The United Arab List ( he, רשימה ערבית מאוחדת, rtl=yes, ''Reshima Aravit Meuhedet'') was an

Arab satellite list The Arab satellite lists, Arab lists, or satellite parties were Israeli Arab satellite parties formed for the purposes of electoral support of Mapai (and later the Labor Party), and other Zionist parties between 1948 and the mid 1970s.Rebecca K ...

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 ...

during the late 1970s and early 1980s. It is not connected to the modern day

United Arab List The United Arab List ( he, הַרְשִׁימָה הַעֲרָבִית הַמְאוּחֶדֶת, ''HaReshima HaAravit HaMe'uhedet''; ar, القائمة العربية الموحدة, ''al-Qā'ima al-'Arabiyya al-Muwaḥḥada''), commonly kn ...

History

The UAL was established on 8 March 1977, during the eighth Knesset by the merger of the

Arab List for Bedouins and Villagers The Arab List for Bedouin and Villagers ( he, רשימה ערבית לבדואים וכפריים, ''Reshima Aravit LeBedouim VeKfariym'', ar, القائمة العربية للبدو والفلاحين) was an Arab satellite list in Israel. Ba ...

and

Progress and Development Progress and Development ( he, קידמה ופיתוח, ''Kidma VePituah''; ar, تقدم وتطور) was an Arab satellite list in Israel. History Progress and Development was established in 1959, drawing its support from the Galilee area. Like ...

.Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups
Knesset Both were Israeli Arab parties associated with the Labor Party, and had merged into it the Labor-dominated

Alignment Alignment may refer to: Archaeology * Alignment (archaeology), a co-linear arrangement of features or structures with external landmarks * Stone alignment, a linear arrangement of upright, parallel megalithic standing stones Biology * Structu ...

alliance shortly after the 1973 elections, only to break away again. The new party had three seats in the

Knesset The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (with ...

, held by

Hamad Abu Rabia Sheikh Hamad Abu Rabia ( ar, حماد أبو ربيعة, he, חמאד אבו-רביעה; born 1929, died 12 January 1981) was a Bedouin Israeli politician and a member of the Knesset. Biography Abu Rabia was born and grew up in the Negev, wher ...

Jabr Muadi Sheikh Jabr Muadi ( ar, جبر داهش معدي; he, ג'בר מועדי, born 1 April 1919, died 19 May 2009) was an Israeli Druze politician who served as a member of the Knesset for seven different parties between 1951 and 1981. Biography Bo ...

and veteran Israeli Arab politician, Seif-El-Din El-Zubi. In the 1977 elections the party won just one seat. The three former MKs agreed to take it on a rotation basis. El-Zubi held the seat first, staying in the Knesset until 3 April 1979, and was then replaced by Abu Rabia. However, Abu Rabia refused to give up the seat in favour of Muadi and the case was taken to court which ruled the initial agreement invalid. Abu Rabia was then assassinated on 12 January 1981 by Muadi's sons. Despite his family's role in Abu Rabia's death, Muadi took the seat for the remainder of the Knesset session. The Labor Party withdrew its support for the UAL prior to the 1981 elections, in which the Alignment tripled its vote share among Israeli Arabs. The UAL 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 subsequently disappeared.

References

External links

United Arab List
Knesset website Defunct political parties in Israel Political parties established in 1977 Arab political parties in Israel 1977 establishments in Israel Political parties with year of disestablishment missing {{israel-party-stub