Meimad

Meimad (מימ״ד, acronym of Medina Jehudit, Medina Demokratit , Hebrew: מדינה יהודית, מדינה דמוקרטית, Jewish State, Democratic State) is an Israeli left-wing party founded in 1988 . It emphasizes the compatibility of the values ​​of the Halacha with those of democracy and presents itself as a religious-Zionist alternative to the National Religious Party .

It is often allied with the Labor Party and in 1999 joined the electoral alliance Ehud Baraks , Yisrael Achat (One Israel ). The reason for this, according to their own statements, was that all other religious parties supported Benjamin Netanyahu and whose election campaign gave the impression that it was a religious duty to vote for the right-wing parties.

The Meimad represents values ​​similar to those of other social democratic parties, apart from the emphasis on religious issues. She advocates religious education in Israel's public schools and supports rabbinical courts alongside civil courts. The party was led by Rabbi Yehuda Amital until his death . In the 2003 Knesset elections , it won 14.5% of the vote together with the Labor Party.

Web links

Meimad website (Hebrew)