Progressive National Alliance Explained

Leader:Hashem Mahameed
Split:United Arab List
Seats1 Title:Most MKs
Ideology:Israeli Arab interest
Founded:2002
Country:Israel

The Progressive National Alliance (Hebrew: ברית לאומית מתקדמת, Brit Leumit Mitkademet), originally known as National Unity – National Progressive Alliance (Hebrew: אחדות לאומית – הברית הלאומית המתקדמת, Ahdhut Leumit – HaBrit HaLeumit HaMitkademet), was a small Arab political party in Israel in the early 21st century.

Background

The party was formed in December 2002 when Hashem Mahameed left Hadash.[1] He turned the faction into a full political party in order to participate in the 2003 elections, renaming it the Progressive National Alliance. However, the party won only 20,571 votes (0.7%), less than half the number needed to cross the 1.5% electoral threshold. Amongst Israeli Arabs the party won 6.3% of the vote,[2] almost all of them in Mahmeed's hometown, Umm al-Fahm.[3]

Since running in the municipal elections in Umm al-Fahm in October 2003 as part of an alliance with Hadash, Balad and the Sons of the Village Movement,[4] the party has not been active in politics since and appears to have disbanded. Mahmeed was a contender for a place on Hadash's list in the 2006 elections, but was not on the final slate.

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.knesset.gov.il/faction/eng/FactionHistoryAll_eng.asp Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups
  2. News: 29 January 2003 . Minorities . Haaretz . 13 January 2014.
  3. News: Yoav Stern . 9 February 2006 . Hadash seeks to boost support in Triangle . Haaretz . 13 January 2014.
  4. News: David Rudge . Strong Islamic Sentiment Drives Arab Elections . The Jerusalem Post . 30 October 2003 . 23 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040225041631/http://www.dayan.org/commentary/jerusalempost_elie.pdf . 25 February 2004 . dead .