U'Bizchutan (Hebrew: ובזכותן, lit., and by their [f.] merit) (also referred to as Bezchutan, 'B’Zhutan, and U'Bezchutan) is an Israeli political party formed in early 2015 by social activist Ruth Colian.
The two previously existing Haredi Israeli parties, Shas and United Torah Judaism, do not allow female candidates to run on their election slates.
Attorney Dov Halbertal, well known in the Lithuanian-Haredi stream, spoke on public radio condemning U'Bizchutan and telling founder Ruth Colian, "You will be excommunicated for generations."
When threatening comments from religious leaders were allegedly published, Deputy Attorney General Dina Zilber sought to protect the rights of party members and voters.
In a letter to the Central Elections Committee, Zilber noted that statements in the publication were formulated to prevent Haredi women from voting freely and running in a Knesset party.
[4] U'Bizchutan used social media to reach voters, in part because traditional Haredi publications refuse to accept advertisements from the party.
[7] The party's advertisements for the March 2015 campaign were initially rejected by some Haredi newspapers, including Yated Ne'eman and Yom Le'yom.
She is a Haredi woman whose situation made Israeli newspaper headlines after a rabbinical court labelled her a "get refuser" and ordered her to be detained, leaving her handcuffed to a hospital bed.