One Nation (Israel)

One Nation עם אחד
Leader	Amir Peretz
Founded	25 March 1999
Dissolved	23 May 2005
Split from	Labor Party
Merged into	Labor Party
Ideology	Left-wing
Most MKs	3 (1999, 2003-2005)
Fewest MKs	2 (1999-2003)
Election symbol
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One Nation (Hebrew: עם אחד‎, Am Ehad) was a socialist political party in Israel.

History

The party was established on 25 March 1999 when Amir Peretz, Rafik Haj Yahia, and Adisu Massala broke away from the Israeli Labor Party to form a new faction.^[1]

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 electoral threshold of 1.5%. The seats were taken by Peretz and Haim Katz. Prior to the 2003 elections Katz left the party to join Likud.

In the elections One Nation won three seats, taken by Peretz, Ilana Cohen and David Tal. On 23 May 2005 the party merged back into the Labor Party,^[1] althouth Tal refused to join and established his own faction, Noy, which later merged into Kadima.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups Knesset website

External links

• One Nation Knesset website