The Progressive National Alliance ( he, ברית לאומית מתקדמת, ''Brit Leumit Mitkademet''), originally known as National Unity – National Progressive Alliance ( he, אחדות לאומית – הברית הלאומית המתקדמת, ''Akdhut Leumit – HaBrit HaLeumit HaMitkademet''), was a small

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in the early 21st century.

Background

The party was formed in December 2002 when Hashem Mahameed left

Hadash Hadash ( he, חד״ש, lit=New), an acronym for ''HaHazit HaDemokratit LeShalom uLeShivion'' ( he, הַחֲזִית הַדֶּמוֹקְרָטִית לְשָׁלוֹם וּלְשִׁוְיוֹן, lit=The Democratic Front for Peace and Equalit ...

. He turned the faction into a full political party in order to participate in the 2003 elections, renaming it the ''Progressive National Alliance''. However, the party won only 20,571 votes (0.7%), less than half the number needed to cross the 1.5%

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. Amongst Israeli Arabs the party won 6.3% of the vote, almost all of them in Mahmeed's hometown,

Umm al-Fahm Umm al-Fahm ( ar, أمّ الفحم, ''Umm al-Faḥm''; he, אוּם אֶל-פַחֶם ''Um el-Faḥem'') is a city located northwest of Jenin in the Haifa District of Israel. In its population was , nearly all of whom are Arab citizens of I ...

. Since running in the municipal elections in Umm al-Fahm in October 2003 as part of an alliance with

, Balad and the Sons of the Village Movement, the party has not been active in politics since and appears to have disbanded. Mahmeed was a contender for a place on Hadash's list in the 2006 elections, but was not on the final slate.

References

External links

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