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Ale Yarok
Leader Ohad Shem Tov
Founded 1999
Headquarters P.O.Box 2901, Jerusalem 91028
Official ideology/
political position
Liberalism, Environmentalism, Libertarianism
Website www.ale-yarok.org.il

Ale Yarok (Hebrew: עלה ירוק‎, Green Leaf) is an ultra-liberal political party in Israel. Its political platform is based on the legalization of the Cannabis plant, marijuana and hashish, ecology, expansion of human rights and institutionalization of prostitution, gambling and same-sex marriage. Despite that in official publications, the movement claims that "the partition between Right-wing and Left-wing is anachronistic", the party holds "dovish" political opinions and believes in the solution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by establishing an independent and demilitarized Palestinian state (see two-state solution). However, the party is considered by the Israeli public as the "light drugs party" since this is the main issue that gets attention in the party's platform. Ale Yarok is known as a party that supports privatization of public companies and opposes corrupt and monopolistic trade unions. Image File history File links AleYarok. ... For other uses, see Jerusalem (disambiguation). ... Liberalism is an ideology, philosophical view, and political tradition which holds that liberty is the primary political value. ... For the psychology topic, see Environmental psychology. ... This article does not adequately cite its references. ... “Hebrew” redirects here. ... Political parties Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. ... A political platform is a list of the principles which a political party supports in order to appeal to the general public for the purpose of having said partys candidates voted into office. ... Legalization is the process of removing a legal prohibition against something which is currently illegal. ... Cannabis, (also known as marijuana[1] or ganja[2] in its herbal form and hashish in its resinous form[3]) is a psychoactive product of the plant Cannabis sativa L. subsp. ... A Cannabis sativa plant The drug cannabis, also called marijuana, is produced from parts of the cannabis plant, primarily the cured flowers and gathered trichomes of the female plant. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ... Whore redirects here. ... The term gambling has had many different meanings depending on the cultural and historical context in which it is used. ... See also Civil union Registered partnership Domestic partnership Timeline of same-sex marriage Listings by country This box:      Same-sex marriage is a term for a governmentally, socially, or religiously recognized marriage in which two people of the same sex live together as a family. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Left-Right politics. ... “Leftism” redirects here. ... It has been suggested that State of Palestine be merged into this article or section. ... The two-state solution is the name for a class of proposed resolutions of the long-running Arab-Israeli conflict now explicitly backed by the Israeli and United States governments. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A monopoly (from the Greek language monos, one + polein, to sell) is defined as a persistent market situation where there is only one provider of a product or service, in other words a firm that has no competitors in its industry. ... A union (labor union in American English; trade union, sometimes trades union, in British English; either labour union or trade union in Canadian English) is a legal entity consisting of employees or workers having a common interest, such as all the assembly workers for one employer, or all the workers...


The party ran in the 1999 elections and the 2003 elections but failed to pass the electoral threshold both times, though in 2003 it was the closest party to passing the threshold). After failing to make it into the Knesset in the 2003 elections, the chairman of Ale Yarok Boaz Wachtel announced that he was giving up the leadership of the party, but remained in the position due to party members requests. After the 2006 election, when the party won 1.4% of the national vote, wachtel passed the chairmanship to Ohad Shem Tov, the youngest (27) chairperson of any political party since the establishment of Israel. Elections for the 15th Knesset and for the prime ministership were held in Israel on 17 May 1999. ... Elections for the 16th Knesset were held in Israel on 28 January 2003. ... In party-list proportional representation systems, an election threshold is a clause that stipulates that a party must receive a minimum percentage of votes, either nationally or within a particular district, to get any seats in the parliament. ...


Before the 2006 elections the party announced that it intended to run for a third time, despite the raising of the vote threshold required to win a seat. The party competed for votes with the supporters of the Democratic Choice (which later stepped down from running in the election) and with Meretz-Yachad, which has also promised to act for decriminalization of light drugs; another competitor was the Israeli Green Party with a strong ecological platform. The Elections for the 17th Knesset were held in Israel on 28 March 2006. ... The Democratic Choice (‎, Bekhira Demokratit) is a minor political party in Israel headed by Roman Bronfman. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Meretz. ... Decriminalization is the reduction or abolition of criminal penalties in relation to certain acts. ... The Greens (Hebrew: הירוקים, HaYerukim) is a political party in Israel. ...


The top 14 (out of 27) candidates in the Ale Yarok list to the 17th Knesset were:

  1. Boaz Wachtel
  2. Shlomi Sandak
  3. Ohad Shem Tov
  4. Li'or Perry
  5. Lola Vilenkin
  6. Barak Leybobitch
  7. Limor Berenholts
  8. Ilon Gil'ad
  9. Hagar Tsimerman
  10. Beri Freisinger
  11. Ron Perry
  12. Moshe Sasson
  13. Yehoshua Shay Shalosh
  14. Mishel Tova Levin

The party gained 40353 votes and was the second closest to passing the electoral threshold, with The Green Party being the first. The Greens (Hebrew: הירוקים, HaYerukim) is a political party in Israel. ...


See also

World laws on cannabis possession (small amount). ... Green parties around the world are formally organized political parties based on the principles of Green politics. ... Politics of Israel takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Israel is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. ... Marijuana parties are formal political parties set up specifically to legalise cannabis. ...

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  Results from FactBites:
 
Ale Yarok - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (365 words)
Ale Yarok (עלה ירוק, "Green Leaf") is an ultra-liberal political party in Israel.
Ale Yarok is known as a party that supports privatization of public companies and opposes corrupt and monopolistic trade unions.
(In 2003, however, Ale Yarok was the party that came closest to passing the threshold.) After failing to make it into the Knesset in the 2003 elections, the chairman of Ale Yarok Boaz Wachtel announced that he was giving up the leadership of the party, but didn't implement his declaration.
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