Independent Liberals (Israel)

Independent Liberals (Israel)

The Independent Liberals ( _he. ליברלים עצמאיים, "Libralim Atzma'im") were a political party in Israel and are one of the ancestors of the modern-day Labour Party.

History

The Independent Liberals party was formed during the fifth Knesset in the aftermath of the merger of the Liberal Party and Herut. Seven of the 17 Liberal Party MKs led by former Minister of Justice, Pinchas Rosen, disagreed with the merger and founded a new party in response. Almost all of the dissenters were former members of the Progressive Party, which had merged with the General Zionists to create the Liberal Party during the fourth Knesset, and also included Rachel Cohen-Kagan, formerly an MK for WIZO.

In their first electoral test, the 1965 elections, the Independent Liberals won 5 seats and joined Levi Eshkol and Golda Meir's coalition governments, with Moshe Kol appointed Minister of Tourism and Minister of Development. During the sixth Knesset they lost one seat when Yizhar Harari left the party to join the Alignment.

In the 1969 elections the party won four seats and were again included in Meir's coalition government. Kol retained his post as Minister of Tourism.

The party also won four seats in the 1973 elections and were included in both of Meir and Yitzhak Rabin's coalition governments. Kol again retained his post as Minister of Tourism and Gideon Hausner was made a Minister without Portfolio. However, they lost one seat when Hillel Seidel defected to Likud.

The 1977 elections were a disaster, as the party was reduced to one seat, barely crossing the 1% electoral threshold (they received 1.3% of the vote). The party was also excluded from Menachem Begin's right-wing coalition.

The 1981 elections saw the party fail to cross the electoral threshold and disappear from the Knesset. For the 1984 elections the party merged into the Alignment and ceased to exist as an independent party.

External links

* [http://www.knesset.gov.il/faction/eng/FactionPage_eng.asp?PG=53 Party history] Knesset website


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