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| The Sephardim and Oriental Communities party represented ] and ] who were already living in Israel at the time of ], and was part of ] and the ] in 1948-49. | The Sephardim and Oriental Communities party represented ] and ] who were already living in Israel at the time of ], and was part of ] and the ] in 1948-49. | ||
| Under the full title of ''The National Unity List of Sephardim and Oriental Communities'', the party gained 3.5% of the vote and four seats in the ] in 1949. Represented by ], ], ] and ], they joined ] as a coalition partner of ]'s ] party, with Sheetrit appointed ].<ref> |
Under the full title of ''The National Unity List of Sephardim and Oriental Communities'', the party gained 3.5% of the vote and four seats in the ] in 1949.<ref> Knesset website</ref> Represented by ], ], ] and ], they joined ] as a coalition partner of ]'s ] party, with Sheetrit appointed ].<ref> Knesset website</ref> | ||
| For the ], the party changed its name to ''The list of Sephardim and Oriental Communities, Old Timers and Immigrants''. However, they lost around half their share of the vote (1.8%) and half their seats, slumping to just two representatives. Only Eliashar retained his seat, with ] taking the second. This time they did not join the government. | For the ], the party changed its name to ''The list of Sephardim and Oriental Communities, Old Timers and Immigrants''. However, they lost around half their share of the vote (1.8%) and half their seats, slumping to just two representatives. Only Eliashar retained his seat, with ] taking the second. This time they did not join the government. | ||
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Sephardim and Oriental Communities (Template:Lang-he, Sfaradim VeEdot Mizrah) was a political party in Israel and is one of the ancestors of the modern-day Likud party.
History
The Sephardim and Oriental Communities party represented Sephardi Jews and Mizrahi Jews who were already living in Israel at the time of independence, and was part of Minhelet HaAm and the Provisional government in 1948-49.
Under the full title of The National Unity List of Sephardim and Oriental Communities, the party gained 3.5% of the vote and four seats in the elections for the first Knesset in 1949. Represented by Moshe Ben-Ami, Eliahu Eliashar, Avraham Elimalech and Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit, they joined the government as a coalition partner of David Ben-Gurion's Mapai party, with Sheetrit appointed Minister of Police.
For the 1951 election, the party changed its name to The list of Sephardim and Oriental Communities, Old Timers and Immigrants. However, they lost around half their share of the vote (1.8%) and half their seats, slumping to just two representatives. Only Eliashar retained his seat, with Binyamin Sasson taking the second. This time they did not join the government.
During the second Knesset the party was amalgamated into the General Zionists, then the second largest party in the Knesset and briefly a member of the governing coalition that made up the fourth and fifth governments (though they were expelled from the sixth after abstaining from a motion of no-confidence).
Some party members were not happy about joining the General Zionists and broke away to reform the party. They contested the 1955 and 1959 elections, but failed to win a seat.
Later on, the General Zionists merged with the Progressive Party to form the Liberal Party, which was briefly the third largest party in Israel before merging again with Herut to form Gahal, which eventually became Likud.
References
- Constituent Assembly (which later turned into the First Knesset) Knesset website
- First Knesset: Government 1 Knesset website
External links
- Party history Knesset website