The Progressive List for Peace (PLP) was an Israeli political party formed from an alliance of both Arab and Jewish left-wing peace activists.

Two candidates were successfully elected to the Knesset in 1984: Mohammed Miari and Mattityahu Peled. Only Mohammed Miari was re-elected in 1988, reducing its representation to one. It failed to gain any seats in the 1992 elections.

In 1985, Basic Law: The Knesset was amended to add section 7a, "Prevention of Participation of Candidates List." This provision included "A candidates' list shall not participate in elections to the Knesset if its objects or actions, expressly or by implication, include one of the following... negation of the existence of the State of Israel as the state of the Jewish people". The primary motivation for this amendment was to outlaw racist parties such as Kach, whose members had been involved in terrorism. However, to provide what was viewed as balance, the authors also sought to outlaw left-wing parties which they viewed as threatening the Jewishness of the state of Israel. Although it is unclear exactly what might constitute "negation of the State of Israel as the state of the Jewish people", conceivably positions such as support for the one-state solution -- creating a single state, both Jewish and Arab -- or support for granting Palestinians the same immigration rights which Jews enjoy, might be included. In any case, the Central Elections Committee, prior to the 1988 elections, on June 17 1988, used this provision as a justification for banning the Progressive List for Peace from participating. However, the Progressive List for Peace appealed to the Supreme Court of Israel, which over-ruled the Central Elections Committee decision, and permitted the PLP to run in the election. However, the Supreme Court did not overturn section 7(a): it merely held that the policies of the PLP did not fall under it. Kach was an extremist right-wing Israeli party led by Meir Kahane. ... The Supreme Court is at the head of the court system in the State of Israel. ...