List of political parties in Israel - Definition and Overview

Political parties in Israel lists political parties in Israel. Israel has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

The parties

The general rule on naming applies. That means: the parties are named in the English translation and the original native name is placed on the first line of the article unless the native form is more commonly used in English than the English form. Rationale and specifics: See: Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English).

Parties with representation in the 16th Knesset

• Am Ehad (One Nation)
• Balad (Nationalist Arab party)
• Hadash (Democratic Front for Peace and Equality) coalition including Maki (Communist Party of Israel)
• Labour
• Likud (Consolidation)
• National Religious Party (Mafdal or Miflaga Datit Le'umit)
• National Union, coalition including
  • Yisrael Betenu (Our Home Israel)
  • Moledet (Homeland)
  • Tkuma (Revival)
• Shas (Sepharadim Shomeri Torah - Sepharadim Religious Party)
• Shinui (Change - centrist, secular, "liberal" party in the European tradition)
• United Arab List (Raam)
• United Torah Judaism: coalition including
  • Agudat Yisrael
  • Degel haTorah
• Yachad ("Social Democratic Israel" - dovish party)

Other parties

The following list is of parties which ran for the 16th Knesset elections, but did not manage to pass the minimum vote share of 1.5% (recently raised to 2%) required to be represented. Some of them were parties created specifically for these elections, and effectively dissolved immediately afterwards.

• Ale Yarok (Green Leaf)
• Ha-Yerukim (Green Party)
• Herut The National Movement (Freedom)
• Ahavat Israel
• Citizen and State
• Da'am (Arab party)
• Organization for Democratic Action
• Advanced National Union
• Centrist Party
• Za'am - Social Justice
• Another Israel
• L.H.V.A.
• Leader
• Man's Rights
• Moreshet Avot (Heritage of the Fathers)
• Tzomet

Former parties

• Achdut Ha-Avodah (Labor Unity)
• Dash
• Herut (joined with the Liberals to form Gahal).
• Gahal (evolved to Likud)
• General Zionist Party
• Israel Ba-Aliya (merged with Likud)
• Kach (now banned)
• Liberal Party of Israel (joined with Herut to form Gahal, formally merged with Herut in 1988)
• Mapai (Mifleget Poalei Yisrael - Israel Workers' Movement, merged into the Israel Labour Party)
• Mapam (Mifleget Ha-Po'alim Ha-Me'ukhdet - United Workers' Party, merged into Meretz)
• Meretz (Israeli left-wing Party, disbanded and merged into Yachad)
• Mifleget HaMerkaz (disbanded)
• Rafi (merged into Labour Alignment)
• Ratz (merged into Meretz)

Political Youth movements

• Beitar (associated with Likud)
• Bnei Akiva (associated with Mafdal)
• HaShomer HaTzair (Zionist Socialist Youth movement associated with Mapam, Meretz and Yachad)
• HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed (Zionist Socialist Youth movement)
• Noar Avoda (associated with Israeli Labor party)
• Noar Moledet (associated with Moledet)
• Noar Yachad (associated with Yachad)

See also

See also

• Index of political parties to browse parties by name
• List of political parties to browse parties by country
• List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name
• Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals
• Liberalism in Israel
• Labour Zionism
• Revisionist Zionism
• Zionism
• Knesset
• List of Knesset members
• List of Knesset speakers
• List of Israelis
• List of Likud Knesset Members
• Prime Minister of Israel
• President of Israel
• Basic Laws of Israel