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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 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). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... President of the State of Israel (Hebrew: נשיא המדינה, Nasi Hamedina) is the head of state of Israel, but has a largely ceremonial, figurehead role with real power lying in the hands of the Prime Minister of Israel. ... Moshe Katsav (Hebrew מֹשֶׁה קַצָּב, Persian موشه کاتساو), (born Mussa Ghassab December 5, 1945) is the eighth and current President of Israel (since 2000). ... The Prime Minister of Israel (Hebrew: ראש הממשלה, Rosh HaMemshala, lit. ... Ehud Olmert (IPA ; Hebrew: אהוד אולמרט; born September 30, 1945) is the 12th and current Prime Minister of Israel. ... The Cabinet of Israel is a formal body comprised of government officials chosen and led by a Prime Minister. ... Israel The power of the Knesset to supervise and review government policies and operations is exercised mainly through the state controller, also known as the ombudsman or ombudswoman (Hebrew: מבקר המדינה Mevaker HaMedina. ... The modern Knesset building, Israels parliament, in Jerusalem Though similar-sounding, Beit Knesset (בית כנסת) literally means House of Assembly, and refers to a synagogue. ... List of Speakers of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament: Joseph Shprinzak (Mapai) 1949-59 Nahum Nir (Ahdut Haavodah) 1959 Kadish Luz (Mapai, Alignment)1959-69 Reuven Barkat (Alignment) 1969-72 Yisrael Yeshayahu-Sharabi (Alignment) 1972-77 Yitzhak Shamir (Likud) 1977-80 Yitzhak Berman (Likud) 1980-81 Menachem... Dalia Itzik (b. ... 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History

The original Labour Unity party was founded in Ottoman Palestine before World War I and was headed by David Ben Gurion. After the war, it merged with the right-wing section of Poale Zion (Zion Workers) to form Mapai, and effectively disappeared. Warning: Value not specified for common_name Motto: دولت ابد مدت Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (The Eternal State) Anthem: Ottoman imperial anthem At the height of its power (1680) Capital Söğüt (1299-1326) Bursa (1326-1365) Edirne (1365-1453) Constantinople (Istanbul) (1453-1922) Language(s) Ottoman Turkish Government Monarchy Sultans  - 1281–1326... The Holy Land or Palestine Showing not only the Old Kingdoms of Judea and Israel but also the 12 Tribes Distinctly, and Confirming Even the Diversity of the Locations of their Ancient Positions and Doing So as the Holy Scriptures Indicate, a geographic map from the studio of Tobiae Conradi... Combatants Allied Powers: British Empire France Italy Russia United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Commanders Ferdinand Foch Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Paul... ... Poale Zion (also spelled Poalei Tziyon or Poaley Syjon, meaning Workers of Zion) was a Movement of Marxist Zionist Jewish workers circles founded in various Russian cities about the turn of the century after the Bund rejected Zionism in 1901. ... Labour (העבודה HaAvoda) is an Israeli political party. ...

The party was resurrected in 1946 after a split from Mapai. In 1948 it united with Mapam and fought the 1949 and 1951 elections as part of the party. Mapam - United Workers Party (in Hebrew: מפם - מפלגת פועלים מאוחדת Mifleget Poalim Meuhedet) was initially a Marxist-Zionist party. ... The Elections for the Constituent Assembly were held in newly-independent Israel on 25 January, 1949. ... The Elections for the second Knesset were held on 30 July, 1951. ...

However, during the second Knesset Moshe Aram, Israel Bar-Yehuda, Yitzhak Ben-Aharon and Aharon Zisling broke away from Mapam under the name Labour Unity - Poale Zion. However, they were not recognised by the speaker of the Knesset as an independent party. Yitzhak Ben-Aharon Yitzhak Ben-Aharon (Hebrew: יצחק בן אהרון) (July 17, 1906 – May 19, 2006) was an Israeli socialist politician. ... List of Speakers of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament: Joseph Shprinzak (Mapai) 1949-59 Nahum Nir (Ahdut Haavodah) 1959 Kadish Luz (Mapai, Alignment)1959-69 Reuven Barkat (Alignment) 1969-72 Yisrael Yeshayahu-Sharabi (Alignment) 1972-77 Yitzhak Shamir (Likud) 1977-80 Yitzhak Berman (Likud) 1980-81 Menachem...

The 1955 elections were fought as Labour Unity and the party managed to win 10 seats, making them the fifth largest in the Knesset. They formed part of both of Ben Gurion's governing coalitions during the third Knesset. Nahum Nir was appointed Knesset speaker, Bar-Yehuda was made Minister of Internal Affairs, and Moshe Carmel became Minister of Transportation. However, they party were ultimately responsible for bringing down the government in 1959 when they and fellow coalition partners Mapam voted against the government on the issue of selling arms to West Germany and refused to leave the coalition. The Elections for the third Knesset were held on 26 July, 1955. ... The modern Knesset building, Israels parliament, in Jerusalem Though similar-sounding, Beit Knesset (בית כנסת) literally means House of Assembly, and refers to a synagogue. ... Moshe Carmel (January 17, 1911 – August 15, 2003) was born in Minsk, then in Russian Empire, now in Belarus. ... Mapam - United Workers Party (in Hebrew: מפם - מפלגת פועלים מאוחדת Mifleget Poalim Meuhedet) was initially a Marxist-Zionist party. ...

In the 1959 elections the party was reduced to seven seats. They again joined the coalition government until its collapse in 1961, with Ben-Aharaon becoming Minister of Transportation. The 1961 elections saw them gain one seat, and become part of all three coalition governments of the fifth Knesset with Yigal Allon becoming Minister of Labour and Ben-Aharon, Bar-Yehuda and Carmel all acting as Minister of Transportation during the session. The Elections for the fourth Knesset were held on 3 November, 1959. ... The Elections for the fifth Knesset were held on 15 August, 1961. ... Yigal Allon (Hebrew: ; October 10, 1918- February 29, 1980) was an Israeli Labour Party statesman. ...

For the 1965 elections, the party allied with Mapai to form the Alignment. The new party won 45 seats, increasing to 63 (the only time a single party has ever commanded a majority in the Knesset) when Mapam and Rafi also joined later in the Knesset session. The Elections for the sixth Knesset were held on 1 November, 1965. ... Labour (העבודה HaAvoda) is an Israeli political party. ... Mapam - United Workers Party (in Hebrew: מפם - מפלגת פועלים מאוחדת Mifleget Poalim Meuhedet) was initially a Marxist-Zionist party. ... 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. ...

In 1967 Labour Unity, Mapai and Rafi formally merged into the Labour Party and ceased to exist as individual entities. Labour or Labor, (Hebrew: העבודה, ha-`Avōdāh) is a political party in Israel. ...

External links

Party history at the official Knesset website (in English)