Jewish–Arab Brotherhood ( he, אחווה יהודית-ערבית, ''Ahva Yehudit-Aravit''; ar, الأخوة اليهودية العربية) was a short-lived, one-man

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...

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 ...

Background

The party was formed on 22 October 1968, during the sixth Knesset, when Elias Nakhleh broke away from Progress and Development.Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups
Knesset website For the 1969 elections, Nakhleh merged the party into

Cooperation and Brotherhood Cooperation and Brotherhood ( he, שיתוף ואחווה, ''Shituf VeAhva''; ar, مشاركة وأخوة) was an Arab satellite list in Israel. History Cooperation and Brotherhood was an Israeli Arab organisation formed to participate in the ...

, effectively swapping parties with

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 B ...

, who had begun the session as a member of Cooperation and Brotherhood, then left to set up the Israeli Druze Faction, before joining Progress and Development.

References

External links

Jewish-Arab Brotherhood
Knesset website Arab political parties in Israel Defunct political parties in Israel Political parties established in 1968 {{Israel-party-stub 1969 disestablishments in Israel Political parties disestablished in 1969