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The Alignment (Hebrew: המערך, HaMa'arakh), originally called the Labour Alignment (Hebrew: המערך העבודה, HaMa'arakh HaAvoda) was the dominant left-wing political party in Israel from its founding in 1965 until its transformation into the Labour Party in 1992. It was the governing party for the first 12 years of its existence, but spent 9 of its last 15 years in opposition. It is the only party ever to have held a majority of seats in the Knesset. The Basic Laws of Israel are a key component of Israels uncodified constitution. The State of Israel has no formal constitution. ... The Jerusalem Law is a common name of Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel passed by the Israeli Knesset on July 30, 1980 (17th Av, 5740). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 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Background

The Alignment was not strictly a political party in itself, but more of an umbrella of left-wing parties, with each retaining a set number of slots on the party's Knesset list. It was originally formed by Mapai and Labour Unity, the latter an offshoot from Mapai, prior to the 1965 elections, and was initially called the Labour Alignment. Its formation was in response to the merger of the two major right-wing parties in Israel, Herut and the Liberal Party to form Gahal, and to try and preserve the left's hegemony in Israeli politics. Labour (העבודה HaAvoda) is an Israeli political party. ... Labour Unity (Hebrew: אחדות העבודה, Akhdut HaAvoda) was a political party in Israel and is one of the ancestors of the modern-day Israeli Labour Party. ... The Elections for the sixth Knesset were held on 1 November, 1965. ... In politics, right-wing, the political right, or simply the right, are terms which refer, with no particular precision, to the segment of the political spectrum in opposition to left-wing politics. ... Herut (Hebrew: חרות Freedom) was the political party of the Revisionist Zionist movement in Israel. ... The Israeli Liberal Party (Hebrew: מפלגה ליברלית ישראלית, Miflega Libralit Yisraelit) was a political party in Israel and is one of the ancestors of the modern-day Likud. ... Gahal (acronym for Gush Herut-Liberalim) is a right-wing Zionist party formed in 1965 by members of the Herut and Liberal parties. ...

In its first elections, the Alignment won 36.7% of the vote and 45 of the 120 Knesset seats, enough to comfortably beat Gahal, which had only won 26, though not as many as Mapai had won in the 1951 and 1959 elections. The party's leader, Levi Eshkol formed a coalition government with the National Religious Party, Mapam, the Independent Liberals, Agudat Israel Workers and two Israeli Arab parties associated with the Alignment, Progress and Development and Participation and Brotherhood. The Elections for the second Knesset were held on 30 July, 1951. ... The Elections for the fourth Knesset were held on 3 November, 1959. ... â–¶(?) (Hebrew לֵוִי אֶשְׁכּוֹל ) (Born Levi Skolnick) (Hebrew לֵוִי שְׁקוֹלְנִיק) (October 25, 1895 - February 26, 1969), was the third Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death of a heart attack in 1969. ... Mafdal party logo The National Religious Party (Hebrew: Mafdal, מפדל) is an Israeli political party representing the religious Zionist movement. ... Mapam - United Workers Party (in Hebrew: מפם - מפלגת פועלים מאוחדת Mifleget Poalim Meuhedet) was initially a Marxist-Zionist party. ... Agudat Israel Workers (Hebrew: פועלי אגודת ישראל, Poalei Agudat Yisrael) was a political party in Israel. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Progress and Development (Hebrew: קידמה ופיתוח, Kidma ve-Pituakh) was a political party in Israel. ... Participation and Brotherhood (Hebrew: שיתוף ואחווה, Shituf ve-Akhva) was a political party in Israel. ...

The party's main challenge during its first term in power was the Six-Day War. As war broke out, Eshkol formed a national unity government, which included Gahal and Rafi. Combatants Israel Egypt Syria Jordan Iraq Commanders Yitzhak Rabin, Moshe Dayan, Uzi Narkiss, Israel Tal, Mordechai Hod, Ariel Sharon Abdel Hakim Amer, Abdul Munim Riad, Zaid ibn Shaker, Hafez al-Assad Strength 264,000 (incl. ... National governments or national unity governments are broad coalition governments consisting of all parties (or all major parties) in the legislature and are often formed during times of war or national emergency. ... The Rafi party (רשימת פועלי ישראל Workers List) was formed in 1965 by former Prime Minister of Israel David Ben Gurion, after he and a number of other Mapai members split with his successor, Levi Eshkol. ...

After the war had finished, the alliance sought to strengthen itself further, and invited Rafi and Mapam to join. Both parties accepted the offer, though Rafi's David Ben-Gurion (a former leader of Mapai) refused to accept the move, and broke away from his party to sit as an independent MK for the remainder of the Knesset session. The party also dropped the word Labour from its title, becoming known as just Alignment. The merger with Rafi and Mapam meant that the party held 63 seats, the only time a party has ever achieved a majority in the Knesset. Within the alliance, Mapai, Labour Unity and Rafi merged to form the Labour Party in 1968, though Mapam remained a separate entity. The Rafi party (רשימת פועלי ישראל Workers List) was formed in 1965 by former Prime Minister of Israel David Ben Gurion, after he and a number of other Mapai members split with his successor, Levi Eshkol. ... Mapam - United Workers Party (in Hebrew: מפם - מפלגת פועלים מאוחדת Mifleget Poalim Meuhedet) was initially a Marxist-Zionist party. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Israel Labor Party (Hebrew: העבודה, Ha‘Avoda (Labor), officially מפלגת העבודה הישראלית, Mifleget Ha‘Avoda HaIsra’elit) is a center-left political party in Israel. ...

When Eshkol died on 26 February, 1969, he was succeeded by Golda Meir, Israel's first, and so far only female Prime Minister, making Israel one of the first countries in the world to have a woman heading the government. Golda Meir (Hebrew:  ) (born Golda Mabovitz, May 3, 1898; died December 8, 1978) was one of the founders of the State of Israel. ... The Prime Minister of Israel (Hebrew: ראש הממשלה, Rosh HaMemshala, lit. ...

The country's success in the Six-Day War helped the party's popularity, and led to its comprehensive victory in the 1969 elections. Although it lost its majority, the 46.2% of the vote and 56 seats was (and remains) the best electoral performance in Israeli political history. Meir continued with a national unity government including Gahal, the National Religious Party, the Independent Liberals, Progress and Development and Participation and Brotherhood until 1970 when Gahal resigned after the government had decided in principal to adopt the Rogers plan, though ultimately they decided against it. Wikisource has original text related to this article: Rogers Plan (1969) The Rogers Plan was a term to describe a framework proposed by United States Secretary of State William P. Rogers to achieve an end to belligerency in the Arab-Israeli conflict following the Six-Day War. ...

During the Knesset session, the party gained one seat as Meir Avizohar defected from Ben-Gurion's new party, the National List.

The seventh Knesset also covered the event that played a major part in the party's downfall. On 6 October, 1973 as Israelis were observing Yom Kippur, a surprise attack was launched by Egypt and Syria, resulting in the Yom Kippur War. Although Israel later recovered the ground initially lost, the war was generally considered to be a failure, and the government faced significant criticism. The Agranat Commission was set up to examine the circumstances that led to the war. Yom Kippur (IPA: ; Hebrew:יוֹם כִּפּוּר, IPA: ) is the Jewish holiday of the Day of Atonement. ... Combatants Israel Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq Commanders Moshe Dayan, David Elazar, Ariel Sharon, Shmuel Gonen, Benjamin Peled, Israel Tal, Rehavam Zeevi, Aharon Yariv, Yitzhak Hofi, Rafael Eitan, Abraham Adan, Yanush Ben Gal Saad El Shazly, Ahmad Ismail Ali, Hosni Mubarak, Mohammed Aly Fahmy, Anwar Sadat, Abdel Ghani el-Gammasy, Abdul... The Agranat Commission was an official Commission of Inquiry appointed by the Israeli government to investigate the circumstances leading to the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War. ...

Before the Commission could publish its results, an election was held. Anger at the government was not significantly noticeable, as the Alignment still won 39.6% of the vote and 51 seats. More significantly, the new major right-wing party, Likud, won 39 seats, and was now breathing down the Alignment's neck. Meir formed a coalition with the National Religious Party and the Independent Liberals. However, ten days after the Agranat Commission published its findings on 1 April, 1974, Meir resigned, despite the report clearing her and her Defence Minister, Moshe Dayan of all responsibility. Likud (Hebrew: ליכוד, literally means consolidation) is a centre-right political party in Israel. ... Defense Ministers of Israel, 1948-present David Ben-Gurion 1948-1954 Pinhas Lavon 1954-1955 David Ben-Gurion 1955-1963 Levi Eshkol 1963-1967 Moshe Dayan 1967-1974 Shimon Peres 1974-1977 Ezer Weizman 1977-1980 Menachem Begin 1980-1981 Ariel Sharon 1981-1983 Moshe Arens 1983-1984 Yitzhak Rabin... Moshe Dayan Moshe Dayan, DSO (Hebrew: משה דיין) (May 20, 1915 – October 16, 1981), was an Israeli military leader and politician. ...

Yitzhak Rabin took over the party, beating Shimon Peres in a leadership contest. This battle led to a long-term falling out between the two, after Peres described Rabin as an "indefatigable intriguer" in his autobiography. Rabin formed a new government with Ratz, the Independent Liberals, Progress and Development and the Arab List for Bedouins and Villagers, another Israeli Arab party associated with the Alignment. The National Religious Party joined the coalition soon after, though their arrival precipitated the departure of secularist Ratz. For other people named Rabin, see Rabin (disambiguation). ...   (Hebrew: ; born Shimon Perske on August 2, 1923 in Poland, and immigrated with his family to Israel in 1934), is an Israeli politician, former Prime Minister and current Vice Premier. ... Ratz (Hebrew: רץ) was a left wing Israeli political party formed in 1973 by former Labour Knesset member Shulamit Aloni. ...

The party's internal divisions were also beginning to show, as Mapam broke away from the party, as did Progress and Development and the Arab List for Bedouins and Villagers, who had both come under the Alignment umbrella during Rabin's tenure. Altough Mapam returned to the fold, the two Arab parties broke their ties with the party, uniting to create the United Arab List. Two other MKs, Arie Lova Eliav and Mordechai Ben-Porat also left the party, the former going on to form Ya'ad - Civil Rights Movement and then the Independent Socialist Faction, whilst the latter remained an independent MK.

Rabin fell victim to a double scandal in 1977 when it was revealed his wife, Leah had a foreign currency bank account, illegal in Israel at the time. He also took responsibility for an apparent breach of the Sabbath on an Israeli Air Force base. Rabin resigned over the former incident, and Peres took over as Prime Minister just a short time before the next elections. Lea Rabin (April 8, 1928 in Königsberg, East Prussia, &#8212; November 12, 2000 in Petach Tikvah, Israel) was the wife of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. ... == == <nowiki>[[[[[[[[[{{pov|date=18:21, 30 January 2007 (UTC)}} {{Christian theology}} {{dablink|This article concerns the Sabbath in Christianity. ... Official shield of the IAF The Israeli Air Force (IAF; Hebrew: זרוע האויר והחלל, Zroa HaAvir VeHaḤalal, Air and Space Division) is the air force of the Israel Defense Forces. ...

Peres led the party into the 1977 elections, which proved to be a historical turning point in Israeli political history: For the first time the left-wing were defeated. The Alignment won only 24.6% of the vote, a decrease of over a third, and picked up just 32 seats. In contrast, Menachem Begin's Likud won 43 seats. Begin was able to form a right-wing coalition with Shlomtzion (which quickly merged into Likud), the National Religious Party, Agudat Israel, and Dash. Even after Dash disintegrated, Begin still held a majority.   (August 16, 1913 – March 9, 1992) (Hebrew: מְנַחֵם בְּגִין) was a Polish-Jewish head of the Zionist underground group the Irgun, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and the first Likud Prime Minister of Israel. ... Mafdal party logo The National Religious Party (Hebrew: Mafdal, מפדל) is an Israeli political party representing the religious Zionist movement. ... Categories: Organization stubs | Israel-related stubs | Israeli political parties | Orthodox Judaism ... This article belongs in one or more categories. ...

Although the disastrous Yom Kippur War was a factor in the party's heavy defeat, allegations of corruption and nepotism (highlighted by the Rabin scandal) and anger at the party's perceived bias towards Ashkenazi Jews over Mizrahi Jews also played major roles in the election result. Ashkenazi (&#1488;&#1463;&#1513;&#1473;&#1456;&#1499;&#1468;&#1458;&#1504;&#1464;&#1494;&#1460;&#1497;, Standard Hebrew A&#353;kanazi, Tiberian Hebrew &#702;A&#353;k&#259;n&#257;zî) Jews or Ashkenazic Jews, also called Ashkenazim (&#1488;&#1463;&#1513;&#1473;&#1456;&#1499;&#1468;&#1458;&#1504;&#1464;&#1494;&#1460;&#1497;&#1501... This article deals with those Jewish communities indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa. ...

Further embarrassment for the Alignment was brought about as Begin offered Moshe Dayan the position of Foreign Minister despite his party not being in the coalition. Dayan accepted the offer, and was expelled from the party. After sitting as an independent MK, he founded Telem. Foreign Affair Ministers of Israel, 1948-present Moshe Sharett 1948-1956 Golda Meir 1956-1966 Abba Eban 1966-1974 Yigal Allon 1974-1977 Moshe Dayan 1977-1979 Menachem Begin 1979-1980 Yitzhak Shamir 1980-1986 Shimon Peres 1986-1988 Moshe Arens 1988-1990 David Levy 1990-1992 Shimon Peres 1992...

However, the Alignment still had an important role to play, as it helped pass the Camp David Accords and the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in the Knesset. This was necessary as many Likud MKs had broken away to form opposition parties (One Israel, Rafi – National List, Tehiya and Yosef Tamir as an independent) and several others (including Ariel Sharon and Yitzhak Shamir) abstained from voting on it. It has been suggested that Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty be merged into this article or section. ... The Israel-Egypt peace treaty (Arabic: معاهدة السلام المصرية الإسرائيلية; transliterated: Muahadat as-Salam al-Masriyah al-Israyliyah) (Hebrew: הסכם שלום ישראל-מצרים; transliterated: Heskem Shalom Yisrael-Mizraim) was signed in Washington, DC, United States, on March 26, 1979, following the Camp David Accords (1978). ... Tehiya (Hebrew for revival, &#1514;&#1495;&#1497;&#1492;), was a right-of-center Israeli political party founded in response to the 1978 Camp David Treaty between Egypt and Israel. ... Josef Tamir is an Israeli lawyer and politician. ...   (Hebrew: , also known by his diminutive Arik אָרִיק) (born February 27, 1928) is a former Israeli politician and general. ... (Hebrew יִצְחָק שָׁמִיר) (born October 15, 1915) was Prime Minister of Israel from 1983 to 1984 and again from 1986 to 1992. ...

Despite losing Dayan, the party picked up two more seats as former Dash MKs Zeidan Atashi and David Golomb defected from Shinui. Shinui (שינוי) (original full name: Tenua le-Shinui ve Yozma and then to Shinui-Mifleget ha-Merkaz) is a Zionist, secular and anti-clerical, free market liberal party in Israel. ...

The party recovered well in the 1981 elections as it gained 36.6% of the vote, an improvement of 12%, and 47 seats. However, Likud took 48, allowing Begin to form the government with the help of small right-wing and religious parties. Ratz briefly merged into the Alignment, but broke away again. Nevertheless, by the end of the Knesset session the alliance had more seats as two Likud MKs had defected to the party.

With Peres still at the head of the party, the 1984 elections resulted in stalemate. Although the Alignment won 44 seats to Likud's 41, it could not muster enough support from suitable smaller parties to form a government (the next largest party had only five seats, and two of the small left-wing parties, Hadash and the Progressive List for Peace were not viewed as potential coalition partners due to their radical left-wing views). However, the Likud found itself in the same situation (Kach being impossible to work with). The result was a grand coalition of the Alignment, Likud, the National Religious Party, Agudat Israel, Shas, Morasha, Shinui and Ometz (which later merged into Likud). With 97 seats, it was the largest coalition in Israeli political history aside from national unity governments. Hadash (חדש) is a far left wing, largely Arab [1], popular front group in Israel made up of the Communist Party of Israel and other left-leaning political groups. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... The logo of the Kach party. ... Categories: Organization stubs | Israel-related stubs | Israeli political parties | Orthodox Judaism ... Shas (Hebrew: שס) is an Israeli political party representing Haredi Sephardi Judaism. ...

Peres and new Likud leader Yitzhak Shamir agreed to share power, with Peres Prime Minister for the first two years of the Knesset term and Shamir for the last two. When Shamir took over, Shinui left the coalition. The Alignment ended the session with six less MKs, as Mapam broke away from the party, unhappy at the power-sharing agreement with Shamir. The party also lost one MK to Ratz (Yossi Sarid), one to Shinui (Yitzhak Artzi) and one to the newly formed Arab Democratic Party (Abdulwahab Darawshe) but replaced them when the three-man Yachad merged into the Alignment. Yossi Sarid (born October 24, 1940) is an Israeli left wing politician. ... Yachad (In Hebrew: yachad יחד means together.) Yachad was the name of a centrist party formed by Ezer Weizmann prior to the 1984 Israeli elections. ...

The result of the 1988 elections was also ambiguous, with Likud winning 40 seats and the Alignment 39. Another power-sharing arrangement was made, and the coalition again had 97 members, comprising of Likud, the Alignment, the National Religious Party, Shas, Agudat Israel and Degel HaTorah. Degel HaTorah (or Degel haTorah) (דגל התורה Hebrew for Flag/Banner [of] the Torah) is an Israeli mostly Ashkenazi Haredi Judaism political party with a small number of seats (2-3) in the Knesset, Israels national parliament. ...

However, in 1990 Peres made a bid for sole power through the creation of a narrow 61-seat coalition with the Ultra-orthodox parties Shas, Agudat Israel, Degel HaTorah and the left-wing Mapam, Ratz and Shinui. Ultimately the bid failed, and the Alignment was kicked out of the coalition for the last two years of the Knesset's term. The party also lost one MK, Efraim Gur, who left and set up Unity for Peace and Immigration before joining Likud. Haredi or Charedi Judaism (alternatively Hareidi or Chareidi - this spelling being usually preferred by Haredim themselves) is the most theologically conservative form of Orthodox Judaism. ...

Prior to the 1992 elections, the Alignment ceased to exist. Rather than operating as an umbrella alliance, it was decided to create a unitary party without internal divisions. The new party was named the Israeli Labour Party, and was taken over by Yitzhak Rabin who went on to win the elections. The Israel Labor Party (Hebrew: העבודה, Ha‘Avoda (Labor), officially מפלגת העבודה הישראלית, Mifleget Ha‘Avoda HaIsra’elit) is a center-left political party in Israel. ...

References

• Party history on the official Knesset website (in English)