Jewish–Arab Brotherhood (, ''Ahva Yehudit-Aravit''; ) was a short-lived, one-man

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Background

The party was formed on 22 October 1968, during the sixth Knesset, when Elias Nakhleh broke away from

Progress and Development Progress and Development (, ''Kidma VePituah''; ) was an Arab satellite list in Israel. History Progress and Development was established in 1959, drawing its support from the Galilee area. Like other Israeli Arab parties at the time, it was asso ...

.Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups
Knesset website For the 1969 elections, Nakhleh merged the party into Cooperation and Brotherhood, effectively swapping parties with

Jabr Muadi Sheikh Jabr Muadi (; ; 1 April 1919 – 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 Born in Yirka in British-controlled Palestine, Muadi was fir ...

, 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.

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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