American immigrants and other native English speakers living in Israel number in the hundreds of thousands, yet unlike émigrés from the former Soviet Union, Anglo-Israelis have rarely been courted as a separate demographic group, much less represented by a particular party, the way the Yisrael Beytenu and defunct Yisrael Baaliya parties have for Eastern European immigrants.

One party, however, is looking to change that, actively reaching out to native English speakers in Israel.

Jeremy Saltan, Chairman of the Anglo Forum of the Jewish Home Party, says his party is a “natural fit” for Anglos living in Israel given the political and cultural values shared by most immigrants coming to Israel from wealthy Western nations like the US and UK.

"[Anglo-Israelis] are a natural fit. Anglos are here because they want to be,” Saltan told Arutz Sheva. “When you're looking at a majority of the bases in which [the Jewish Home] can grow into, the Anglos are a very easy place. We're talking about people who are Zionist, we're talking about people who... have a very deep Jewish pride connection... and feels very right wing when it comes to just about every issue there is in economic, security, and social areas."

The Jewish Home first began actively courting Anglo voters in 2012, Saltan said, ahead of the 2013 election.

"About five years ago when we first started opening up the party to allow members to come in and choose, we got 3,500 Anglos to join the party. Since then, in subsequent Anglo drives we've been able to increase that number and we have a very big percentage of the overall population... and we're expecting to grow."

Jewish Home chairman and Education Minister Naftali Bennett has held the Diaspora Ministry portfolio during both of his terms in the Knesset, Saltan noted, a reflection of the party’s commitment to immigrants and their absorption into Israeli society.

"Of course it's a statement,” said Saltan regarding Bennett’s position as Diaspora Minister. “Some of our Anglo members are actually people who met [Bennett] as Diaspora Minister - this is his second term in a row that he's Diaspora Minister - and now they're here as citizens of Israel and are part of his party."

"Aliyah is something that we care about. When we're talking about absorbing immigrants here within Israel it's something that we feel is very important. It's a natural fit."