The Women's Party () was a minor

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Background

The party was established prior to the 1977 elections, with the founders including Israeli-American

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Knesset website Freedman had been an MK for Ratz in the eighth Knesset, but had broken away with Aryeh Eliav to form the Independent Socialist Faction. Whilst the ISP chose to merge with several other small

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parties ( Meri, Moked and some Black Panthers) to form the Left Camp of Israel, Freedman decided to set up a new feminist party to fight the election. However, the new party won only 5,674 votes and failed to cross the

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of 1%, subsequently disappearing. Freedman turned her attentions to charity, helping to found the women's centre ''Kol HaIsha'' (''Voice of the Woman'') in 1979, and returned to the

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in 1981. In the 1992 Knesset elections the Women's Party won 2,886 votes (0.1%).

References

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