Rafi (party)

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Rafi
Hebrew פ״י
German  Israeli workers list
Party leader David Ben-Gurion
Emergence Split from Mapai
founding July 14, 1965
fusion January 23, 1968
(incorporated in: Awoda )
Alignment social democratic , social liberal , Zionist
Parliament seats 10

Rafi ( Hebrew רפ״י, an acronym for Reshimat Poalei Yisrael Hebrew רשימת פועלי ישראל, lit. Israeli Workers List ) was a left-wing party in Israel founded by David Ben-Gurion in 1965. In 1968 Rafi was one of three parties that were absorbed into the Israeli Labor Party Avoda .

history

During the fifth legislative term of the Knesset , David Ben-Gurion and seven other members of the ruling Mapai left the Mapai faction on July 14, 1965 and founded the Rafi list . One of the main reasons was dealing with Pinchas Lawon during the Lawon affair . With the establishment as a list, the founders wanted to keep the possibility open to return to the Mapai in the event of a change in the political situation. The union of the Mapai with Achdut haAwoda to form the HaMa'arach was a reason for secession.

In the elections in Israel in 1965 , Rafi won 7.9 percent and thus had ten MPs in the Sixth Knesset . No party in Israel had succeeded in this before that did not have its roots in the time before the Israeli declaration of independence . Before the outbreak of the Six Day War , Rafi and Gachal negotiated the formation of a coalition government to replace the Levi Eschkol government and to break the power of the Mapai. Due to the constant dismantling of Levi Eschkol in public and the associated loss of reputation, he was finally forced to form a government of national unity at the outbreak of the Six Day War . The campaign partner Gachal also took part in this, but David Ben-Gurion was not accepted into the government, but Moshe Dajan .

David Ben-Gurion did not participate in the merger with the Mapai and Achdut haAwoda on January 23, 1968 to form Avoda and remained as a non-attached member of the Knesset until the end of the legislative period.

MPs in the Knesset

Knesset
(number of mandates) 		Member of the Knesset Remarks
Fifth
(8) 		Joseph Aharon Almogi , David Ben-Gurion , Gideon Ben-Israel , Mosche Dajan , Amos Degani , Hannah Lamdan , Shimon Peres , Yizhar Smilansky
Sixth
(10) 		Joseph Aharon Almogi, David Ben-Gurion, Mordechai Ben-Porat , Mosche Dajan, Mathilda Guez , Jitzchak Nawon , Shimon Peres, Yizhar Smilansky, Mordechai Surkis , Tzvi Tzur Aryeh Bahir replaced Tzvi Tzur, Amos Degani replaced Yizhar Smilansky

Web links

  • Rafi. In: Parliamentary Groups. Knesset , accessed January 8, 2016 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups. In: Parliamentary Groups. Knesset , accessed January 8, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b c Rafi. In: Parliamentary Groups. Knesset , accessed January 8, 2016 .
  3. ^ A b c d Colin Shindler : The Land Beyond Promise - Israel, Likud and the Zionist Dream . IB Tauris, London, New York 1995, ISBN 1-86064-774-X , The End of the Socialist Zionist Dream, pp. 65 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed January 8, 2016]).
  4. ↑ a b Factional and Government Make-Up of the Sixth Knesset. In: Factional and Government Make-Up. Knesset , accessed January 8, 2016 .
  5. ^ Colin Shindler : The Land Beyond Promise - Israel, Likud and the Zionist Dream . IB Tauris, London, New York 1995, ISBN 1-86064-774-X , The End of the Socialist Zionist Dream, pp. 66 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed January 8, 2016]).
  6. ^ David Ben-Gurion - Knesset Activities. In: Knesset Members. Knesset , accessed January 10, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Factional and Government Make-Up of the Fifth Knesset. In: Factional and Government Make-Up. Knesset , accessed January 8, 2016 .