Movement for the Renewal of Social Zionism | |
Leader: | Mordechai Ben-Porat |
Founded: | 1970s |
Dissolved: | 1980s |
Split: | Telem |
Merged: | Likud |
Ideology: | Zionism |
Seats1 Title: | Most MKs |
Seats1: | 1 (1983–1984) |
Seats2 Title: | Fewest MKs |
Seats2: | 0 (1984) |
Country: | Israel |
The Movement for the Renewal of Social Zionism (he|תנועה להתחדשות ציונית חברתית, Tenoa'a LeHithadshut Tzionut Hevratit) was a short-lived minor political party in Israel.
Headed by Mordechai Ben-Porat, the party contested the 1977 Knesset elections, but missed out on winning a seat by 0.2%.
Ben-Porat subsequently joined Telem and was elected to the Knesset on its list in 1981. However, after becoming a Minister without Portfolio, he left Telem and established the Movement for the Renewal of Social Zionism as a Knesset faction on 6 June 1983 by Minister, following the break-up of (its other member, Yigael Hurvitz, refounded Rafi – National List).[1]
The party failed to cross the electoral threshold in the 1984 elections and subsequently disappeared. Ben-Porat moved on, joining Likud in 1988.