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Israel's political system

Political system

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is based on proportional representation

Proportional representation

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which allows for a multi-party system with numerous parties. Although there are three major parties, a single party usually has no chance of gaining power by itself, forcing the parties to cooperate and form coalition government

Coalition government

A coalition government is a Cabinet of a parliamentary system government in which several political party cooperate. The usual reason given for this arrangement is that no party on its own can achieve a majority in the parliament....
s. This article lists the political parties

Political party

A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain and maintain politics power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns....
in Israel

Politics of Israel

Politics of Israel takes place in a framework of a parliamentary system representative democracy republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Israel is the head of government, and of a multi-party system....
.

he English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
-language media some parties are known by their Hebrew

Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
name, whilst others have their names translated into English.

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Israel's political system

Political system

Proportional representation

Coalition government

Political party

A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain and maintain politics power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns....
in Israel

Politics of Israel

Naming convention

In the English

English language

Hebrew language

Parties known by their English name

In general, Israeli political parties are known by their English name when there is a party with an equivalent name in the English-speaking world. This is the case for the Israeli Labor Party, which associates itself with Labour parties abroad, such as the British Labour Party

Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
. Other parties known by their English names include the National Union

National Union (Israel)

The National Union is a nationalist List of political parties in Israel in Israel. In the Israeli legislative election, 2009 the Union was an alliance of four parties: Moledet, Hatikva , Eretz Yisrael Shelanu, and former Tkuma members....
and the The Greens

The Greens (Israel)

The Greens is a minor List of political parties in Israel in Israel currently headed by Pe'er Visner. Although the party is currently not represented in the Knesset, it does hold seats in 22 municipalities across Israel....
.

Names are also generally translated when the party's origin or concept is explained in its name. This includes the United Arab List

United Arab List

The United Arab List , commonly known in Israel by its Hebrew acronym Ra'am , is a political party representing and supported by Arab citizens of Israel....
or United Torah Judaism

United Torah Judaism

United Torah Judaism is an Political alliance of Degel HaTorah and Agudat Israel, two small Israeli Haredi Judaism Politics of Israel in the Knesset....
. The latter two are also known by their English initials, NRP and UTJ.

Occasionally names are translated when the Hebrew is too unwieldy for English speakers to manage, such as the Alignment

Alignment (political party)

The Alignment was an alliance of the major left-wing parties in Israel between the 1960s and 1990s. It was established as the Labor Alignment in 1965 as an alliance of Mapai and Ahdut HaAvoda but was dissolved three years later when the two parties and Rafi formally merged into the Israeli Labor Party....
(HaMa'arakh).

Parties known by their Hebrew name

Israeli political parties that do not have an equivalent in the English-speaking world are usually known by their Hebrew name. This includes parties such as Kadima

Kadima

Kadima is a centrist List of political parties in Israel in Israel founded by like-minded Likud and Israeli Labor Party politicians. It became the largest party in the Knesset after the Israeli legislative election, 2006, winning 29 of the 120 seats....
(Forward), Likud

Likud

Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....
(Consolidation), Meretz

Meretz-Yachad

The New Movement-Meretz , previously known as Meretz, then Yachad, and then Meretz-Yachad is a left-wing, Zionist, Social democracy List of political parties in Israel in Israel, which emphasizes the Israeli peace camp, human rights, religious freedom and green politics....
(Vitality) and Yisrael Beiteinu (Israel Our Home).

Parties known by their Hebrew/Arabic acronym

It is very common in Israel for parties to be known by acronyms of their name. This is at least partially caused by Hebrew and Arabic

Arabic language

Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language....
's capacity for acronym forming, due to the fact that vowels are not written in words. For instance, the Hebrew word degel (flag) would be written dgl (Hebrew: ???) with the gaps filled by unwritten vowels. Thus whilst the Scottish National Party

Scottish National Party

The Scottish National Party is a centre-left List of Scottish political parties which campaigns for Scottish independence. In the last few decades, the SNP has normally polled the second highest number of votes for a Scottish political parties in Scotland....
is known as the SNP, in Israel the Democratic Front for Peace (haHazit haDemokratit leSHalom) is known as Hadash

Hadash

Hadash is a far-left List of political parties in Israel in Israel. Hadash defines itself as a 'Jewish-Arab Party'. Most of its voters and leaders are Israeli Arabs....
. This is also similar to the norm in many Latin American countries; for example, a member of Brazil's Partido dos Trabalhadores
Partido dos Trabalhadores

Partido dos Trabalhadores can refer to:* Workers' Party * Workers' Party ...
(PT, or Workers' Party) can be called a "Petista" or a member of the Partido da Frente Liberal, a "Pefelista."

When written in English, rather than translating the acronym, the Hebrew is used but with the vowels added. Other contemporary parties known by their acronyms include Balad, Gil, Hetz

Hetz (political party)

Hetz was a secularism List of political parties in Israel in Israel....
, Meimad

Meimad

Meimad is a left-wing Religious Zionism List of political parties in Israel in Israel. Founded in 1999, it is based on the ideology of the Meimad movement founded in 1988 by Rabbi Yehuda Amital....
and Shas

Shas

Shas is a List of political parties in Israel in Israel, primarily representing Haredi Judaism Sephardi Jews and Mizrahi Jews Judaism. Following the Israeli legislative election, 2006 in which Shas won 12 seats, it joined Ehud Olmert's coalition government and holds four cabinet posts....
. Historical parties named in such a way include Mapai

Mapai

Mapai was a Left-wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger into the Israeli Labor Party in 1968....
, Mapam

Mapam

Mapam was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel and is one of the ancestors of the modern-day Meretz-Yachad party....
, Maki

Maki (historical political party)

Maki was a Communist party List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It is not the same party as the modern day Maki , which split from it during the 1960s and later assumed its name....
, Gahal

Gahal

Gahal was the major Right wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel from its founding in 1965 until it merged into Likud in 1973....
, Mizrachi

Mizrachi (political party)

Mizrachi was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel and is one of the ancestors of the modern-day National Religious Party....
and Rafi.

Exceptions

As with many rules, there are always a few exceptions. Shinui

Shinui

Shinui was a Zionism, secular and Anti-clericalism free market Liberalism worldwide in Israel. The party twice become the third largest in the Knesset, but on both occasions it was followed by a split and collapse; in Israeli legislative election, 1977 the party won 15 seats as part of the Democratic Movement for Change, but the alliance spl...
(Reform) is known by its Hebrew name despite Reform Parties

Reform Party

The Reform Party may refer to:North America:*Reform Party of Alberta*Reform Party of Ontario*Reform Party of British Columbia, Canada*Reform Party of Canada , a major political party in Canada during the 1990s...
being common internationally.

Current parties

Parties represented in the current Knesset

The following parties are represented in the 18th Knesset

Israeli legislative election, 2009

Elections for the 18th Knesset were held in Israel on 10 February 2009. These elections became necessary due to the resignation of Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert as leader of the Kadima party, and the failure of his successor, Tzipi Livni, to form a coalition government....
:

Party and constituents	Leader	Seats
Kadima Kadima Kadima is a centrist List of political parties in Israel in Israel founded by like-minded Likud and Israeli Labor Party politicians. It became the largest party in the Knesset after the Israeli legislative election, 2006, winning 29 of the 120 seats....	Tzipi Livni Tzipi Livni Tzipora Malka "Tzipi" Livni is an Israeli politician and the current leader of Kadima, the largest party in the Knesset. She currently serves as the country's Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel....	28
Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....	Binyamin Netanyahu	27
Yisrael Beiteinu	Avigdor Lieberman	15
Labor Party	Ehud Barak Ehud Barak Ehud Barak is an Israeli politician, former Prime Minister of Israel, and current Defense Minister of Israel, Deputy leaders of Israel#Deputy Prime Minister and leader of Israel's Labor Party ....	13
Shas Shas Shas is a List of political parties in Israel in Israel, primarily representing Haredi Judaism Sephardi Jews and Mizrahi Jews Judaism. Following the Israeli legislative election, 2006 in which Shas won 12 seats, it joined Ehud Olmert's coalition government and holds four cabinet posts....	Eli Yishai Eli Yishai Eliyahu "Eli" Yishai is an Israeli politician and head of the Shas party. He is married and has seven children....	11
United Torah Judaism United Torah Judaism United Torah Judaism is an Political alliance of Degel HaTorah and Agudat Israel, two small Israeli Haredi Judaism Politics of Israel in the Knesset....	Yaakov Litzman Yaakov Litzman Yaakov Litzman is an Israeli politician. A German-born follower of the Ger Hasidic Judaism dynasty, he heads the Agudat Israel part of the United Torah Judaism faction in the Knesset....	5
United Arab List United Arab List The United Arab List , commonly known in Israel by its Hebrew acronym Ra'am , is a political party representing and supported by Arab citizens of Israel.... - Ta'al Ta'al Ta'al is a two-man Israeli Arab List of political parties in Israel in Israel led by Ahmad Tibi and Mahmud Asad.It was founded by Tibi after he left Balad during the Israeli legislative election, 1999....	Ibrahim Sarsur Ibrahim Sarsur Sheikh Ibrahim Sarsur is an Israeli Arab politician and member of the Knesset for the United Arab List, of which he is the party leader....	4
National Union National Union (Israel) The National Union is a nationalist List of political parties in Israel in Israel. In the Israeli legislative election, 2009 the Union was an alliance of four parties: Moledet, Hatikva , Eretz Yisrael Shelanu, and former Tkuma members.... Moledet Moledet Moledet is a small right-wing political party in Israel. It advocates the notion of voluntary population transfer of the Arab population of the West Bank.... Eretz Yisrael Shelanu Eretz Yisrael Shelanu Eretz Yisrael Shelanu is a far-right religious party in Israel. Founded by prominent Chabad Rabbi Dov Wolpe, it seeks to prevent both the creation of a Palestinian state as well as the destruction of Israeli settlements in the West Bank.... Hatikva Hatikva (political party) Hatikva is a minor List of political parties in Israel in Israel. A secular right wing politics party, it is headed by Aryeh Eldad, and forms one of the factions of the National Union alliance....	Ya'akov Katz Ya'akov Katz (politician born 1951) Ya?akov Dov "Katzele" Katz , born 29 September 1951) is an Israeli politician. He currently leads the National Union party, for whom he is a member of the Knesset, and is also the Executive Director of Beit El yeshiva Center Institutions and Arutz Sheva....	4
Hadash Hadash Hadash is a far-left List of political parties in Israel in Israel. Hadash defines itself as a 'Jewish-Arab Party'. Most of its voters and leaders are Israeli Arabs.... Maki	Mohammad Barakeh Mohammad Barakeh Mohammad Barakeh is an Israeli Arab politician and member of the Knesset for Hadash, of which he is the General Secretary....	4
New Movement-Meretz	Haim Oron Haim Oron Haim "Jumas" Oron is an Israeli politician and former Agriculture Minister of Israel. He is currently head of the political party New Movement-Meretz, for whom he serves as a member of the Knesset....	3
The Jewish Home The Jewish Home The Jewish Home is a new right-wing national Religious Zionism political party in Israel. It was formed by a merger of the National Religious Party, Moledet and Tkuma in November 2008....	Daniel Hershkowitz Daniel Hershkowitz Rabbi Professor Daniel Hershkovitz is an Israeli politician, educator and rabbi. He serves as the rabbi of the Ahuza neighborhood in Haifa, as mathematics professor in the Technion ? Israel Institute of Technology and as leader of The Jewish Home, for whom he is a Knesset member....	3
Balad	Jamal Zahalka Jamal Zahalka Dr Jamal Zahalka is an Israeli Arab politician. He is the leader of Balad , which he represents in the Knesset....	3

Other parties

The following parties ran for the 2009 elections but did not pass the electoral threshold:

Ahrayut
Ahrayut

Ahrayut is a minor political party in Israel.The party advocates altering the structure of government, redistributing the division of authority, enacting a constitution and hold frequent referendums....
Ale Yarok
Ale Yarok

Ale Yarok is a minor liberal political party in Israel best known for its ideology of decriminalizing Cannabis . To date it has had no representation in the Knesset....
Brit Olam
Brit Olam

Brit Olam is a List of political parties in Israel in Israel...
Gil
Green Movement-Meimad
Meimad

Meimad is a left-wing Religious Zionism List of political parties in Israel in Israel. Founded in 1999, it is based on the ideology of the Meimad movement founded in 1988 by Rabbi Yehuda Amital....
HaYisraelim
HaYisraelim

HaYisraelim is a new minor political party in Israel which ran in the Israeli legislative election, 2009. It is led by professor Gideon Doron, a political scientist at Tel Aviv University....
Holocaust survivors & Ale Yarok Alumni
Koah HaKesef
Koah LeHashpi'a
Koah LeHashpi'a

Koah LeHashpi'a is a minor political party in Israel.The party advocates greater rights for the country's disabled citizens. It ran for the Israeli legislative election, 2009, but failed to pass the electoral treshold, not receiving any seats....
Lazuz
Lazuz (political party)

Lazuz is a minor political party in Israel. The party's main policy is fighting public corruption.The party participated in the Israeli legislative election, 2009 not passing the electoral treshold and failing to receive any seats....
Leader
Leader (political party)

Leader is a minor political party in Israel. Headed by Alexander Radko, it is related to the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia.It has run in elections in Israeli legislative election, 2003, Israeli legislative election, 2006 and Israeli legislative election, 2009....
Lehem
Lev LaOlim
Man's Rights in the Family Party
Or
Organization for Democratic Action
Organization for Democratic Action

The Organisation for Democratic Action is a List of political parties in Israel in Israel, where it is commonly known by the acronym, Da'am ....
The Greens
The Greens (Israel)

The Greens is a minor List of political parties in Israel in Israel currently headed by Pe'er Visner. Although the party is currently not represented in the Knesset, it does hold seats in 22 municipalities across Israel....
Tzabar
Tzomet
Tzomet

Tzomet is a small secular, right wing List of political parties in Israel in Israel....
Yisrael Hazaka
Yisrael Hazaka

Yisrael Hazaka is a new political party in Israel. It was established by former Israeli Labor Party MK Efraim Sneh on 25 May 2008. It participated in the Israeli legislative election, 2009 but failed to pass the electoral threshold, not receiving any seats....
Yisrael HaMithadeshet

Former parties

Party	First Knesset	Last Knesset	Notes
Agriculture and Development Agriculture and Development Agriculture and Development was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel....	2nd Israeli legislative election, 1951 Elections in Israel for the second Knesset were held in Israel on 30 July, 1951. Voter turnout was 74.3%....	4th Israeli legislative election, 1959 Elections in Israel for the fourth Knesset were held in Israel on 3 November, 1959. Voter turnout was 79.5%....
Agudat Israel Workers Agudat Israel Workers Agudat Israel Workers was a political party in Poland, and a political party and settlement movement in Israel. It was also known as PAI or PAGI, its Hebrew acronym ....	2nd Israeli legislative election, 1951 Elections in Israel for the second Knesset were held in Israel on 30 July, 1951. Voter turnout was 74.3%....	9th Israeli legislative election, 1977 The Elections in Israel for the ninth Knesset were held on 17 May 1977. The dramatic shift in Israeli politics caused by the outcome led to it becoming known as "the revolution" , a phrase coined by TV anchor Haim Yavin when he announced the election results live on television with the words "Ladies and gentlemen - revolution!" ....	Merged into Agudat Israel Agudat Israel Agudat Israel began as the original political party representing Haredi Judaism in Israel. It was the umbrella party for almost all Haredi Jews in Israel, and before that in the British Mandate of Palestine....
Ahdut HaAvoda Ahdut HaAvoda Ahdut HaAvoda was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel and is one of the ancestors of the modern-day Israeli Labor Party....	2nd Israeli legislative election, 1951 Elections in Israel for the second Knesset were held in Israel on 30 July, 1951. Voter turnout was 74.3%....	5th Israeli legislative election, 1961 Elections in Israel for the fifth Knesset were held in Israel on 15 August 1961. Voter turnout was 79.0%....	Merged into the Labour Party
Ahva Ahva (political party) Ahva was a short-lived List of political parties in Israel in Israel, one of several spinoffs created by the collapse of Democratic Movement for Change....	9th Israeli legislative election, 1977 The Elections in Israel for the ninth Knesset were held on 17 May 1977. The dramatic shift in Israeli politics caused by the outcome led to it becoming known as "the revolution" , a phrase coined by TV anchor Haim Yavin when he announced the election results live on television with the words "Ladies and gentlemen - revolution!" ....	9th Israeli legislative election, 1977 The Elections in Israel for the ninth Knesset were held on 17 May 1977. The dramatic shift in Israeli politics caused by the outcome led to it becoming known as "the revolution" , a phrase coined by TV anchor Haim Yavin when he announced the election results live on television with the words "Ladies and gentlemen - revolution!" ....	Breakaway from the Democratic Movement Democratic Movement (Israel) The Democratic Movement was a short-lived List of political parties in Israel in Israel formed in the aftermath of the spectacular breakup of Democratic Movement for Change....
Alignment Alignment (political party) The Alignment was an alliance of the major left-wing parties in Israel between the 1960s and 1990s. It was established as the Labor Alignment in 1965 as an alliance of Mapai and Ahdut HaAvoda but was dissolved three years later when the two parties and Rafi formally merged into the Israeli Labor Party....	6th Israeli legislative election, 1965 Elections in Israel for the sixth Knesset were held in Israel on 1 November, 1965. Voter turnout was 80.4%....	12th Israeli legislative election, 1988 Elections in Israel for the twelfth Knesset were held in Israel on 1 November, 1988. Voter turnout was 78.9%....	Became the Labour Party
Aliya Aliyah (political party) Yisrael HaMithadeshet , formerly known as Aliyah is a minor List of political parties in Israel in Israel....	14th Israeli legislative election, 1996 Elections for the fourteenth Knesset were held in Israel alongside the first ever Israeli prime ministerial election, 1996 on 29 May, 1996. Voter turnout was 79.3%....	14th Israeli legislative election, 1996 Elections for the fourteenth Knesset were held in Israel alongside the first ever Israeli prime ministerial election, 1996 on 29 May, 1996. Voter turnout was 79.3%....	Breakaway from Yisrael BaAliyah
Arab Democratic Party Arab Democratic Party (Israel) The Arab Democratic Party commonly known in Israel by its Hebrew acroynym Mada was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel. Since the late 1990s it has been a faction within the United Arab List....	11th Israeli legislative election, 1984 Elections in Israel for the eleventh Knesset were held in Israel on 23 July, 1984. Voter turnout was 78.1%....	13th Israeli legislative election, 1992 Elections for the thirteenth Knesset were held in Israel on 23 June, 1992. The result was a victory for the left, led by Yitzhak Rabin's Labor Party , though their win was at least partially due to several small right-wing parties narrowly failing to cross the Election threshold and thus effectively wasting votes for the right....	Breakaway from the Alignment Alignment (political party) The Alignment was an alliance of the major left-wing parties in Israel between the 1960s and 1990s. It was established as the Labor Alignment in 1965 as an alliance of Mapai and Ahdut HaAvoda but was dissolved three years later when the two parties and Rafi formally merged into the Israeli Labor Party.... , merged into the United Arab List United Arab List The United Arab List , commonly known in Israel by its Hebrew acronym Ra'am , is a political party representing and supported by Arab citizens of Israel....
Arab List for Bedouins and Villagers Arab List for Bedouins and Villagers The Arab List for Bedouins and Villagers was an Israeli Arab List of political parties in Israel in Israel....	8th Israeli legislative election, 1973 The Elections in Israel for the eighth Knesset were held on 31 December 1973. Voter turnout was 76.9%...	8th Israeli legislative election, 1973 The Elections in Israel for the eighth Knesset were held on 31 December 1973. Voter turnout was 76.9%...	Merged into the United Arab List (1976)
Atid Atid (political party) Atid was a short-lived List of political parties in Israel in the mid-1990s. It is not related to the modern Atid Ehad party....	13th Israeli legislative election, 1992 Elections for the thirteenth Knesset were held in Israel on 23 June, 1992. The result was a victory for the left, led by Yitzhak Rabin's Labor Party , though their win was at least partially due to several small right-wing parties narrowly failing to cross the Election threshold and thus effectively wasting votes for the right....	13th Israeli legislative election, 1992 Elections for the thirteenth Knesset were held in Israel on 23 June, 1992. The result was a victory for the left, led by Yitzhak Rabin's Labor Party , though their win was at least partially due to several small right-wing parties narrowly failing to cross the Election threshold and thus effectively wasting votes for the right....	Breakaway from Yiud Yiud Yiud was a small, short-lived List of political parties in Israel in Israel in the mid-1990s....
Black Panthers Israeli Black Panthers The Black Panthers are an Israeli protest movement of second-generation Jewish immigrants from Middle Eastern countries. They were one of the first organizations in Israel with the mission of working for social justice for the Mizrahi Jews....	12th Israeli legislative election, 1988 Elections in Israel for the twelfth Knesset were held in Israel on 1 November, 1988. Voter turnout was 78.9%....	12th Israeli legislative election, 1988 Elections in Israel for the twelfth Knesset were held in Israel on 1 November, 1988. Voter turnout was 78.9%....	Breakaway from Hadash Hadash Hadash is a far-left List of political parties in Israel in Israel. Hadash defines itself as a 'Jewish-Arab Party'. Most of its voters and leaders are Israeli Arabs....
Centre Party Centre Party (Israel) The Centre Party , originally known as Israel in the Centre, was a short-lived political party in Israel. Formed in 1999 by former Defense Minister of Israel Yitzhak Mordechai, the aim was to create a group of moderates to challenge both Binyamin Netanyahu on the right and opposition leader Ehud Barak's Labor Party on the left....	14th Israeli legislative election, 1996 Elections for the fourteenth Knesset were held in Israel alongside the first ever Israeli prime ministerial election, 1996 on 29 May, 1996. Voter turnout was 79.3%....	15th	Breakaway from Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties.... , Tzomet Tzomet Tzomet is a small secular, right wing List of political parties in Israel in Israel.... and Labour
Cooperation and Brotherhood Cooperation and Brotherhood Cooperation and Brotherhood was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel....	4th Israeli legislative election, 1959 Elections in Israel for the fourth Knesset were held in Israel on 3 November, 1959. Voter turnout was 79.5%....	7th Israeli legislative election, 1969 Elections in Israel for the seventh Knesset were held in Israel on 28 October, 1969. Voter turnout was 77.8%....
Cooperation and Development Cooperation and Development Cooperation and Development was a short-lived List of political parties in Israel in Israel....	6th Israeli legislative election, 1965 Elections in Israel for the sixth Knesset were held in Israel on 1 November, 1965. Voter turnout was 80.4%....	6th Israeli legislative election, 1965 Elections in Israel for the sixth Knesset were held in Israel on 1 November, 1965. Voter turnout was 80.4%....	Merger of Cooperation and Brotherhood Cooperation and Brotherhood Cooperation and Brotherhood was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel.... and Progress and Development Progress and Development Progress and Development was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel.... , demerged soon after
Dash Democratic Movement for Change The Democratic Movement for Change , commonly known by its Hebrew acronym Dash was a short-lived and initially highly-successful centrist List of political parties in Israel in Israel....	9th Israeli legislative election, 1977 The Elections in Israel for the ninth Knesset were held on 17 May 1977. The dramatic shift in Israeli politics caused by the outcome led to it becoming known as "the revolution" , a phrase coined by TV anchor Haim Yavin when he announced the election results live on television with the words "Ladies and gentlemen - revolution!" ....	9th Israeli legislative election, 1977 The Elections in Israel for the ninth Knesset were held on 17 May 1977. The dramatic shift in Israeli politics caused by the outcome led to it becoming known as "the revolution" , a phrase coined by TV anchor Haim Yavin when he announced the election results live on television with the words "Ladies and gentlemen - revolution!" ....	Disbanded into the Democratic Movement Democratic Movement (Israel) The Democratic Movement was a short-lived List of political parties in Israel in Israel formed in the aftermath of the spectacular breakup of Democratic Movement for Change.... , Shinui Shinui Shinui was a Zionism, secular and Anti-clericalism free market Liberalism worldwide in Israel. The party twice become the third largest in the Knesset, but on both occasions it was followed by a split and collapse; in Israeli legislative election, 1977 the party won 15 seats as part of the Democratic Movement for Change, but the alliance spl... , and Ya'ad Ya'ad Ya'ad may refer to:Ya'ad , a defunct political party in IsraelYa'ad ? Civil Rights Movement, another, unrelated defunct political party in Israel...
Democratic Choice Democratic Choice The Democratic Choice was a minor political party in Israel headed by Roman Bronfman....	15th	15th	Breakaway from Yisrael BaAliyah, merged into Meretz-Yachad Meretz-Yachad The New Movement-Meretz , previously known as Meretz, then Yachad, and then Meretz-Yachad is a left-wing, Zionist, Social democracy List of political parties in Israel in Israel, which emphasizes the Israeli peace camp, human rights, religious freedom and green politics....
Democratic List for Israeli Arabs Democratic List for Israeli Arabs The Democratic List for Israeli Arabs was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel....	2nd Israeli legislative election, 1951 Elections in Israel for the second Knesset were held in Israel on 30 July, 1951. Voter turnout was 74.3%....	3rd Israeli legislative election, 1955 File:Elect105Ashdod55.jpgElections in Israel for the third Knesset were held in Israel on 26 July, 1955. Voter turnout was 80.7%....
Democratic Movement Democratic Movement (Israel) The Democratic Movement was a short-lived List of political parties in Israel in Israel formed in the aftermath of the spectacular breakup of Democratic Movement for Change....	9th Israeli legislative election, 1977 The Elections in Israel for the ninth Knesset were held on 17 May 1977. The dramatic shift in Israeli politics caused by the outcome led to it becoming known as "the revolution" , a phrase coined by TV anchor Haim Yavin when he announced the election results live on television with the words "Ladies and gentlemen - revolution!" ....	9th Israeli legislative election, 1977 The Elections in Israel for the ninth Knesset were held on 17 May 1977. The dramatic shift in Israeli politics caused by the outcome led to it becoming known as "the revolution" , a phrase coined by TV anchor Haim Yavin when he announced the election results live on television with the words "Ladies and gentlemen - revolution!" ....	Emerged from the breakup of Dash Democratic Movement for Change The Democratic Movement for Change , commonly known by its Hebrew acronym Dash was a short-lived and initially highly-successful centrist List of political parties in Israel in Israel....
Development and Peace Development and Peace Development and Peace , originally known as Flatto-Sharon was a Right wing politics one-man List of political parties in Israel in Israel....	9th Israeli legislative election, 1977 The Elections in Israel for the ninth Knesset were held on 17 May 1977. The dramatic shift in Israeli politics caused by the outcome led to it becoming known as "the revolution" , a phrase coined by TV anchor Haim Yavin when he announced the election results live on television with the words "Ladies and gentlemen - revolution!" ....	9th Israeli legislative election, 1977 The Elections in Israel for the ninth Knesset were held on 17 May 1977. The dramatic shift in Israeli politics caused by the outcome led to it becoming known as "the revolution" , a phrase coined by TV anchor Haim Yavin when he announced the election results live on television with the words "Ladies and gentlemen - revolution!" ....
Druze Party Druze Party The Israeli Druze Faction was a short-lived, one-man List of political parties in Israel in Israel....	6th Israeli legislative election, 1965 Elections in Israel for the sixth Knesset were held in Israel on 1 November, 1965. Voter turnout was 80.4%....	6th Israeli legislative election, 1965 Elections in Israel for the sixth Knesset were held in Israel on 1 November, 1965. Voter turnout was 80.4%....	Breakaway from Cooperation and Brotherhood Cooperation and Brotherhood Cooperation and Brotherhood was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel.... , merged into Progress and Development Progress and Development Progress and Development was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel....
Faction independent of Ahdut HaAvoda Faction independent of Ahdut HaAvoda The Faction independent of Ahdut HaAvoda was a short-lived List of political parties in Israel in Israel....	2nd Israeli legislative election, 1951 Elections in Israel for the second Knesset were held in Israel on 30 July, 1951. Voter turnout was 74.3%....	2nd Israeli legislative election, 1951 Elections in Israel for the second Knesset were held in Israel on 30 July, 1951. Voter turnout was 74.3%....	Breakaway from Mapam Mapam Mapam was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel and is one of the ancestors of the modern-day Meretz-Yachad party.... , merged into Mapai Mapai Mapai was a Left-wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger into the Israeli Labor Party in 1968....
Fighters' List Fighters' List The Fighters' List was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel....	1st Israeli legislative election, 1949 Elections in Israel for the Constituent Assembly were held in newly-independent Israel on 25 January, 1949. Voter turnout was 85.8%. Two days after its first meeting on 14 February, 1949, legislators voted to change the name of the body to the Knesset ....	1st Israeli legislative election, 1949 Elections in Israel for the Constituent Assembly were held in newly-independent Israel on 25 January, 1949. Voter turnout was 85.8%. Two days after its first meeting on 14 February, 1949, legislators voted to change the name of the body to the Knesset ....
Free Centre Free Centre The Free Centre was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel, and is one of the ancestors of the modern-day Likud....	6th Israeli legislative election, 1965 Elections in Israel for the sixth Knesset were held in Israel on 1 November, 1965. Voter turnout was 80.4%....	8th Israeli legislative election, 1973 The Elections in Israel for the eighth Knesset were held on 31 December 1973. Voter turnout was 76.9%...	Breakaway from Herut Herut Herut was the major Right wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel from the 1940s until its formal merger into Likud in 1988, and an adherent to Revisionist Zionism.... in 6th Knesset, breakaway from Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties.... in 8th Knesset
Gahal Gahal Gahal was the major Right wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel from its founding in 1965 until it merged into Likud in 1973....	5th Israeli legislative election, 1961 Elections in Israel for the fifth Knesset were held in Israel on 15 August 1961. Voter turnout was 79.0%....	7th Israeli legislative election, 1969 Elections in Israel for the seventh Knesset were held in Israel on 28 October, 1969. Voter turnout was 77.8%....	Became Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....
General Zionists General Zionists The General Zionists were centrism within the Zionism movement and a List of political parties in Israel in Israel. Their political arm is an ancestor of the modern-day Likud and Kadima parties....	1st Israeli legislative election, 1949 Elections in Israel for the Constituent Assembly were held in newly-independent Israel on 25 January, 1949. Voter turnout was 85.8%. Two days after its first meeting on 14 February, 1949, legislators voted to change the name of the body to the Knesset ....	4th Israeli legislative election, 1959 Elections in Israel for the fourth Knesset were held in Israel on 3 November, 1959. Voter turnout was 79.5%....	Merged into the Liberal Party Liberal Party (Israel) The Israeli Liberal Party was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel and is one of the ancestors of the modern-day Likud....
Gesher	13th Israeli legislative election, 1992 Elections for the thirteenth Knesset were held in Israel on 23 June, 1992. The result was a victory for the left, led by Yitzhak Rabin's Labor Party , though their win was at least partially due to several small right-wing parties narrowly failing to cross the Election threshold and thus effectively wasting votes for the right....	15th	Breakaway from Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties.... , merged back into Likud
Gesher – Zionist Religious Centre Gesher – Zionist Religious Centre Gesher ? Zionist Religious Centre was a short-lived political faction in Israel in the early 1980s....	10th Israeli legislative election, 1981 Elections in Israel for the tenth Knesset were held in Israel on 30 June 1981. Despite last minute polls suggesting a victory for Shimon Peres's Alignment , Menachem Begin's Likud won by just one seat.Voter turnout was 77.8%....	10th Israeli legislative election, 1981 Elections in Israel for the tenth Knesset were held in Israel on 30 June 1981. Despite last minute polls suggesting a victory for Shimon Peres's Alignment , Menachem Begin's Likud won by just one seat.Voter turnout was 77.8%....	Breakaway from the National Religious Party National Religious Party The National Religious Party was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel representing the Religious Zionism movement. Formed in 1956, at the time of its dissolution in 2008, it was the second oldest surviving party in the country after Agudat Yisrael, and was part of every government coalition until 1992.... , merged back into the NRP
Geulat Israel Geulat Israel Geulat Israel was a short-lived Haredi Judaism List of political parties in Israel in Israel in the early 1990s....	10th Israeli legislative election, 1981 Elections in Israel for the tenth Knesset were held in Israel on 30 June 1981. Despite last minute polls suggesting a victory for Shimon Peres's Alignment , Menachem Begin's Likud won by just one seat.Voter turnout was 77.8%....	10th Israeli legislative election, 1981 Elections in Israel for the tenth Knesset were held in Israel on 30 June 1981. Despite last minute polls suggesting a victory for Shimon Peres's Alignment , Menachem Begin's Likud won by just one seat.Voter turnout was 77.8%....	Breakaway from Agudat Israel Agudat Israel Agudat Israel began as the original political party representing Haredi Judaism in Israel. It was the umbrella party for almost all Haredi Jews in Israel, and before that in the British Mandate of Palestine....
HaOlam HaZeh – Koah Hadash	6th Israeli legislative election, 1965 Elections in Israel for the sixth Knesset were held in Israel on 1 November, 1965. Voter turnout was 80.4%....	7th Israeli legislative election, 1969 Elections in Israel for the seventh Knesset were held in Israel on 28 October, 1969. Voter turnout was 77.8%....
HaOlim	16th	16th	Breakaway from Shinui, merged into Yisrael Beiteinu
Hapoel HaMizrachi Hapoel HaMizrachi Hapoel HaMizrachi was a List of political parties in Israel and Settlement movement in Israel and is one of the predecessors of the modern-day National Religious Party....	2nd Israeli legislative election, 1951 Elections in Israel for the second Knesset were held in Israel on 30 July, 1951. Voter turnout was 74.3%....	2nd Israeli legislative election, 1951 Elections in Israel for the second Knesset were held in Israel on 30 July, 1951. Voter turnout was 74.3%....	Merged into the National Religious Party National Religious Party The National Religious Party was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel representing the Religious Zionism movement. Formed in 1956, at the time of its dissolution in 2008, it was the second oldest surviving party in the country after Agudat Yisrael, and was part of every government coalition until 1992....
Hatzohar Hatzohar Hatzohar , officially Brit HaTzionim HaRevizionistim was a Revisionist Zionism organisation and List of political parties in Israel in British Mandate of Palestine and newly-independent Israel....
Disbanded after failing to cross the electoral threshold Election threshold In party-list proportional representation systems, an election threshold is a clause that stipulates that a party must receive a minimum percentage of votes, either nationally or within a particular district, to get any seats in the parliament.... in the 1949 elections Israeli legislative election, 1949 Elections in Israel for the Constituent Assembly were held in newly-independent Israel on 25 January, 1949. Voter turnout was 85.8%. Two days after its first meeting on 14 February, 1949, legislators voted to change the name of the body to the Knesset ....
Hebrew Communists Hebrew Communists The Hebrew Communists were a short-lived List of political parties in Israel in British Mandate of Palestine and Israel....	1st Israeli legislative election, 1949 Elections in Israel for the Constituent Assembly were held in newly-independent Israel on 25 January, 1949. Voter turnout was 85.8%. Two days after its first meeting on 14 February, 1949, legislators voted to change the name of the body to the Knesset ....	1st Israeli legislative election, 1949 Elections in Israel for the Constituent Assembly were held in newly-independent Israel on 25 January, 1949. Voter turnout was 85.8%. Two days after its first meeting on 14 February, 1949, legislators voted to change the name of the body to the Knesset ....	Breakaway from Maki Maki (historical political party) Maki was a Communist party List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It is not the same party as the modern day Maki , which split from it during the 1960s and later assumed its name.... , merged into Mapam Mapam Mapam was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel and is one of the ancestors of the modern-day Meretz-Yachad party....
Herut Herut Herut was the major Right wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel from the 1940s until its formal merger into Likud in 1988, and an adherent to Revisionist Zionism....	1st Israeli legislative election, 1949 Elections in Israel for the Constituent Assembly were held in newly-independent Israel on 25 January, 1949. Voter turnout was 85.8%. Two days after its first meeting on 14 February, 1949, legislators voted to change the name of the body to the Knesset ....	5th Israeli legislative election, 1961 Elections in Israel for the fifth Knesset were held in Israel on 15 August 1961. Voter turnout was 79.0%....	Merged into Gahal Gahal Gahal was the major Right wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel from its founding in 1965 until it merged into Likud in 1973....
HaTzeirim	14th Israeli legislative election, 1996 Elections for the fourteenth Knesset were held in Israel alongside the first ever Israeli prime ministerial election, 1996 on 29 May, 1996. Voter turnout was 79.3%....	14th Israeli legislative election, 1996 Elections for the fourteenth Knesset were held in Israel alongside the first ever Israeli prime ministerial election, 1996 on 29 May, 1996. Voter turnout was 79.3%....	Breakaway from the Centre Party Centre Party (Israel) The Centre Party , originally known as Israel in the Centre, was a short-lived political party in Israel. Formed in 1999 by former Defense Minister of Israel Yitzhak Mordechai, the aim was to create a group of moderates to challenge both Binyamin Netanyahu on the right and opposition leader Ehud Barak's Labor Party on the left.... , merged into Shinui Shinui Shinui was a Zionism, secular and Anti-clericalism free market Liberalism worldwide in Israel. The party twice become the third largest in the Knesset, but on both occasions it was followed by a split and collapse; in Israeli legislative election, 1977 the party won 15 seats as part of the Democratic Movement for Change, but the alliance spl...
Independent Liberals Independent Liberals (Israel) The Independent Liberals were a List of political parties in Israel in Israel and are one of the ancestors of the modern-day Labor Party ....	5th Israeli legislative election, 1961 Elections in Israel for the fifth Knesset were held in Israel on 15 August 1961. Voter turnout was 79.0%....	9th Israeli legislative election, 1977 The Elections in Israel for the ninth Knesset were held on 17 May 1977. The dramatic shift in Israeli politics caused by the outcome led to it becoming known as "the revolution" , a phrase coined by TV anchor Haim Yavin when he announced the election results live on television with the words "Ladies and gentlemen - revolution!" ....	Breakaway from the Liberal Party Liberal Party (Israel) The Israeli Liberal Party was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel and is one of the ancestors of the modern-day Likud.... , merged into the Alignment Alignment (political party) The Alignment was an alliance of the major left-wing parties in Israel between the 1960s and 1990s. It was established as the Labor Alignment in 1965 as an alliance of Mapai and Ahdut HaAvoda but was dissolved three years later when the two parties and Rafi formally merged into the Israeli Labor Party....
Independent Socialist Faction Independent Socialist Faction The Independent Socialist Faction was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel....	8th Israeli legislative election, 1973 The Elections in Israel for the eighth Knesset were held on 31 December 1973. Voter turnout was 76.9%...	8th Israeli legislative election, 1973 The Elections in Israel for the eighth Knesset were held on 31 December 1973. Voter turnout was 76.9%...	Breakaway from Ya'ad – Civil Rights Movement Ya'ad – Civil Rights Movement Ya'ad ? Civil Rights Movement , commonly known as just Ya'ad, was a short-lived List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It is not related to the other party by the name of Ya'ad which existed during the Israeli legislative election, 1977....
Jewish-Arab Brotherhood Jewish-Arab Brotherhood Jewish-Arab Brotherhood was a short-lived, one-man List of political parties in Israel in Israel....	6th Israeli legislative election, 1965 Elections in Israel for the sixth Knesset were held in Israel on 1 November, 1965. Voter turnout was 80.4%....	6th Israeli legislative election, 1965 Elections in Israel for the sixth Knesset were held in Israel on 1 November, 1965. Voter turnout was 80.4%....	Breakaway from Progress and Development Progress and Development Progress and Development was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel.... , merged into Cooperation and Brotherhood Cooperation and Brotherhood Cooperation and Brotherhood was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel....
Justice for the Elderly Justice for the Elderly Justice for the Elderly was a political faction in Israel between June and October 2008. It was led by Moshe Sharoni, and had three seats....	17th	17th	Breakaway from Gil, merged back into Gil
Kach Kach and Kahane Chai Kach was a far right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. Founded by Rabbi Meir Kahane in the early 1970s, and following his Kahanism ideology, the party entered the Knesset in 1984 after several electoral failures....	11th Israeli legislative election, 1984 Elections in Israel for the eleventh Knesset were held in Israel on 23 July, 1984. Voter turnout was 78.1%....	11th Israeli legislative election, 1984 Elections in Israel for the eleventh Knesset were held in Israel on 23 July, 1984. Voter turnout was 78.1%....	Party banned
Left Camp of Israel Left Camp of Israel The Left Camp of Israel was a Left wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was also known as Sheli , an acronym for Peace for Israel ....	9th Israeli legislative election, 1977 The Elections in Israel for the ninth Knesset were held on 17 May 1977. The dramatic shift in Israeli politics caused by the outcome led to it becoming known as "the revolution" , a phrase coined by TV anchor Haim Yavin when he announced the election results live on television with the words "Ladies and gentlemen - revolution!" ....	9th Israeli legislative election, 1977 The Elections in Israel for the ninth Knesset were held on 17 May 1977. The dramatic shift in Israeli politics caused by the outcome led to it becoming known as "the revolution" , a phrase coined by TV anchor Haim Yavin when he announced the election results live on television with the words "Ladies and gentlemen - revolution!" ....
Left Faction Left Faction The Left Faction was a short-lived List of political parties in Israel in Israel....	2nd Israeli legislative election, 1951 Elections in Israel for the second Knesset were held in Israel on 30 July, 1951. Voter turnout was 74.3%....	2nd Israeli legislative election, 1951 Elections in Israel for the second Knesset were held in Israel on 30 July, 1951. Voter turnout was 74.3%....	Breakaway from Mapam Mapam Mapam was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel and is one of the ancestors of the modern-day Meretz-Yachad party....
Lev Lev (political party) Lev was a short-lived political faction in Israel, existing for only several minutes during the Israeli legislative election, 1999 on 6 November 2002....	15th	15th	Breakaway from the Centre Party Centre Party (Israel) The Centre Party , originally known as Israel in the Centre, was a short-lived political party in Israel. Formed in 1999 by former Defense Minister of Israel Yitzhak Mordechai, the aim was to create a group of moderates to challenge both Binyamin Netanyahu on the right and opposition leader Ehud Barak's Labor Party on the left.... , merged into Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....
Liberal Party Liberal Party (Israel) The Israeli Liberal Party was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel and is one of the ancestors of the modern-day Likud....	4th Israeli legislative election, 1959 Elections in Israel for the fourth Knesset were held in Israel on 3 November, 1959. Voter turnout was 79.5%....	5th Israeli legislative election, 1961 Elections in Israel for the fifth Knesset were held in Israel on 15 August 1961. Voter turnout was 79.0%....	Merged into Gahal Gahal Gahal was the major Right wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel from its founding in 1965 until it merged into Likud in 1973....
Maki (original) Maki (historical political party) Maki was a Communist party List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It is not the same party as the modern day Maki , which split from it during the 1960s and later assumed its name....	1st Israeli legislative election, 1949 Elections in Israel for the Constituent Assembly were held in newly-independent Israel on 25 January, 1949. Voter turnout was 85.8%. Two days after its first meeting on 14 February, 1949, legislators voted to change the name of the body to the Knesset ....	7th Israeli legislative election, 1969 Elections in Israel for the seventh Knesset were held in Israel on 28 October, 1969. Voter turnout was 77.8%....	Merged into Moked Moked Moked was a Left wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel....
Mapai Mapai Mapai was a Left-wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger into the Israeli Labor Party in 1968....	1st Israeli legislative election, 1949 Elections in Israel for the Constituent Assembly were held in newly-independent Israel on 25 January, 1949. Voter turnout was 85.8%. Two days after its first meeting on 14 February, 1949, legislators voted to change the name of the body to the Knesset ....	5th Israeli legislative election, 1961 Elections in Israel for the fifth Knesset were held in Israel on 15 August 1961. Voter turnout was 79.0%....	Merged into the Labour Party
Mapam Mapam Mapam was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel and is one of the ancestors of the modern-day Meretz-Yachad party....	1st Israeli legislative election, 1949 Elections in Israel for the Constituent Assembly were held in newly-independent Israel on 25 January, 1949. Voter turnout was 85.8%. Two days after its first meeting on 14 February, 1949, legislators voted to change the name of the body to the Knesset ....	12th Israeli legislative election, 1988 Elections in Israel for the twelfth Knesset were held in Israel on 1 November, 1988. Voter turnout was 78.9%....	Merged into Meretz Meretz-Yachad The New Movement-Meretz , previously known as Meretz, then Yachad, and then Meretz-Yachad is a left-wing, Zionist, Social democracy List of political parties in Israel in Israel, which emphasizes the Israeli peace camp, human rights, religious freedom and green politics....
Mekhora Mekhora (political party) Mekhora was a short-lived one-man political faction in Israel in the late 1990s....	14th Israeli legislative election, 1996 Elections for the fourteenth Knesset were held in Israel alongside the first ever Israeli prime ministerial election, 1996 on 29 May, 1996. Voter turnout was 79.3%....	14th Israeli legislative election, 1996 Elections for the fourteenth Knesset were held in Israel alongside the first ever Israeli prime ministerial election, 1996 on 29 May, 1996. Voter turnout was 79.3%....	Breakaway from Tzomet Tzomet Tzomet is a small secular, right wing List of political parties in Israel in Israel.... , merged into Moledet Moledet Moledet is a small right-wing political party in Israel. It advocates the notion of voluntary population transfer of the Arab population of the West Bank....
Meri Meri (political party) Meri was a short-lived small Left wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel. Its name also means Rebellion....	7th Israeli legislative election, 1969 Elections in Israel for the seventh Knesset were held in Israel on 28 October, 1969. Voter turnout was 77.8%....	7th Israeli legislative election, 1969 Elections in Israel for the seventh Knesset were held in Israel on 28 October, 1969. Voter turnout was 77.8%....	Established after HaOlam HaZeh – Koah Hadash broke up
Mizrachi Mizrachi (political party) Mizrachi was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel and is one of the ancestors of the modern-day National Religious Party....	2nd Israeli legislative election, 1951 Elections in Israel for the second Knesset were held in Israel on 30 July, 1951. Voter turnout was 74.3%....	2nd Israeli legislative election, 1951 Elections in Israel for the second Knesset were held in Israel on 30 July, 1951. Voter turnout was 74.3%....	Merged into the National Religious Party National Religious Party The National Religious Party was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel representing the Religious Zionism movement. Formed in 1956, at the time of its dissolution in 2008, it was the second oldest surviving party in the country after Agudat Yisrael, and was part of every government coalition until 1992....
Moked Moked Moked was a Left wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel....	7th Israeli legislative election, 1969 Elections in Israel for the seventh Knesset were held in Israel on 28 October, 1969. Voter turnout was 77.8%....	8th Israeli legislative election, 1973 The Elections in Israel for the eighth Knesset were held on 31 December 1973. Voter turnout was 76.9%...	Merged into the Left Camp of Israel Left Camp of Israel The Left Camp of Israel was a Left wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was also known as Sheli , an acronym for Peace for Israel ....
Morasha Morasha Morasha , later known as Morasha-Agudat Israel Workers was a short-lived small religious List of political parties in Israel in Israel during the 1980s....	11th Israeli legislative election, 1984 Elections in Israel for the eleventh Knesset were held in Israel on 23 July, 1984. Voter turnout was 78.1%....	11th Israeli legislative election, 1984 Elections in Israel for the eleventh Knesset were held in Israel on 23 July, 1984. Voter turnout was 78.1%....
Moria	12th Israeli legislative election, 1988 Elections in Israel for the twelfth Knesset were held in Israel on 1 November, 1988. Voter turnout was 78.9%....	12th Israeli legislative election, 1988 Elections in Israel for the twelfth Knesset were held in Israel on 1 November, 1988. Voter turnout was 78.9%....	Breakaway from Shas Shas Shas is a List of political parties in Israel in Israel, primarily representing Haredi Judaism Sephardi Jews and Mizrahi Jews Judaism. Following the Israeli legislative election, 2006 in which Shas won 12 seats, it joined Ehud Olmert's coalition government and holds four cabinet posts....
Movement for the Renewal of Social Zionism Movement for the Renewal of Social Zionism The Movement for the Renewal of Social Zionism was a short-lived minor List of political parties in Israel in Israel during the mid-1980s....	10th Israeli legislative election, 1981 Elections in Israel for the tenth Knesset were held in Israel on 30 June 1981. Despite last minute polls suggesting a victory for Shimon Peres's Alignment , Menachem Begin's Likud won by just one seat.Voter turnout was 77.8%....	10th Israeli legislative election, 1981 Elections in Israel for the tenth Knesset were held in Israel on 30 June 1981. Despite last minute polls suggesting a victory for Shimon Peres's Alignment , Menachem Begin's Likud won by just one seat.Voter turnout was 77.8%....	Breakaway from Telem Telem (political party) Telem was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel....
National Home National Home National Home was a short-lived List of political parties in Israel in Israel during 2006....	16th	16th	Breakaway from the Secular Faction Hetz (political party) Hetz was a secularism List of political parties in Israel in Israel....
National List National List The National List , sometimes translated as the State List, was a List of political parties in Israel. Despite being founded by David Ben-Gurion, one of the fathers of the Israeli left, the party is an ancestor of the modern-day Likud, Israel's largest right-wing bloc....	7th Israeli legislative election, 1969 Elections in Israel for the seventh Knesset were held in Israel on 28 October, 1969. Voter turnout was 77.8%....	9th Israeli legislative election, 1977 The Elections in Israel for the ninth Knesset were held on 17 May 1977. The dramatic shift in Israeli politics caused by the outcome led to it becoming known as "the revolution" , a phrase coined by TV anchor Haim Yavin when he announced the election results live on television with the words "Ladies and gentlemen - revolution!" ....	Merged into Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....
National Religious Party National Religious Party The National Religious Party was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel representing the Religious Zionism movement. Formed in 1956, at the time of its dissolution in 2008, it was the second oldest surviving party in the country after Agudat Yisrael, and was part of every government coalition until 1992....	3rd Israeli legislative election, 1955 File:Elect105Ashdod55.jpgElections in Israel for the third Knesset were held in Israel on 26 July, 1955. Voter turnout was 80.7%....	17th	Disbanded when The Jewish Home The Jewish Home The Jewish Home is a new right-wing national Religious Zionism political party in Israel. It was formed by a merger of the National Religious Party, Moledet and Tkuma in November 2008.... formed
New Liberal Party New Liberal Party (Israel) The New Liberal Party was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel in the early 1990s....	12th Israeli legislative election, 1988 Elections in Israel for the twelfth Knesset were held in Israel on 1 November, 1988. Voter turnout was 78.9%....	12th Israeli legislative election, 1988 Elections in Israel for the twelfth Knesset were held in Israel on 1 November, 1988. Voter turnout was 78.9%....	Breakaway from Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....
New Way New Way (Israel) The New Way was a short-lived political faction in Israel in the early twenty-first century....	15th	15th	Breakaway from the Centre Party Centre Party (Israel) The Centre Party , originally known as Israel in the Centre, was a short-lived political party in Israel. Formed in 1999 by former Defense Minister of Israel Yitzhak Mordechai, the aim was to create a group of moderates to challenge both Binyamin Netanyahu on the right and opposition leader Ehud Barak's Labor Party on the left....
Noy Noy Noy was a short-lived one-man list of political parties in Israel in Israel....	16th	16th	Breakaway from One Nation, merged into Kadima Kadima Kadima is a centrist List of political parties in Israel in Israel founded by like-minded Likud and Israeli Labor Party politicians. It became the largest party in the Knesset after the Israeli legislative election, 2006, winning 29 of the 120 seats....
Ometz Ometz (political party) Ometz , originally Rafi ? National List , then the National List was a small Right-wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel, which existed briefly in 1981, and then from 1983 until 1987....	9th Israeli legislative election, 1984 Elections in Israel for the eleventh Knesset were held in Israel on 23 July, 1984. Voter turnout was 78.1%....	11th Israeli legislative election, 1984 Elections in Israel for the eleventh Knesset were held in Israel on 23 July, 1984. Voter turnout was 78.1%....	Breakaway from Likud, merged into Telem Telem (political party) Telem was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel.... , broke away again, merged into Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....
One Israel (1980) One Israel (1980) One Israel was a short-lived, one-man List of political parties in Israel in Israel led by Yitzhak Yitzhaky....	9th Israeli legislative election, 1977 The Elections in Israel for the ninth Knesset were held on 17 May 1977. The dramatic shift in Israeli politics caused by the outcome led to it becoming known as "the revolution" , a phrase coined by TV anchor Haim Yavin when he announced the election results live on television with the words "Ladies and gentlemen - revolution!" ....	9th Israeli legislative election, 1977 The Elections in Israel for the ninth Knesset were held on 17 May 1977. The dramatic shift in Israeli politics caused by the outcome led to it becoming known as "the revolution" , a phrase coined by TV anchor Haim Yavin when he announced the election results live on television with the words "Ladies and gentlemen - revolution!" ....	Breakaway from Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....
One Israel One Israel One Israel was an alliance of the Labor Party , Meimad and Gesher created to run for the Israeli legislative election, 1999....	15th	15th	Joint list of Labour, Meimad Meimad Meimad is a left-wing Religious Zionism List of political parties in Israel in Israel. Founded in 1999, it is based on the ideology of the Meimad movement founded in 1988 by Rabbi Yehuda Amital.... and Gesher
One Nation	14th Israeli legislative election, 1996 Elections for the fourteenth Knesset were held in Israel alongside the first ever Israeli prime ministerial election, 1996 on 29 May, 1996. Voter turnout was 79.3%....	16th	Merged into the Labour Party
Progress and Development Progress and Development Progress and Development was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel....	4th Israeli legislative election, 1959 Elections in Israel for the fourth Knesset were held in Israel on 3 November, 1959. Voter turnout was 79.5%....	8th Israeli legislative election, 1973 The Elections in Israel for the eighth Knesset were held on 31 December 1973. Voter turnout was 76.9%...	Merged into the United Arab List (1976)
Progress and Work Progress and Work Progress and Work was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel....	2nd Israeli legislative election, 1951 Elections in Israel for the second Knesset were held in Israel on 30 July, 1951. Voter turnout was 74.3%....	3rd Israeli legislative election, 1955 File:Elect105Ashdod55.jpgElections in Israel for the third Knesset were held in Israel on 26 July, 1955. Voter turnout was 80.7%....
Progressive List for Peace Progressive List for Peace The Progressive List for Peace was an Israeli political party formed from an alliance of both Arab and Jewish left-wing activists.Two candidates were successfully elected to the Israeli_legislative_election%2C_1984 Knesset in 1984: Mohammed Miari and Mattityahu Peled....	11th Israeli legislative election, 1984 Elections in Israel for the eleventh Knesset were held in Israel on 23 July, 1984. Voter turnout was 78.1%....	12th Israeli legislative election, 1988 Elections in Israel for the twelfth Knesset were held in Israel on 1 November, 1988. Voter turnout was 78.9%....
Progressive National Alliance Progressive National Alliance The Progressive National Alliance , originally known as National Unity ? National Progressive Alliance , was a small Israeli Arab list of political parties in Israel in Israel in the early 21st century....	15th	15th	Breakaway from the United Arab List United Arab List The United Arab List , commonly known in Israel by its Hebrew acronym Ra'am , is a political party representing and supported by Arab citizens of Israel....
Progressive Party Progressive Party (Israel) The Progressive Party was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel....	1st Israeli legislative election, 1949 Elections in Israel for the Constituent Assembly were held in newly-independent Israel on 25 January, 1949. Voter turnout was 85.8%. Two days after its first meeting on 14 February, 1949, legislators voted to change the name of the body to the Knesset ....	4th Israeli legislative election, 1959 Elections in Israel for the fourth Knesset were held in Israel on 3 November, 1959. Voter turnout was 79.5%....	Merged into the Liberal Party Liberal Party (Israel) The Israeli Liberal Party was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel and is one of the ancestors of the modern-day Likud....
Rafi	5th Israeli legislative election, 1961 Elections in Israel for the fifth Knesset were held in Israel on 15 August 1961. Voter turnout was 79.0%....	6th Israeli legislative election, 1965 Elections in Israel for the sixth Knesset were held in Israel on 1 November, 1965. Voter turnout was 80.4%....	Breakaway from Mapai Mapai Mapai was a Left-wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger into the Israeli Labor Party in 1968.... , merged into the Labour Party
Ratz	8th Israeli legislative election, 1973 The Elections in Israel for the eighth Knesset were held on 31 December 1973. Voter turnout was 76.9%...	12th Israeli legislative election, 1988 Elections in Israel for the twelfth Knesset were held in Israel on 1 November, 1988. Voter turnout was 78.9%....	Merged into Meretz Meretz-Yachad The New Movement-Meretz , previously known as Meretz, then Yachad, and then Meretz-Yachad is a left-wing, Zionist, Social democracy List of political parties in Israel in Israel, which emphasizes the Israeli peace camp, human rights, religious freedom and green politics....
Religious Torah Front Religious Torah Front The Religious Torah Front was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel composed of Agudat Yisrael and Poalei Agudat Yisrael....	3rd Israeli legislative election, 1955 File:Elect105Ashdod55.jpgElections in Israel for the third Knesset were held in Israel on 26 July, 1955. Voter turnout was 80.7%....	4th Israeli legislative election, 1959 Elections in Israel for the fourth Knesset were held in Israel on 3 November, 1959. Voter turnout was 79.5%....	Broke up into Agudat Israel Agudat Israel Agudat Israel began as the original political party representing Haredi Judaism in Israel. It was the umbrella party for almost all Haredi Jews in Israel, and before that in the British Mandate of Palestine.... and Agudat Israel Workers Agudat Israel Workers Agudat Israel Workers was a political party in Poland, and a political party and settlement movement in Israel. It was also known as PAI or PAGI, its Hebrew acronym ....
Sephardim and Oriental Communities Sephardim and Oriental Communities Sephardim and Oriental Communities was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel and is one of the ancestors of the modern-day Likud party....	1st Israeli legislative election, 1949 Elections in Israel for the Constituent Assembly were held in newly-independent Israel on 25 January, 1949. Voter turnout was 85.8%. Two days after its first meeting on 14 February, 1949, legislators voted to change the name of the body to the Knesset ....	2nd Israeli legislative election, 1951 Elections in Israel for the second Knesset were held in Israel on 30 July, 1951. Voter turnout was 74.3%....	Merged into the General Zionists General Zionists The General Zionists were centrism within the Zionism movement and a List of political parties in Israel in Israel. Their political arm is an ancestor of the modern-day Likud and Kadima parties....
Shlomtzion	9th Israeli legislative election, 1977 The Elections in Israel for the ninth Knesset were held on 17 May 1977. The dramatic shift in Israeli politics caused by the outcome led to it becoming known as "the revolution" , a phrase coined by TV anchor Haim Yavin when he announced the election results live on television with the words "Ladies and gentlemen - revolution!" ....	9th Israeli legislative election, 1977 The Elections in Israel for the ninth Knesset were held on 17 May 1977. The dramatic shift in Israeli politics caused by the outcome led to it becoming known as "the revolution" , a phrase coined by TV anchor Haim Yavin when he announced the election results live on television with the words "Ladies and gentlemen - revolution!" ....	Merged into Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....
Tami Tami Tami was a Sephardi Jews-dominated List of political parties in Israel in Israel during the 1980s. It was led by Aharon Abuhatzira for its entire existence....	10th Israeli legislative election, 1981 Elections in Israel for the tenth Knesset were held in Israel on 30 June 1981. Despite last minute polls suggesting a victory for Shimon Peres's Alignment , Menachem Begin's Likud won by just one seat.Voter turnout was 77.8%....	11th Israeli legislative election, 1984 Elections in Israel for the eleventh Knesset were held in Israel on 23 July, 1984. Voter turnout was 78.1%....	Breakaway from the National Religious Party National Religious Party The National Religious Party was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel representing the Religious Zionism movement. Formed in 1956, at the time of its dissolution in 2008, it was the second oldest surviving party in the country after Agudat Yisrael, and was part of every government coalition until 1992.... , merged into the Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....
Tehiya Tehiya Tehiya , originally known as Banai , then Tehiya-Bnai , was a small Right wing politics political party in Israel that existed from 1979 until 1992....	9th Israeli legislative election, 1977 The Elections in Israel for the ninth Knesset were held on 17 May 1977. The dramatic shift in Israeli politics caused by the outcome led to it becoming known as "the revolution" , a phrase coined by TV anchor Haim Yavin when he announced the election results live on television with the words "Ladies and gentlemen - revolution!" ....	12th Israeli legislative election, 1988 Elections in Israel for the twelfth Knesset were held in Israel on 1 November, 1988. Voter turnout was 78.9%....	Breakaway from Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....
Telem Telem (political party) Telem was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel....	9th Israeli legislative election, 1977 The Elections in Israel for the ninth Knesset were held on 17 May 1977. The dramatic shift in Israeli politics caused by the outcome led to it becoming known as "the revolution" , a phrase coined by TV anchor Haim Yavin when he announced the election results live on television with the words "Ladies and gentlemen - revolution!" ....	10th Israeli legislative election, 1981 Elections in Israel for the tenth Knesset were held in Israel on 30 June 1981. Despite last minute polls suggesting a victory for Shimon Peres's Alignment , Menachem Begin's Likud won by just one seat.Voter turnout was 77.8%....	Breakaway from Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....
The Right Way The Right Way *The Right Way* is a Canada dramatic film, released in 2004, that deals with controversial subjects such as abortion, suicide and mental illness....	17th	17th	Breakaway from Justice for the Elderly Justice for the Elderly Justice for the Elderly was a political faction in Israel between June and October 2008. It was led by Moshe Sharoni, and had three seats....
The Third Way Third Way (Israel) The Third Way was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel in the 1990s....	13th Israeli legislative election, 1992 Elections for the thirteenth Knesset were held in Israel on 23 June, 1992. The result was a victory for the left, led by Yitzhak Rabin's Labor Party , though their win was at least partially due to several small right-wing parties narrowly failing to cross the Election threshold and thus effectively wasting votes for the right....	14th Israeli legislative election, 1996 Elections for the fourteenth Knesset were held in Israel alongside the first ever Israeli prime ministerial election, 1996 on 29 May, 1996. Voter turnout was 79.3%....	Breakaway from the Labour Party
Tkuma	14th Israeli legislative election, 1996 Elections for the fourteenth Knesset were held in Israel alongside the first ever Israeli prime ministerial election, 1996 on 29 May, 1996. Voter turnout was 79.3%....	17th	Breakaway from the National Religious Party National Religious Party The National Religious Party was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel representing the Religious Zionism movement. Formed in 1956, at the time of its dissolution in 2008, it was the second oldest surviving party in the country after Agudat Yisrael, and was part of every government coalition until 1992.... , joined the National Union alliance in 1999, disbanded in 2008.
Tzalash Tzalash Tzalash was a one-man list of political parties in Israel in Israel....	16th	16th	Breakaway from Shinui Shinui Shinui was a Zionism, secular and Anti-clericalism free market Liberalism worldwide in Israel. The party twice become the third largest in the Knesset, but on both occasions it was followed by a split and collapse; in Israeli legislative election, 1977 the party won 15 seats as part of the Democratic Movement for Change, but the alliance spl...
United Arab List (1976)	8th Israeli legislative election, 1973 The Elections in Israel for the eighth Knesset were held on 31 December 1973. Voter turnout was 76.9%...	9th Israeli legislative election, 1977 The Elections in Israel for the ninth Knesset were held on 17 May 1977. The dramatic shift in Israeli politics caused by the outcome led to it becoming known as "the revolution" , a phrase coined by TV anchor Haim Yavin when he announced the election results live on television with the words "Ladies and gentlemen - revolution!" ....	Merger of the Arab List for Bedouins and Villagers Arab List for Bedouins and Villagers The Arab List for Bedouins and Villagers was an Israeli Arab List of political parties in Israel in Israel.... and Progress and Development Progress and Development Progress and Development was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel.... (not related to contemporary United Arab List United Arab List The United Arab List , commonly known in Israel by its Hebrew acronym Ra'am , is a political party representing and supported by Arab citizens of Israel.... )
United Religious Front United Religious Front The United Religious Front was a List of political parties in Israel of the four major religious parties in Israel formed to fight the Israeli legislative election, 1949....	1st Israeli legislative election, 1949 Elections in Israel for the Constituent Assembly were held in newly-independent Israel on 25 January, 1949. Voter turnout was 85.8%. Two days after its first meeting on 14 February, 1949, legislators voted to change the name of the body to the Knesset ....	1st Israeli legislative election, 1949 Elections in Israel for the Constituent Assembly were held in newly-independent Israel on 25 January, 1949. Voter turnout was 85.8%. Two days after its first meeting on 14 February, 1949, legislators voted to change the name of the body to the Knesset ....	Broke up into Agudat Israel Agudat Israel Agudat Israel began as the original political party representing Haredi Judaism in Israel. It was the umbrella party for almost all Haredi Jews in Israel, and before that in the British Mandate of Palestine.... , Agudat Israel Workers Agudat Israel Workers Agudat Israel Workers was a political party in Poland, and a political party and settlement movement in Israel. It was also known as PAI or PAGI, its Hebrew acronym .... , Mizrachi Mizrachi (political party) Mizrachi was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel and is one of the ancestors of the modern-day National Religious Party.... and Hapoel HaMizrachi Hapoel HaMizrachi Hapoel HaMizrachi was a List of political parties in Israel and Settlement movement in Israel and is one of the predecessors of the modern-day National Religious Party....
Unity for Peace and Immigration Unity for Peace and Immigration Unity for Peace and Immigration was a short-lived one man List of political parties in Israel in Israel in the early 1990s....	12th Israeli legislative election, 1988 Elections in Israel for the twelfth Knesset were held in Israel on 1 November, 1988. Voter turnout was 78.9%....	12th Israeli legislative election, 1988 Elections in Israel for the twelfth Knesset were held in Israel on 1 November, 1988. Voter turnout was 78.9%....	Breakaway from the Alignment Alignment (political party) The Alignment was an alliance of the major left-wing parties in Israel between the 1960s and 1990s. It was established as the Labor Alignment in 1965 as an alliance of Mapai and Ahdut HaAvoda but was dissolved three years later when the two parties and Rafi formally merged into the Israeli Labor Party.... , merged into Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....
Unity Party Unity Party (Israel) The Unity Party , officially the Unity Party for the Advancement and Education of the Society in Israel and originally known as Equality in Israel ? Panthers was a short-lived List of political parties in Israel in Israel....	9th Israeli legislative election, 1977 The Elections in Israel for the ninth Knesset were held on 17 May 1977. The dramatic shift in Israeli politics caused by the outcome led to it becoming known as "the revolution" , a phrase coined by TV anchor Haim Yavin when he announced the election results live on television with the words "Ladies and gentlemen - revolution!" ....	9th Israeli legislative election, 1977 The Elections in Israel for the ninth Knesset were held on 17 May 1977. The dramatic shift in Israeli politics caused by the outcome led to it becoming known as "the revolution" , a phrase coined by TV anchor Haim Yavin when he announced the election results live on television with the words "Ladies and gentlemen - revolution!" ....	Breakaway from Dash Democratic Movement for Change The Democratic Movement for Change , commonly known by its Hebrew acronym Dash was a short-lived and initially highly-successful centrist List of political parties in Israel in Israel.... and the Left Camp of Israel Left Camp of Israel The Left Camp of Israel was a Left wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was also known as Sheli , an acronym for Peace for Israel ....
WIZO Women's International Zionist Organization The Women's International Zionist Organization , is a non-political volunteer organization dedicated to social welfare in all sectors of Israeli society, the advancement of the status of women, and Jewish education in Israel and the Diaspora....	1st Israeli legislative election, 1949 Elections in Israel for the Constituent Assembly were held in newly-independent Israel on 25 January, 1949. Voter turnout was 85.8%. Two days after its first meeting on 14 February, 1949, legislators voted to change the name of the body to the Knesset ....	1st Israeli legislative election, 1949 Elections in Israel for the Constituent Assembly were held in newly-independent Israel on 25 January, 1949. Voter turnout was 85.8%. Two days after its first meeting on 14 February, 1949, legislators voted to change the name of the body to the Knesset ....
Women's Party Women's Party (Israel) The Women's Party was a small List of political parties in Israel in Israel....
Formed before the 1977 elections Israeli legislative election, 1977 The Elections in Israel for the ninth Knesset were held on 17 May 1977. The dramatic shift in Israeli politics caused by the outcome led to it becoming known as "the revolution" , a phrase coined by TV anchor Haim Yavin when he announced the election results live on television with the words "Ladies and gentlemen - revolution!" .... but did not pass the electoral threshold Election threshold In party-list proportional representation systems, an election threshold is a clause that stipulates that a party must receive a minimum percentage of votes, either nationally or within a particular district, to get any seats in the parliament....
Ya'ad Ya'ad (political party) Ya'ad was a short-lived, one-man List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It is not related to the other political party of the same name, Ya'ad ? Civil Rights Movement....	9th Israeli legislative election, 1977 The Elections in Israel for the ninth Knesset were held on 17 May 1977. The dramatic shift in Israeli politics caused by the outcome led to it becoming known as "the revolution" , a phrase coined by TV anchor Haim Yavin when he announced the election results live on television with the words "Ladies and gentlemen - revolution!" ....	9th Israeli legislative election, 1977 The Elections in Israel for the ninth Knesset were held on 17 May 1977. The dramatic shift in Israeli politics caused by the outcome led to it becoming known as "the revolution" , a phrase coined by TV anchor Haim Yavin when he announced the election results live on television with the words "Ladies and gentlemen - revolution!" ....	Emerged from the breakup of Dash Democratic Movement for Change The Democratic Movement for Change , commonly known by its Hebrew acronym Dash was a short-lived and initially highly-successful centrist List of political parties in Israel in Israel....
Ya'ad – Civil Rights Movement Ya'ad – Civil Rights Movement Ya'ad ? Civil Rights Movement , commonly known as just Ya'ad, was a short-lived List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It is not related to the other party by the name of Ya'ad which existed during the Israeli legislative election, 1977....	8th Israeli legislative election, 1973 The Elections in Israel for the eighth Knesset were held on 31 December 1973. Voter turnout was 76.9%...	8th Israeli legislative election, 1973 The Elections in Israel for the eighth Knesset were held on 31 December 1973. Voter turnout was 76.9%...	Merger of Ratz and one other MK, split into Ratz and the Independent Socialist Faction Independent Socialist Faction The Independent Socialist Faction was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel....
Yachad	11th Israeli legislative election, 1984 Elections in Israel for the eleventh Knesset were held in Israel on 23 July, 1984. Voter turnout was 78.1%....	11th Israeli legislative election, 1984 Elections in Israel for the eleventh Knesset were held in Israel on 23 July, 1984. Voter turnout was 78.1%....	Merged into the Alignment Alignment (political party) The Alignment was an alliance of the major left-wing parties in Israel between the 1960s and 1990s. It was established as the Labor Alignment in 1965 as an alliance of Mapai and Ahdut HaAvoda but was dissolved three years later when the two parties and Rafi formally merged into the Israeli Labor Party....
Yemenite Association Yemenite Association The Yemenite Association was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel....	1st Israeli legislative election, 1949 Elections in Israel for the Constituent Assembly were held in newly-independent Israel on 25 January, 1949. Voter turnout was 85.8%. Two days after its first meeting on 14 February, 1949, legislators voted to change the name of the body to the Knesset ....	2nd Israeli legislative election, 1951 Elections in Israel for the second Knesset were held in Israel on 30 July, 1951. Voter turnout was 74.3%....	Merged into the General Zionists General Zionists The General Zionists were centrism within the Zionism movement and a List of political parties in Israel in Israel. Their political arm is an ancestor of the modern-day Likud and Kadima parties.... but broke away later
Yisrael BaAliyah	14th Israeli legislative election, 1996 Elections for the fourteenth Knesset were held in Israel alongside the first ever Israeli prime ministerial election, 1996 on 29 May, 1996. Voter turnout was 79.3%....	16th	Merged into Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....
Yiud Yiud Yiud was a small, short-lived List of political parties in Israel in Israel in the mid-1990s....	13th Israeli legislative election, 1992 Elections for the thirteenth Knesset were held in Israel on 23 June, 1992. The result was a victory for the left, led by Yitzhak Rabin's Labor Party , though their win was at least partially due to several small right-wing parties narrowly failing to cross the Election threshold and thus effectively wasting votes for the right....	13th Israeli legislative election, 1992 Elections for the thirteenth Knesset were held in Israel on 23 June, 1992. The result was a victory for the left, led by Yitzhak Rabin's Labor Party , though their win was at least partially due to several small right-wing parties narrowly failing to cross the Election threshold and thus effectively wasting votes for the right....	Breakaway from Tzomet Tzomet Tzomet is a small secular, right wing List of political parties in Israel in Israel....

Name changes

The following parties changed their names

Banai became Tehiya-Bnai then Tehiya
Tehiya

Tehiya , originally known as Banai , then Tehiya-Bnai , was a small Right wing politics political party in Israel that existed from 1979 until 1992....
Emunim became Tkuma
Tkuma

Tkuma was a Right-wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel....
Equality in Israel-Panthers became the Unity Party
Unity Party (Israel)

The Unity Party , officially the Unity Party for the Advancement and Education of the Society in Israel and originally known as Equality in Israel ? Panthers was a short-lived List of political parties in Israel in Israel....
Flatto-Sharon became Development and Peace
Development and Peace

Development and Peace , originally known as Flatto-Sharon was a Right wing politics one-man List of political parties in Israel in Israel....
Hitkhabrut became the Renewed Religious National Zionist Party, then Ahi
Israel in the Centre became the Centre Party
Centre Party (Israel)

The Centre Party , originally known as Israel in the Centre, was a short-lived political party in Israel. Formed in 1999 by former Defense Minister of Israel Yitzhak Mordechai, the aim was to create a group of moderates to challenge both Binyamin Netanyahu on the right and opposition leader Ehud Barak's Labor Party on the left....
Meretz became Yachad then Meretz-Yachad
Meretz-Yachad

The New Movement-Meretz , previously known as Meretz, then Yachad, and then Meretz-Yachad is a left-wing, Zionist, Social democracy List of political parties in Israel in Israel, which emphasizes the Israeli peace camp, human rights, religious freedom and green politics....
Movement for Change and Initiative became Shinui
Shinui

Shinui was a Zionism, secular and Anti-clericalism free market Liberalism worldwide in Israel. The party twice become the third largest in the Knesset, but on both occasions it was followed by a split and collapse; in Israeli legislative election, 1977 the party won 15 seats as part of the Democratic Movement for Change, but the alliance spl...
Mizrachi-Hapoel HaMizrachi became the National Religious Front then the National Religious Party
National Religious Party

The National Religious Party was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel representing the Religious Zionism movement. Formed in 1956, at the time of its dissolution in 2008, it was the second oldest surviving party in the country after Agudat Yisrael, and was part of every government coalition until 1992....
National Responsibility became Kadima
Kadima

Kadima is a centrist List of political parties in Israel in Israel founded by like-minded Likud and Israeli Labor Party politicians. It became the largest party in the Knesset after the Israeli legislative election, 2006, winning 29 of the 120 seats....
National Unity - National Progressive Alliance became Progressive National Alliance
Progressive National Alliance

The Progressive National Alliance , originally known as National Unity ? National Progressive Alliance , was a small Israeli Arab list of political parties in Israel in Israel in the early 21st century....
Parliamentary Group of Bronfman and Tsinker became Makhar, then the Democratic Choice
Democratic Choice

The Democratic Choice was a minor political party in Israel headed by Roman Bronfman....
Party for the Advancement of the Zionist Idea became the New Liberal Party
New Liberal Party (Israel)

The New Liberal Party was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel in the early 1990s....
Rafi – National List became Ometz
Ometz (political party)

Ometz , originally Rafi ? National List , then the National List was a small Right-wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel, which existed briefly in 1981, and then from 1983 until 1987....
Rakah became Maki
Social-Democratic Faction became the Independent Socialist Faction
Independent Socialist Faction

The Independent Socialist Faction was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel....
Shinui - Centre Party became Shinui - the Secular Movement, then Shinui - Party for the Secular and the Middle Class, but is generally known as Shinui
Shinui

Shinui was a Zionism, secular and Anti-clericalism free market Liberalism worldwide in Israel. The party twice become the third largest in the Knesset, but on both occasions it was followed by a split and collapse; in Israeli legislative election, 1977 the party won 15 seats as part of the Democratic Movement for Change, but the alliance spl...

Zionist youth movements

Betar (associated with Likud
Likud

Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....
)
Bnei Akiva
Bnei Akiva

Bnei Akiva , founded in the British Mandate of Palestine in 1929, is the largest Religious Zionism youth movement in the world today. It is active worldwide, with over 125,000 members in 37 countries....
(Sons of Akiva, associated with the National Religious Party
National Religious Party

The National Religious Party was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel representing the Religious Zionism movement. Formed in 1956, at the time of its dissolution in 2008, it was the second oldest surviving party in the country after Agudat Yisrael, and was part of every government coalition until 1992....
)
Habonim Dror
Habonim Dror

Habonim Dror is a secular Labour Zionism youth movement formed by the merger in 1982 of the Habonim and Dror youth movements.Habonim Dror's sister movement in Israel is Hanoar Haoved Vehalomed, the Working and Studying Youth....
(The Builders - Freedom, socialist
Socialism

Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating public or state ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods, and a society characterized by equality for all individuals, with a fair or Egalitarianism method of compensation....
Zionist youth movement)
Hashomer Hatzair
Hashomer Hatzair

Hashomer Hatzair is a Socialist-Zionism youth movement founded in 1913 in Galicia , Austria-Hungary, and was also the name of the group's political party in the Yishuv in the pre-1948 British Mandate of Palestine....
(The Young Guard, socialist Zionist youth movement associated with Mapam
Mapam

Mapam was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel and is one of the ancestors of the modern-day Meretz-Yachad party....
and Meretz-Yachad
Meretz-Yachad

The New Movement-Meretz , previously known as Meretz, then Yachad, and then Meretz-Yachad is a left-wing, Zionist, Social democracy List of political parties in Israel in Israel, which emphasizes the Israeli peace camp, human rights, religious freedom and green politics....
)
Magshimey Herut
Magshimey Herut

Magshimey Herut is a Zionist movement founded in 1999 by a group of Jewish activists who felt the need for a young adult movement dedicated to the ideals of Revolutionary Zionism, being aliyah, social justice and the territorial integrity of the Land of Israel, rather than the State of Israel....
(associated with Herut
Herut

Herut was the major Right wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel from the 1940s until its formal merger into Likud in 1988, and an adherent to Revisionist Zionism....
)
HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed
Hanoar Haoved Vehalomed

Histadrut HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed , sometimes abbreiviated to No'al is an Israeli youth movement, a sister movement of Habonim Dror, the Labor Zionist movement and a member of the IFM-SEI....
(The Learning and Working Youth, socialist Zionist youth movement)
Noar Avoda (Labour Youth, associated with Labour)
Noar Moledet (Moledet Youth, associated with Moledet
Moledet

Moledet is a small right-wing political party in Israel. It advocates the notion of voluntary population transfer of the Arab population of the West Bank....
)
Noar Meretz (Meretz Youth, associated with Meretz-Yachad
Meretz-Yachad

The New Movement-Meretz , previously known as Meretz, then Yachad, and then Meretz-Yachad is a left-wing, Zionist, Social democracy List of political parties in Israel in Israel, which emphasizes the Israeli peace camp, human rights, religious freedom and green politics....
)

External links

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Knesset website
Knesset website

List of political parties in Israel

Naming convention

Parties known by their English name

Parties known by their Hebrew name

Parties known by their Hebrew/Arabic acronym

Exceptions

Current parties

Parties represented in the current Knesset

Other parties

Former parties

Name changes

Zionist youth movements

See also

External links