Moked
Moked מוקד | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Leader | Shmuel Mikunis Meir Pa'il |
| Founded | 1973 |
| Dissolved | 1977 |
| Merger of | Maki and the Blue-Red Movement |
| Merged into | Hadash and the Left Camp of Israel |
| Ideology | Socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Most MKs | 1 (1973-1977) |
| Fewest MKs | 1 (1973-1977) |
| Election symbol | |
| קנ | |
Moked (Hebrew: מוקד, lit. 'Focus') was a left-wing political party in Israel.
Background[edit]
Moked came into existence on 25 July 1973 during the seventh Knesset, when the Maki parliamentary group (which had one seat, held by Shmuel Mikunis) was renamed Moked,[1] following its merger with the extraparliamentary Blue-Red Movement.
The new party ran in the 1973 elections, receiving 1.4% of the vote and winning one seat,[2] which was taken by Meir Pa'il, who was top of the party list. Mikunis (in second place), Yair Tzaban (fourth), Avishai Margalit (fifteenth) and Binyamin Temkin (twenty-third)[3] all failed to be elected. In October 1975 the party changed its name to Moked - for Peace and Social Compensation.[1]
Prior to the 1977 elections the party split in two. Some of the Maki faction merged into Hadash alongside Rakah, which had split from it in 1965, whilst the non-Communist members joined the Left Camp of Israel. The new party won two seats, with Pa'il taking one in rotation.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Splits and mergers within parliamentary groups in the Knesset". Knesset.
- ^ "About the 1973 Elections". Israel Democracy Institute.
- ^ "Moked list" (PDF). Israel Democracy Institute.
External links[edit]
- Moked Knesset website
- Moked documents at the Israeli Left Archive
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