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Telem (an acronym for Tenoa'a LeHithadshut Mamlakhtit (Hebrew: ????? ???????? ???????), lit. Movement for National Renewal) was a political party
List of political parties in Israel

Israel's political system is based on proportional representation 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 governments....
 in Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
.

m was formed on 19 May 1981 during the ninth Knesset
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!" ....
 by Moshe Dayan
Moshe Dayan

Moshe Dayan, was an Israeli military leader and politician. The fourth Ramatkal of the Israel Defense Forces , he became a fighting symbol to the world of the new Israel....
 and two ex-Likud MKs. Dayan had been elected to the Knesset
Knesset

The Knesset is the legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem....
 as an MK for 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....
, which had lost the election for the first time in its history. Menachem Begin
Menachem Begin

was the sixth Prime Minister of Israel. Before the establishment of the state, he was the leader of the Irgun, playing a central role in Jewish resistance to the British Mandate of Palestine....
 formed a coalition including his 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....
 party, 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....
, 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 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....
.






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Telem (an acronym for Tenoa'a LeHithadshut Mamlakhtit (Hebrew: ????? ???????? ???????), lit. Movement for National Renewal) was a political party
List of political parties in Israel

Israel's political system is based on proportional representation 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 governments....
 in Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
.

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Telem was formed on 19 May 1981 during the ninth Knesset
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!" ....
 by Moshe Dayan
Moshe Dayan

Moshe Dayan, was an Israeli military leader and politician. The fourth Ramatkal of the Israel Defense Forces , he became a fighting symbol to the world of the new Israel....
 and two ex-Likud MKs. Dayan had been elected to the Knesset
Knesset

The Knesset is the legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem....
 as an MK for 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....
, which had lost the election for the first time in its history. Menachem Begin
Menachem Begin

was the sixth Prime Minister of Israel. Before the establishment of the state, he was the leader of the Irgun, playing a central role in Jewish resistance to the British Mandate of Palestine....
 formed a coalition including his 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....
 party, 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....
, 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 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....
. However, he also invited Dayan to serve as Minister of Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel

The Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel is the political head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs . The position is one of the most important in the Cabinet of Israel after Prime Minister of Israel and Defense Minister of Israel....
. Despite being a member of the Alignment, Begin's political rivals, Dayan accepted the post, resulting in his expulsion from his own party.

After sitting as an independent MK for some time, Dayan formed Telem in 1981, together with Yigal Hurvitz
Yigal Hurvitz

Yigal Hurvitz was an Israeli politician who served as a government minister in the late 1970s and 1980s....
 and Zalman Shoval
Zalman Shoval

Zalman Shoval is an Israeli politician and diplomat.Was ambassador of Israel to U.S.A in the years 1990-1993 and 1998-2000, and an active member of the Knesset from the Rafi party of Ben Gurion, then Statal List and Likud party....
 who had previously broken away 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....
 to form Rafi – National List
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....
. On 15 June 1981 they were later joined by Shafik Asaad
Shafik Asaad

Shafik Asaad was an Arab citizens of Israel politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Democratic Movement for Change, the Democratic Movement , Ahva and Telem between 1977 and 1981....
, who had left 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....
 (Asaad had started the Knesset session as a member of Dash, then joined 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....
 before moving to Ahva). When Dayan gave up his position as Foreign Minister in 1979, Hurvitz became Finance Minister
Finance Minister of Israel

Finance Ministers of Israel, 1948-present#1948-1952 Eliezer Kaplan#1952-1963 Levi Eshkol#1963-1968 Pinchas Sapir#1968-1969 Ze'ev Sherf#1969-1974 Pinchas Sapir...
.

The party won two seats in the 1981 elections
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%....
, taken by Dayan and Mordechai Ben-Porat
Mordechai Ben-Porat

Mordechai Ben-Porat is a former Israeli politician who served as Minister without Portfolio from July 1982 until January 1984. During his four terms in the Knesset, he represented five different parties....
, and was invited to join the governing coalition with Ben-Porat becoming Minister Without Portfolio
Minister without Portfolio

A Minister without Portfolio is either a government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister that does not head a particular ministry ....
. When Dayan died on 16 October 1981, he was replaced by Hurvitz. However, the party split up on 6 June 1983 when Ben-Porat created the 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....
 and Hurvitz reformed Rafi – National List
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....
, which he later renamed Ometz.

A new party by the name of Telem was formed by ex-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....
 MK Yosef Azran in the mid-1990s to fight the 1996 elections
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%....
. However, it failed 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....
 and subsequently disappeared.

External links

  • Knesset website