Maki (historical party)

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Maki ( Hebrew מק"י), Acronym of HaMiflaga HaKomunistit HaJisraelit ( Hebrew המִפְלָגָה הקוֹמוּנִיסְטִית היִשְׂרְאֵלִית, Lit. Israeli Communist Party ) was a political party in Israel.

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The party founded in 1948 after the founding of the state of Israel was the successor party to the Communist Party of Palestine , or PKP for short ( Yiddish פאלעסטינישע קומוניסטישע פרטיי), Which then changed the name to MAKEI , consisting of the first letters of Ha M iflaga Ha K omunistit E retz I srael ( Hebrew המִפְלָגָה הקוֹמוּנִיסְטִית אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל). Members of the National Liberal League, an Arab party that split off from the PKP in 1944, joined the MAKEI in October 1948, admitting both Jews and Arab Israelis to the party .

The party was also joined by the Komunistim Ivrim ( Hebrew קומוניסטים עברים). Together they formed MAKI , consisting of the first letters of Ha M iflaga Ha K omunistit Ha J israelit ( Hebrew המִפְלָגָה הקוֹמוּנִיסְטִית היִשְׂרְאֵלִית). In the first Israeli elections in 1949, the party received 3.5% of the vote and four seats, which were taken by Shmuel Mikunis , Eliezer Preminger , Tawfik Toubi and Meir Vilner . In the 1951 elections, Maki received 4% of the vote and five seats, with Emil Habibi and Esther Vilenska also becoming members of the Knesset ; Preminger had previously left the Knesset. In the 1965 elections the party received only one seat. It was dissolved on July 25, 1973 and went in the Moked ( Hebrew מוקד, Lit. Focus ), a left-wing party.

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