The Independent Socialist Faction ( he, סיעה סוציאליסטית עצמאית, ''Sia'a Sotzialistit Atzma'it'') was a
political party
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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 ...
in the 1970s.
Background
The party was established on 27 January 1976, during the
eighth Knesset, as the Social-Democratic Faction, when
Aryeh Eliav and
Marcia Freedman
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left
Ya'ad – Civil Rights Movement
Ya'ad – Civil Rights Movement ( he, יעד – תנועה לזכויות האזרח, ''Ya'ad – Tenoa'a LaZkhuyot HaEzrah''), commonly known as just Ya'ad, was a short-lived political party in Israel. It is not related to the other party by the ...
. Prior to its creation,
Aryeh Eliav had broken away from the
Alignment
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and merged with
Ratz to form Ya'ad. On 3 February the new faction was renamed the Independent Socialist Faction.
Prior to the
1977 elections, the party merged with several other small
left-wing
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parties, including
Meri,
Moked
Moked ( he, מוקד, lit. "Focus") was a left-wing political party in Israel.
Background
Moked came into existence during the seventh Knesset, when Maki (which had one seat, held by Shmuel Mikunis) merged with the Blue-Red Movement, which was ...
, and some members of the
Black Panthers
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to form the
Left Camp of Israel
The Left Camp of Israel ( he, מחנה שמאל לישראל, ''Maḥaneh Smol LeYisrael'') was a Israeli left-wing politics, left-wing List of political parties in Israel, political party in Israel. It was also known as Sheli ( he, של"י), an ...
, whilst Freedman created the
Women's Party. The Left Camp of Israel won only two seats, which were held in rotation by five party members including Eliav, whilst the Women's Party failed to cross the
electoral threshold
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and subsequently disappeared.
External links
Social-Democratic FactionKnesset website
Independent Socialist FactionKnesset website
1976 establishments in Israel
1977 disestablishments in Israel
Political parties established in 1976
Political parties disestablished in 1977
Socialist parties in Israel
Defunct political parties in Israel
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