| The non-partisans | |
| Native Name: | הבלתי מפלגתיים |
| Leader: | Berl Katznelson, Yitzhak Tabenkin, David Remez |
| Ideology: | Labor Zionism |
| Country: | Israel |
| Dissolved: | February 1919 |
| Merged: | Ahdut HaAvoda |
The non-partisans (Hebrew: הבלתי מפלגתיים) was a labor Zionist social movement of workers in Palestine at the beginning of the 20th century.
rect 167 83 445 250 Hapoel Hatzairrect 450 88 717 265 Non Partisansrect 721 86 995 243 Poalei Zionrect 152 316 373 502 HaPoel HaMizrachirect 552 328 884 512 Ahdut HaAvodarect 891 301 1111 534 Poalei Zion Leftrect 283 519 668 928 Mapairect 5 665 169 1432 HaOved HaTzionirect 697 747 918 953 Ahdut HaAvoda Movementrect 755 977 959 1234 Ahdut HaAvoda Poalei ZIonrect 775 1265 1136 1444 Mapamrect 966 1023 1232 1217 HaShomer Hatzair Workers' Partyrect 1044 572 1228 766 HaShomer HaTzairrect 942 769 1177 919 Socialist League of Palestinerect 387 1275 734 1447 Mapairect 365 1260 174 1447 HaPoel HaMizrachirect 36 6 1225 81 Labor Zionism
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It acted as a "third force" in the labor Zionist movement during the second and third aliyah periods, alongside the workers who were organized within the Poalei Zion and Hapoel Hatzair parties. Most of the financial and political power of those parties came from the Jewish diaspora.
Some of the workers who immigrated in the second aliyah did not find their place in either of the parties that had existed until then. For some it was due to ideological differences and for others, due to the desire to establish themselves independently in Palestine, without the affiliations and disputes that guided the parties and that were related to the Jewish public in the Diaspora (the question of the Hebrew language as a cultural language in the Diaspora for example, or the connection with the Socialist International).[1]
The prominent non-partisan leaders were Berl Katznelson, Yitzhak Tabenkin, David Remez and Shmuel Yavnieli.[2]
Their main activity in the Yishuv was the establishment of multiple workers unions (Histadrut Poalei Yehuda, Histadrut Poalei Ha'Galil, Histadrut Poalei Ha'Shomron - all which merged into the Histadrut), organizations that ensured the independent settlement of workers, the welfare of the workers and social and health insurance for the workers.[3]
In February 1919, the Non-Partisans and the Poalei Zion Party merged and created Ahdut HaAvoda. A step which contributed to the establishment of the Histadrut.