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History

Progress and Development was an Israeli Arab organisation formed to fight the 1959 elections. Like other Israeli Arab parties at the time, it was associated with David Ben Gurion's Mapai party, as Ben Gurion was keen to include Israeli Arabs in the functioning of the state in order to prove Jews and Arabs could co-exist peacefully and productively. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Elections for the fourth Knesset were held on 3 November, 1959. ... ... Labour (העבודה HaAvoda) is an Israeli political party. ... The Arabs (Arabic: عرب) are a heterogeneous ethnic group who are predominantly speakers of the Arabic language, mainly found throughout the Middle East and North Africa. ...

In the elections, the party won 1.3% of the votes and two seats, making it the most popular Israeli Arab party in the Knesset. Its seats were taken by Ahmed A-Dahar and Elias Nahale. Because of its association with Mapai, the party joined the governing coaltion. 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. ... Labour (העבודה HaAvoda) is an Israeli political party. ...

In the 1961 elections the party increased its share of the vote to 1.6%, though it was overtaken as the most popular Israeli Arab party by Participation and Brotherhood, who won 1.9% of the vote. Despite its increased vote, the party still won only two seats, retained by A-Dahar and Nahale, and was again part of all three coalition governments during the fifth Knesset. The Elections for the fifth Knesset were held on 15 August, 1961. ... Participation and Brotherhood (Hebrew: שיתוף ואחווה, Shituf ve-Akhva) was a political party in Israel. ...

In the 1965 elections the party increased its share of the vote again, to 1.9%, overtaking Particpation and Brotherhood to regain its place as the most popular Israeli Arab party. It joined Levi Eshkol's coalition government, and A-Dahar was replaced by Seif-El-Din El-Zubi, previously an MK for the Democratic List of Nazareth (in the first Knesset) and the Democratic List for Israeli Arabs (in the second and third Knessets). During the Knesset session the party briefly merged with Participation and Brotherhood to form Participation and Development, though the union split up soon after its formation. Towards the end of the session Nahale broke away from the party to form the Jewish-Arab Brotherhood, though he was elected to the next Knesset as a member of Participation and Brotherhood. The Elections for the sixth Knesset were held on 1 November, 1965. ... ▶(?) (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. ... The Elections for the Constituent Assembly were held in newly-independent Israel on 25 January, 1949. ... The Democratic List for Israeli Arabs (Hebrew: רשימה דמוקרטית לערביי ישראל, Reshima Demokratit le-Aravey Israel) was a political party in Israel. ... The Elections for the second Knesset were held on 30 July, 1951. ... The Elections for the third Knesset were held on 26 July, 1955. ...

The 1969 elections saw a further increase in popularity to 2.1% of the vote, though it still won only two seats. Jabr Moade (a former Democratic List for Israeli Arabs MK who had broken away from Participation and Brotherhood to form the Druze Party after Particpation and Development had broken up, effectively swapping parties with Nahale) took the second seat, and the party was included in Golda Meir's coalition government. Golda Meir (Hebrew:  ) (born Golda Mabovitz, May 3, 1898; died December 8, 1978) was one of the founders of the State of Israel. ...

In the 1973 elections the party won only 1.4% of the vote, though it retained its two seats. Although they were excluded from Golda Meir's government despite still being aligned with the Labour Party, after she resigned and Yitzhak Rabin formed the 17th government, the party was invited back into the governing coalition. Labour or Labor, (Hebrew: העבודה, ha-`Avōdāh) is a political party in Israel. ... For other people named Rabin, see Rabin (disambiguation). ...

During the Knesset session the party briefly became part of the Alignment before merging with the Arab List for Bedouins and Villagers to form the United Arab List. United Arab List (RAAM, Hebrew. ...

External links

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