Dor ( he, דור בונה הארץ, lit. ''Generation who Built the Land'', formerly known as Gil (lit. ''Age'', an acronym for ''Gimla'ey Yisrael LaKnesset'' (Hebrew: גימלאי ישראל לכנסת), lit. ''Pensioners of Israel to the Knesset'') is a
center
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*Center (geometry), the middle of an object
* Center (algebra), used in various contexts
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** Center (ring theory)
* Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentrici ...
political party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...
in
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
and was part of the governing coalition in the
seventeenth Knesset. In the 2009 elections, Gil did not receive sufficient votes for representation in the Knesset. In preparation for the
2013 elections, the party was renamed Dor.
Background
The party has been in existence in some form since the 1990s. It ran in the
1996 elections under the name Pensioners of Israel ( he, גימלאי ישראל, ''Gimla'ey Israel''), led by former
Labor
Labour or labor may refer to:
* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
MK
Nava Arad and including modern-day Gil MK
Moshe Sharoni
Moshe Sharoni ( he, משה שרוני, 1929 – 20 September 2020) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Gil (political party), Gil between 2006 and 2009. He previously served as head of the breakaway faction, Justic ...
on its list. However, the party failed to cross the
electoral threshold
The electoral threshold, or election threshold, is the minimum share of the primary vote that a candidate or political party requires to achieve before they become entitled to representation or additional seats in a legislature. This limit can ...
and did not win a seat. It did not contest the
1999
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or
January 2003 elections, though an unrelated party, ''Power for Pensioners'' did run in the 1999 elections, failing to win a seat. Later in 2003, Power for Pensioners won a surprise victory in the municipal elections in
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...
, defeating the party of mayor
Ron Huldai
Ron Huldai ( he, רוֹן חוּלְדָּאִי; born 26 August 1944) is the current Mayor of Tel Aviv, since 1998. Before he entered his role as Tel Aviv mayor, Huldai served as a fighter pilot and a commander in the Israeli Air Force. After ...
.
The party announced that it would compete in the
2006 elections, and although opinion polls suggested that it might break the 2% threshold, it was not considered a serious contender for a significant number of seats. However, the party was the surprise package of the elections, and managed to win almost 186,000 votes and seven seats.
Much of the party's support came in the way of a protest vote among the young, particularly in
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...
where nearly one in ten voters voted for the party. The party had actually encouraged voters to vote for their party rather than submit a blank ballot. Elderly
Ashkenazi
Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...
voters switching from the
Labor
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* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
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** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
after
Amir Peretz's victory in the leadership contest may also have been a factor. The party was later fined 62,000 shekels for violating campaign financing laws.
As a result of the coalition talks with Kadima, Gil agreed to become a division of the Kadima party in return for the Health ministry and the newly created Ministry of Pensioners Affairs. Party leader
Rafi Eitan
Rafael Eitan ( he, רפי איתן; 23 November 1926 – 23 March 2019) was an Israeli politician and intelligence officer. He also led Gil and served as Minister of Senior Citizens. He was in charge of the Mossad operation that led to the ar ...
became Minister of Pensioners Affairs, and
Yaakov Ben-Yezri
Ya'akov Ben-Yezri ( he, יעקב בן-יזרי, 1 October 1927– 17 February 2018) was a Moroccan–Israeli politician. He served as a Knesset member on behalf of Gil and as the country's Minister of Health between 2006 and 2009.
Biography
B ...
became Health Minister. Ben-Yezri, a confessed smoker, later caused controversy when he lit up during a television interview.
On 2 July 2008 three MKs (
Moshe Sharoni
Moshe Sharoni ( he, משה שרוני, 1929 – 20 September 2020) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Gil (political party), Gil between 2006 and 2009. He previously served as head of the breakaway faction, Justic ...
,
Elhanan Glazer
Elhanan Glazer ( he, אלחנן גלזר; born 13 August 1947) is an Israeli politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Gil, Justice for the Elderly and The Right Way between 2006 and 2009.
Biography
Born in Rehovot during the Manda ...
and
Sarah Marom-Shalev
Sarah Marom-Shalev ( he, שרה מרום שלו, born 23 September 1934) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Gil between 2006 and 2009.
Biography
Born in Dorohoi in Romania, Marom-Shalev made aliyah to Israel in 1 ...
) left the party to establish the
Justice for the Elderly
Justice for the Elderly ( he, צדק לזקן, ''Tzedek LaZaken'') was a political faction in Israel between June and October 2008. Led by Moshe Sharoni, it had three seats in the Knesset.
History
The faction was established on 2 June 2008 when ...
faction.
Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups
Knesset website The new faction merged back into Gil on 27 October 2008, though Elhanan Glazer established another new faction, The Right Way instead of rejoining Gil.
In the 2009 election, as Gil, the party received 17,571 votes (0.52%) losing all of its seats in the Knesset. The party ran as Dor in the 2013 election and fell to 5,975 votes (0.16%).
Political principles
*Commitment to protecting pension rights.
*Concern for the right to housing
The right to housing (occasionally right to shelter) is the economic, social and cultural right to adequate housing and shelter. It is recognized in some national constitutions and in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and International C ...
for Israeli pensioners.
*Enlargement of national health insurance and services for pensioners.
*Protection of traditional Jewish
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...
values
*Advancement of democratic values.
References
External links
Gil
Knesset website
{{Israeli political parties
Defunct political parties in Israel
Zionist political parties in Israel
Pensioners' parties