Meimad
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Meimad מימד | |
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Center-left[1] | |
Religion | Orthodox Judaism[2] |
Most MKs | 2 (1999, 2001) |
Election symbol | |
מי | |
Website | |
english.meimad.org.il | |
Meimad (
At the national level, it was in alliance with the
History
The Meimad movement was founded on 1 June 1988 by Rabbi Yehuda Amital,[9] and included former National Religious Party Knesset member Yehuda Ben-Meir. It emerged from Oz ve Shalom, an Orthodox Jewish peace movement.[4] It contested the 1988 Knesset elections, receiving 0.7% of the vote and failing to cross the 1% electoral threshold.
Eleven years later, a political party for the movement was established, and joined the
In November 2008, minister and former Labor Party member Ami Ayalon joined Meimad.[11] In the same month, the party ended its alliance with Labour after being told that 10th spot on the list would no longer be reserved for Meimad for the 2009 legislative elections.[citation needed]
Shortly afterwards, Ayalon announced his resignation from politics,
In 2012, Melchior announced that he would not stand for election.[14] The party was revived in 2018.[9]
Ideology
The party emphasizes the values of many
Under Melchior, the party has taken an even more left-leaning approach—both in foreign and, especially, in domestic affairs. The party has run in municipal elections in 2003, winning a number of key seats in Tel Aviv. It also ran together with Meretz party in Haifa in which it shares a seat under a rotation agreement. Shlomo Yaakov Rapaport serves on the Haifa city council representing Meimad, and is the chairman of the Haifa Aliyah and absorption committee, and the chairman of the municipal committee against alcohol and drug abuse.[citation needed]
Election results
Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Status |
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1988 | Yehuda Amital | 15,783 | 0.69 (#17) | 0 / 120
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New | Extraparliamentary |
1992 | Did not contest | Extraparliamentary | ||||
1996
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Extraparliamentary | |||||
1999
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Michael Melchior | Part of One Israel | 1 / 120
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1 | Coalition | |
2003 | With Labor | 1 / 120
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1 | Opposition (2003–2005) | ||
Coalition (2005) | ||||||
Opposition (2005–2006) | ||||||
2006 | 1 / 120
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Coalition | ||||
2009 | With the Green Movement | 0 / 120
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1 | Extraparliamentary |
References
- ^ Ehud Zion Waldoks (20 January 2009). "Green Movement-Meimad to stress environmental issues in elections". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ISBN 9780814779668.
- ^ Kaplan, Robert D. (January 2000). "Judaism's Challenge". The Atlantic. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
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- ^ Maltz, Judy (9 June 2018). "Disgusted by Far-right Policies, Some Religious Zionists in Israel Look Left for New Leadership". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 25 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
What Meimad offers them that other left-wing parties do not, [Melchior] adds, is a platform that "addresses issues from a Jewish perspective."
- ISBN 9780810864030. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ISBN 9781483333274. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ a b Hoffman, Gil (7 June 2018). "Religious-Zionist Meimad party reviving". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ Brinkley, Joel (18 October 1988). "Keys to Israeli Vote: The Orthodox and the Arabs". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ Somfalvi, Attila (17 November 2008). "Ami Ayalon won't join Meretz". Ynet. Retrieved 17 November 2008.
- ^ Gil Hoffman (14 December 2008). "Ayalon declares he is quitting politics". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ Ehud Zion Waldoks (18 December 2008). "Green Movement, Meimad run together". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ Melchoir, Michael (11 December 2012). "Pursuing the Meimad mission from beyond the political arena". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ Lintl, Peter, ed. (June 2018). "Actors in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Interests, Narratives and the Reciprocal Effects of the Occupation" (PDF). Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik. German Institute for International and Security Affairs: 8.
External links
- Official site (in English)
- Official site (in Hebrew)