One Nation ( he, עם אחד, Am Ehad, One People) was a

social democratic Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote soci ...

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 political ideology ...

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 ...

History

The party was established on 25 March 1999 when

Amir Peretz Amir Peretz ( he, עָמִיר פֶּרֶץ; born on 9 March 1952) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party. A Knesset member almost continuously from 1988 to 2021, he has served as Minister of Defen ...

Rafik Haj Yahia Rafik Haj Yahia ( ar, رفيق حاج يحيى, he, רפיק חאג'-יחיא; 3 September 1949 – 16 April 2000) was an Israeli Arab politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party and One Nation between March 1998 a ...

, and

Adisu Massala Adisu Massala ( he, אדיסו מאסלה, am, አዲሱ መሰለ ''Addīsū Messele'', born 16 June 1961) is an Israeli politician. Biography Adisu Masala was born in Gondar province, Ethiopia. He made aliyah in 1980 after crossing the Ethiop ...

broke away from the

Israeli Labor Party The Israeli Labor Party ( he, מִפְלֶגֶת הָעֲבוֹדָה הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִית, ), commonly known as HaAvoda ( he, הָעֲבוֹדָה, , The Labor), is a social democratic and Zionist political party in Israel. The pa ...

to form a new faction.Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups
Knesset website In the May 1999 elections the party won 1.9% of the vote, equivalent to two seats, and was the smallest party to cross the

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of 1.5%. The seats were taken by Peretz and

Haim Katz Haim Katz ( he, חַיִּים כַּץ, born 21 December 1947) is an Israeli politician. He currently serves as the Minister of Tourism. Katz was the Minister of Labor, Welfare and Social Services from 2015 to 2019, and served as a member of t ...

. Prior to the 2003 elections Katz left the party to join

Likud Likud ( he, הַלִּיכּוּד, HaLikud, The Consolidation), officially known as Likud – National Liberal Movement, is a major centre-right to right-wing political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin and Ariel Sharon ...

. In the elections One Nation won three seats, taken by Peretz,

Ilana Cohen Ilana Cohen ( he, אילנה כהן, born 16 November 1943) is a former Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for One Nation and the Labor Party from 2003 until 2006. Biography Born in Iraq, Cohen made aliyah in 1949. She w ...

and David Tal. On 23 May 2005 the party merged back into the Labor Party, although Tal refused to join and established his own faction, Noy, which later merged into

Kadima Kadima ( he, קדימה, lit=''Forward'') was a centrist and liberal political party in Israel. It was established on 24 November 2005 by moderates from Likud largely following the implementation of Ariel Sharon's unilateral disengagement plan ...

References

External links

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