Royalist Conservative Party (Yisrael)

Royalist Conservative Party of Yisrael המלוכנים המפלגה השמרנית של ישראל
name	Modern Hebrew
Leader	Yitzchok Katz
Founded	January 19, 1923 (1923-01-19) (de facto 1920)
Preceded by	Royalists (circa 1880s - 1922) Conservatives (1913 - 1922)
Headquarters	Dervaylik
Newspaper	Conservative Daily
Student wing	Royalist Conservative Student League
Ideology	Nationalism Conservatism Strong monarchy Social conservatism National Religious and Chardal interests Internal Factions: Torah Judaism Neoliberalism National conservatism
Political position	Right
Colors	Navy Blue
Seats in the Royal Knesset	64 / 142

The Royalist Conservative Party, also commonly called the Conservatives or the Blues (colloquially), is a contemporary right-wing and nationalist major political party in Yisrael, forming one-half of the country's de facto two-party system in Yisraeli politics, opposed to the center-left by the Alternative for Yisrael (since 2020), and before that, the center/left Constitutional Liberal Party (1923-2019). The Royalist Conservatives are currently the governing party of Yisrael, whose leader Yitzchok Katz is the incumbent President, as well as commanding a coalition majority government in the Knesset led by the Right Bloc, which includes allies the Torah Achdus and the Northern League parties.

Platform and philosophy

The Conservatives are the dominant "big tent" right-wing party in Yisrael. It has been the home for National Religious- and Chardal-interests, and a staunch defender of the monarchy and the halachic state. The party looks to the Neo-Zionist, Religious Zionist, and Revisionist Zionist schools of thought for new public policy inspiration.

While the party was split between pro- and con- factions regarding the 1952 Royal Reform Acts, since the post-Yarden Accords era, the consensus among party faithful was that the 1952 amendments on royal power was wrong and ought to be overturned. This was achieved with the surprise advent of the Hezekian Reaction, whereby the 1952 Acts as pertaining to the monarchy were nullified by extraordinary royal decree. The Blues favor a hawkish foreign-policy and military posture, and decreased social spending in favor of higher military and security allocation and tax cuts. The party's establishment opposes progressive taxation and supports flat taxes and user fees instead. It also supports devolving more power to the Districts and localities.

Along with its frequent ally the Torah Achdus party, the Conservatives are fierce defenders of the enforcement of religious law in response to an increasing consensus among the Con-Libs to statutorily weaken enforcement mechanisms and funding.

Election results and current representation

Current representation

The party leader is the current President of Yisrael, Yitzchok Katz. The chairman of the National Conservative Committee is Zevulon Altman. The head of the party's caucus in the Royal Knesset is Member of Knesset and Majority Leader of the Knesset Binyamin Goldschmidt (RC-Modiin), since January 11, 2016.

Election results

Royal Knesset
Election	Leader	Seats won	+/−	Rank	Majority
2020	Binyamin Goldschmidt	64 / 142	5	#1	Majority
2018	Binyamin Goldschmidt	59 / 142	5	#1	Majority
2016		64 / 142	23	#1	Majority
2014		41 / 142	23	#2	Minority
2012		64 / 142	6	#1	Majority
2010		58 / 142	6	#1	Majority
2008		52 / 142	5	#2	Minority
2006		57 / 142	12	Tie	Minority
2004		46 / 142	TBD	#2	Minority

International affiliation and criticism

The Conservatives - like their former chief rival the Constitutional Liberals - have a litany of global affiliations with other right-wing and ruling political parties. These include: Sydalon's People's Party, Latium's United Latium, Lihnidos's Conservative-National Alliance, Ghant's Independent Coalition and Conservative Party, Gelonia's Soudarded and Honkadur parties, Arthurista's National Liberal Party, and Vardana's One Vardana.