In 2008, in anticipation of the
2009 Knesset elections, Wolpe and his party merged with
Baruch Marzel's
Jewish National Front. The Knesset list was topped by Wolpe, Marzel, and Israeli musician
Ariel Zilber. In the weeks prior to the election, the joint list agreed to run as part of the
National Union list, with
Michael Ben-Ari, its representative, taking the 4th spot on the alliance's list. The Union won four seats, allowing Ben-Ari to enter the Knesset. On 27 October 2010, violence broke out at the town of
Umm al-Fahm between Eretz Yisrael Shelanu marchers and Arab counter-protesters. Rabbi Michael Ben-Ari left Eretz Yisrael Shelanu, and formed
Otzma Yehudit and leading up to the
2013 Knesset elections, party leader
Rabbi Shalom Dov Wolpe announced his support of
HaBayit HaYehudi. Subsequently, leading
Haredi rabbis
Ya'akov Yosef and
David Meir Drukman announced cessation of support of Eretz Yisrael Shelanu. In
April 2019 Knesset elections, Rafi Levengrond - father of a murder victim in
Barkan shooting terror attack Kim Levengrond-Yehezkel, used the party as a 'Shelf Party' to run his own list for the Knesset. In the
September 2019 Knesset elections Avi Yalou used the party as a 'shelf party' to run for the Knesset with his own list called "Tsedek" ("Justice" in Hebrew). == Leaders ==