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 Siah ( he, שי"ח, an acronym for ''Smol Israeli Hadash'', ( he, שמאל ישראלי חדש, "Israeli New Left")) was an Israeli left-wing group active between 1968 and 1973. Reuven Kaminer describes them as "the major force of the student left i ...
, which was unrepresented.
The new party ran in the
1973 elections, but won only 1.4% of the vote and one seat, which was taken by
Meir Pa'il
Meir Pa'il ( he, מאיר פעיל; 19 June 1926 – 15 September 2015) was a colonel in the Israel Defense Forces, an Israeli politician, and military historian.
Biography
Meir Pilevsky (later Pa'il) was born in Jerusalem during the Ma ...
. During the
Knesset session the party changed its name to Moked - for Peace and Socialist Change.
Prior to the
1977 elections
The following elections occurred in the year 1977.
Africa
* 1977 Afars and Issas Constituent Assembly election
* 1977 Algerian legislative election
* 1977 Gambian general election
* 1976–1977 Guinea-Bissau legislative election
* 1977 Malagasy ...
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 Left Camp of Israel ( he, מחנה שמאל לישראל, ''Maḥaneh Smol LeYisrael'') was a left-wing political party in Israel. It was also known as Sheli ( he, של"י), an acronym for "Peace for Israel" ( he, שלום לישראל, ''Sha ...
. The new party won two seats, with Pa'il taking one in rotation.
External links
MokedKnesset website
Moked documents at the Israeli Left Archive
Political parties established in 1973
Political parties disestablished in 1977
Defunct political parties in Israel
Far-left politics in Israel
Socialist parties in Israel
Far-left political parties
1973 establishments in Israel
1977 disestablishments in Israel
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