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as it gained 36.6% of the vote, an improvement of 12%, and 47 seats. However, Likud took 48, allowing Begin to form the government with the help of small right-wing and religious parties. Ratz briefly merged into the
Alignment, but broke away again. Nevertheless, by the end of the Knesset session the
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The party's internal divisions were also beginning to show. Mapam broke away, as did
Progress and Development and the Arab List for Bedouins and Villagers, who had both come under the Alignment umbrella during Rabin's tenure. Although Mapam returned to the fold shortly afterward, the two Arab parties
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Peres and new Likud leader
Yitzhak Shamir agreed to share power, with Peres Prime Minister for the first two years of the Knesset term and Shamir for the last two. When Shamir took over, Shinui left the coalition. The Alignment ended the session with six less MKs, as Mapam broke away from the party,
744:, won 39 seats, and was now breathing down the Alignment's neck. Meir formed a coalition with the National Religious Party and the Independent Liberals. However, ten days after the Agranat Commission published its findings on 1 April 1974, Meir resigned, despite the report clearing her and her
650:
The Labor Party entered into an alliance with Mapam on 28 January 1969. The
Alignment name was still well-known, and was re-used for the new alliance. At the time, the Labor Party held 55 seats, and Mapam eight, giving the new Alignment a majority of 63 seats in the 120-seat Knesset.
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resulted in stalemate. Although the
Alignment won 44 seats to Likud's 41, it could not muster enough support from suitable smaller parties to form a government (the next largest party had only five seats, and two of the small left-wing parties,
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was also ambiguous, with Likud winning 40 seats and the
Alignment 39. Another power-sharing arrangement was made, and the coalition again had 97 members, consisting of Likud, the Alignment, the National Religious Party, Shas, Agudat Israel and
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Before the
Commission could publish its results, an election was held. Anger at the government was not significantly noticeable, as the Alignment still won 39.6% of the vote and 51 seats. More significantly, the new major right-wing party,
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parties Shas, Agudat Israel and Degel HaTorah and the left-wing Mapam, Ratz and Shinui. Ultimately the bid failed, and the
Alignment was kicked out of the coalition for the last two years of the Knesset's term. The party also lost one MK,
834:, which proved to be a historical turning point in Israeli political history: For the first time the left-wing were defeated. The Alignment won only 24.6% of the vote, a decrease of over a third, and picked up just 32 seats. In contrast,
673:. Although it lost its majority, the 46.2% of the vote and 56 seats was (and remains) the best electoral performance in Israeli political history. Meir continued with a national unity government including Gahal, the
318:, readopting the Alignment name. The two constituent parties remained separate, but with combined electoral campaigns and candidate lists. The second version of the Alignment lasted for more than two decades.
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Shortly before the election, the
Alignment party suffered another major blow when Rabin announced that US President Jimmy Carter supported the Israeli idea of defensive borders. Peres led the party into the
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in a leadership contest. This battle led to a long-term falling out between the two, after Rabin described Peres as an "indefatigable intriguer" in his autobiography. Rabin formed a new government with
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At its formation in 1969, the second
Alignment had 63 of 120 Knesset seats, the only time a parliamentary group in Israel has ever held a parliamentary majority. Although its majority was lost in the
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On 7 October 1991 the Independent Liberals formally merged into the Israeli Labor Party. As the Independent Liberals were the sole remaining Alignment members, the alliance ceased to exist.
771:, another Israeli Arab party associated with the Alignment. The National Religious Party joined the coalition soon after, though their arrival precipitated the departure of secularist Ratz.
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In the election the Alignment won 36.7% of the vote and 45 of the 120 Knesset seats, enough to comfortably beat Gahal, which had only won 26, though not as many as Mapai had won in the
307:. The two parties continued to exist independently, but submitted joint electoral lists. Often called the Labor Alignment, the alliance lasted three years until a merger with
990:, Shinui and Ometz (which later merged into Likud). With 97 seats, it was the largest coalition in Israeli political history aside from national unity governments.
732:. Although Israel later recovered the ground initially lost, the war was generally considered to be a failure, and the government faced significant criticism. The
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despite his party not being in the coalition. Dayan accepted the offer, and was expelled from the party. After sitting as an independent MK, he founded
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were not viewed as potential coalition partners due to their radical left-wing views). However, the Likud found itself in the same situation (
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The seventh Knesset also covered the event that played a major part in the party's downfall. On 6 October 1973, as Israelis were observing
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base. Rabin resigned over the former incident, and Peres took over as prime minister just a short time before the next elections.
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being impossible to work with). The result was a grand coalition of the Alignment, Likud, the National Religious Party,
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party had more seats than its rival as two Likud MKs had defected to join it. The Alignment was also boosted when the
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had a foreign currency bank account, illegal in Israel at the time; the episode becoming known as the
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in the Knesset. This was necessary as many Likud MKs had broken away to form opposition parties (
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refused to join the Labor Party, and left Rafi before the merger. He formed a new party, the
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unhappy at the power-sharing agreement with Shamir. The party also lost one MK to Ratz (
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joined the alliance in 1984, though they held no seats of their own at the time.
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helped the party's popularity, and led to its comprehensive victory in the
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Peace Process: American Diplomacy and the Arab-Israeli Conflict Since 1967
838:'s Likud won 43 seats. Begin was able to form a right-wing coalition with
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permanently broke their ties with Alignment. Instead, they created the
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Politik in Israel: Entwicklung und Strukur des politischen Systems
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before joining Likud. The affair later became known in Israel as "
561:, and to try to preserve the left's hegemony in Israeli politics.
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When Levi Eshkol died on 26 February 1969, he was succeeded by
545:. Its formation was in response to the merger of the two major
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854:. Even after Dash disintegrated, Begin still held a majority.
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was set up to examine the circumstances that led to the war.
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Alignment for the Unity of the Workers of the Land of Israel
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The following year the Labor Party formed an alliance with
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279:
615:, with the Alignment ceasing to exist. Rafi leader
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1707:
907:as an independent) and several others (including
311:in 1968 created the unitary Israeli Labor Party.
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942:Symbol of the second Alignment, with a stylized
869:also played major roles in the election result.
798:In 1976 the Alignment government was hit by the
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961:With Peres still at the head of the party, the
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787:, also left the party. Eliav went on to form
693:, though ultimately they decided against it.
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795:, and Ben-Porat remained an independent MK.
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1681:Geography and Politics in Israel Since 1967
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299:The first Alignment was a 1965 alliance of
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2428:Movement for the Renewal of Social Zionism
1853:National Religious Party–Religious Zionism
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1746:. University of California Press. p.
658:, Israel's first, and so far only, female
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576:formed a coalition government with the
519:HaMa'arakh LeAhdut Poalei Eretz Yisrael
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2722:Political parties established in 1969
2712:Political parties established in 1965
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2163:Faction independent of Ahdut HaAvoda
769:Arab List for Bedouins and Villagers
720:, a surprise attack was launched by
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2737:Social democratic parties in Israel
2681:List of political parties in Israel
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758:took over the Labor Party, beating
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13:
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328:
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2193:Gesher – Zionist Religious Centre
2123:Democratic List for Israeli Arabs
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1708:Michael Wolffsohn (2 July 2013).
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2363:Man's Rights in the Family Party
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1714:. Springer-Verlag. p. 97.
1678:Elisha Efrat (16 August 2005).
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915:) abstained from voting on it.
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1002:) and one to the newly formed
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793:Independent Socialist Faction
789:Ya'ad – Civil Rights Movement
665:The country's success in the
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1089:First Alignment (1965–1968)
527:המערך לאחדות פועלי ארץ ישראל
342:המערך לאחדות פועלי ארץ ישראל
7:
2598:Union of Right-Wing Parties
2423:Movement for Greater Israel
2128:Democratic List of Nazareth
2108:Cooperation and Development
2103:Cooperation and Brotherhood
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1014:merged into the Alignment.
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1684:. Routledge. p. 153.
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177:Progress and Development
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2303:Justice for the Elderly
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1995:Israel Democratic Party
1846:Israel Resilience Party
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1650:Government (1988–1990)
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413:Political position
148:Socialist International
133:Political position
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79:1968 (second alignment)
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77:1965 (first alignment)
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2493:Poalei Agudat Yisrael
2298:Jewish National Front
2283:Israeli Druze Faction
2158:Eretz Yisrael Shelanu
2148:Development and Peace
1940:Arab Democratic Party
1004:Arab Democratic Party
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816:Dollar Account affair
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590:Poalei Agudat Yisrael
543:1965 Knesset election
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2653:Yemenite Association
2268:Independent Liberals
1858:United Torah Judaism
1336:Independent Liberals
1266:Seif el-Din el-Zoubi
1261:Arab satellite lists
1053:List of chairpersons
956:Independent Liberals
897:Rafi – National List
679:Independent Liberals
586:Independent Liberals
512:Mordechai Ish-Shalom
197:Independent Liberals
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2133:Democratic Movement
1965:Da'am Workers Party
1945:Arab National Party
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785:Mordechai Ben-Porat
728:, resulting in the
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549:parties in Israel,
294:Israeli Labor Party
286:political alliances
2263:Independent Centre
2000:New Economic Party
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1017:The result of the
998:), one to Shinui (
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885:Camp David Accords
734:Agranat Commission
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466:Politics of Israel
360:Historical leaders
240:Politics of Israel
46:Historical leaders
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2508:Progress and Work
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2458:New Liberal Party
2448:Natural Law Party
2238:Hebrew Communists
2213:Hapoel HaMizrachi
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1757:978-0-520-24631-7
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1691:978-1-135-77926-9
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779:. Two other MKs,
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2603:United Arab List
2453:New Aliyah Party
2183:General Zionists
2143:Democratic Union
1990:Ihud Bnei HaBrit
1955:Bible Bloc Party
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