationalist interpretation of Zionism
foundedAfterEvent Six-Day War
foundedInYear 1974
headquartersLocation Primarily based in Jerusalem
ideology Religious Zionism
Right-wing Zionism
impact Helped create a large network of Jewish settlements in the West Bank
Significantly influenced Israeli settlement policy in the occupied territories
inspiredBy Teachings of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook
Teachings of Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Kook
language Hebrew
legalStatus Operated largely as an extra-parliamentary movement
movementType Religious-nationalist movement
notableActivity Lobbying Israeli governments for settlement expansion
Organizing settlement outposts and land takeovers
Promotion and establishment of Jewish settlements in the West Bank
organizationalSuccessor Amana (settlement movement)
Yesha Council
politicalPosition Pro-settlement
Right-wing
positionOnCampDavidAccords Opposed return of Sinai to Egypt
positionOnPeaceProcess Opposed territorial compromise with Arab states and Palestinians
primaryGoal Annexationist expansion of the State of Israel
Prevent establishment of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza
Promote Jewish settlement in territories captured in 1967
region Middle East
religiousOrientation Religious Zionism
surface form: National-Religious Judaism

Orthodox Judaism
territorialFocus Gaza Strip
Golan Heights
Sinai Peninsula
surface form: Sinai Peninsula (until its return to Egypt)

West Bank
viewOfLandOfIsrael Advocated Jewish sovereignty over the entire Land of Israel
viewOfStateOfIsrael Saw the State of Israel as the beginning of redemption
viewOnTerritories Considered territories captured in 1967 as part of the biblical Land of Israel

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Religious Zionism associatedWith Gush Emunim
Abraham Isaac Kook influenced Gush Emunim
this entity surface form: Gush Emunim movement