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id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"><table class="infobox vcard" cellspacing="3" style="border-spacing: 3px; width:22em;"> <tr> <th colspan="2" class="" style="text-align:center; font-size:125%; font-weight:bold; border-top: 2px solid #FF0000; border-bottom: 2px solid #FF0000"><span class="fn org">Israeli Labor Party</span><br/> <i><small class="nickname">מפלגת העבודה הישראלית</small></i></th> </tr> <tr class=""> <td colspan="2" class="logo" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Labor_(Israel)_logo.png" class="image" title="Labor Party Logo"><img alt="Labor Party Logo" src="//web.archive.org/web/20130130165703im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7b/Labor_%28Israel%29_logo.png/250px-Labor_%28Israel%29_logo.png" width="250" height="41" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20130130165703im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7b/Labor_%28Israel%29_logo.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20130130165703im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7b/Labor_%28Israel%29_logo.png 2x"/></a></td> </tr> <tr class=""> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;">Leader</th> <td class="agent" style=""><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelly_Yachimovich" title="Shelly Yachimovich">Shelly Yachimovich</a></td> </tr> <tr class=""> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;">Founded</th> <td class="" style="">1968<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1968</span>)</span></td> </tr> <tr class=""> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;">Merger of</th> <td class="" style=""><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapai" title="Mapai">Mapai</a>, <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahdut_HaAvoda" title="Ahdut HaAvoda">Ahdut HaAvoda</a><br/> and <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafi_(political_party)" title="Rafi (political party)">Rafi</a></td> </tr> <tr class=""> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;">Headquarters</th> <td class="label" style=""><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beit_Berl" title="Beit Berl">Beit Berl</a>, <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a></td> </tr> <tr class=""> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_wing" title="Youth wing">Youth wing</a></th> <td class="" style=""><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Young_Guard_of_the_Labor_Party&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Young Guard of the Labor Party (page does not exist)">Young Guard of the Labor Party</a></td> </tr> <tr class=""> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;">Membership  (2011)</th> <td class="" style="">67,000</td> </tr> <tr class=""> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_ideologies" title="List of political ideologies">Ideology</a></th> <td class="category" style=""><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_democracy" title="Social democracy">Social democracy</a>,<br/> <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Zionism" title="Labor Zionism">Labor Zionism</a></td> </tr> <tr class=""> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_spectrum" title="Political spectrum">Political position</a></th> <td class="category" style=""><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre-left" title="Centre-left">Centre-left</a></td> </tr> <tr class=""> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;">International affiliation</th> <td class="category" style=""><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_International" title="Socialist International">Socialist International</a> (observer)</td> </tr> <tr class=""> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;">European affiliation</th> <td class="category" style=""><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_of_European_Socialists" title="Party of European Socialists">Party of European Socialists</a> (observer)</td> </tr> <tr class=""> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;">Colours</th> <td class="" style=""><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue" title="Blue">Blue</a> and <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red" title="Red">Red</a></td> </tr> <tr class=""> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knesset" title="Knesset">Knesset</a></th> <td class="" style=""> <div style="border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-color:#c0c0c0;background-color:#f0f0f0;width:100px;height:1.5em;"> <div style="position: absolute; background-color: #0000AA;width:12px;height:1.5em;"></div> <div style="position: absolute; font-weight:bold;width:100px;height:1.5em;text-align:center;z-index: 10;">15 / 120</div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" class="" style="text-align:center;">Election symbol</th> </tr> <tr class=""> <td colspan="2" class="" style="text-align:center;">אמת ا م ت</td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" class="" style="text-align:center;">Website</th> </tr> <tr class=""> <td colspan="2" class="" style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130130165703/http://www.havoda.org.il/">www.havoda.org.il</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="" style="text-align:center; border-top: 2px solid #FF0000"><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Israel" title="Politics of Israel">Politics of Israel</a><br/> <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Israel" title="List of political parties in Israel">Political parties</a><br/> <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_Israel" title="Elections in Israel">Elections</a></td> </tr> </table> <p>The <b>Israeli Labor Party</b> (<a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl" xml:lang="he">מפלגת העבודה הישראלית</span>, <span class="unicode"><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MiflegetHaAvodaHaYisraelit.ogg" title="About this sound"><img alt="About this sound" src="//web.archive.org/web/20130130165703im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/11px-Loudspeaker.svg.png" width="11" height="11" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20130130165703im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/17px-Loudspeaker.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20130130165703im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/22px-Loudspeaker.svg.png 2x"/></a> <a 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class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cook2004-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionism" title="Zionism">Zionist</a><sup id="cite_ref-DochertyLamb2006_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DochertyLamb2006-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_party" title="Political party">political party</a> in <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>. The party is an observer member of both <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_International" title="Socialist International">Socialist International</a> and the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_of_European_Socialists" title="Party of European Socialists">Party of European Socialists</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup> The Israeli Labor Party was established in 1968 by a merger of <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapai" title="Mapai">Mapai</a>, <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahdut_HaAvoda" title="Ahdut HaAvoda">Ahdut HaAvoda</a> and <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafi_(political_party)" title="Rafi (political party)">Rafi</a>. Until 1977, all Israeli Prime Ministers were affiliated with the Labor movement.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup> Following a split in the party in 2011, <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelly_Yachimovich" title="Shelly Yachimovich">Shelly Yachimovich</a> was elected party leader.</p> <table id="toc" class="toc"> <tr> <td> <div id="toctitle"> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#History"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Dominant_political_party_1968.E2.80.931977"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Dominant political party 1968–1977</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Opposition_and_comeback_1977.E2.80.932001"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Opposition and comeback 1977–2001</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Decline_2001.E2.80.93"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Decline 2001–</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#2011_split"><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span> <span class="toctext">2011 split</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Political_principles"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Political principles</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Past"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Past</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Current"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Current</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#Party_leaders"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Party leaders</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#Other_prominent_members"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Other prominent members</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#Current_MKs"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Current MKs</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Israeli_Labor_Party&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span></h2> <table class="metadata plainlinks ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" style=""> <tr> <td class="mbox-image"> <div style="width: 52px;"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20130130165703im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" width="50" height="39" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20130130165703im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20130130165703im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x"/></div> </td> <td class="mbox-text" style=""><span class="mbox-text-span">This article <b>needs additional citations for verification</b>. <span class="hide-when-compact">Please help <a class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Israeli_Labor_Party&action=edit">improve this article</a> by <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_referencing/1" title="Help:Introduction to referencing/1">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Citation_needed" title="Template:Citation needed">challenged</a> and <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <small><i>(November 2011)</i></small> </span></td> </tr> </table> <h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Israeli_Labor_Party&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Dominant political party 1968–1977">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Dominant_political_party_1968.E2.80.931977">Dominant political party 1968–1977</span></h3> <p>The foundations for the formation of the Israeli Labor Party were laid shortly before the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_legislative_election,_1965" title="Israeli legislative election, 1965">1965 Knesset elections</a> when <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapai" title="Mapai">Mapai</a>, the largest left-wing party in the country formed, an alliance with <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahdut_HaAvoda" title="Ahdut HaAvoda">Ahdut HaAvoda</a>. The alliance was an attempt by Mapai to shore up the party's share of the vote following a break-away of eight MKs (around a fifth of Mapai's Knesset faction) led by <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ben-Gurion" title="David Ben-Gurion">David Ben-Gurion</a> to form a new party, <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafi_(political_party)" title="Rafi (political party)">Rafi</a>, in protest against Mapai's failure to approve a change to the country's proportional representation voting system.</p> <p>The alliance, called the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alignment_(political_party)" title="Alignment (political party)">Labor Alignment</a> won 45 seats in the elections, and was able to form the government in coalition with the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Religious_Party" title="National Religious Party">National Religious Party</a>, <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapam" title="Mapam">Mapam</a>, the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Liberals_(Israel)" title="Independent Liberals (Israel)">Independent Liberals</a>, <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agudat_Israel_Workers" title="Agudat Israel Workers" class="mw-redirect">Agudat Israel Workers</a>, <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_and_Development" title="Progress and Development">Progress and Development</a> and <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperation_and_Brotherhood" title="Cooperation and Brotherhood">Cooperation and Brotherhood</a>. After the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-Day_War" title="Six-Day War">Six-Day War</a> broke out, Rafi and <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gahal" title="Gahal">Gahal</a> joined the coalition.</p> <p>On 23 January 1968 Mapai, Ahdut HaAvoda and Rafi (with the exception of Ben-Gurion, who formed the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_List" title="National List">National List</a> in protest) merged into one body; the Israeli Labor Party. On 28 January 1969, the party allied itself with Mapam, the alliance becoming known as the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alignment_(political_party)" title="Alignment (political party)">Alignment</a>.</p> <p>As the largest faction within the Alignment, Labor came to dominate it. Mapam left during the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_legislative_election,_1973" title="Israeli legislative election, 1973">eighth Knesset</a>, but rejoined shortly afterwards.</p> <p>During the 1970s, the welfare state was expanded<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup> under successive Labor governments, with the creation of new social security schemes such as disability insurance and unemployment insurance in 1970, children’s insurance in 1975, vacation pay for adopting parents in 1976,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span>[</span>7<span>]</span></a></sup> a Family Allowance for Veterans in 1970, a benefit for Prisoners of Zion in 1973, and a mobility benefit and a Volunteer’s’ Rights benefit in 1975.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Israeli_Labor_Party&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Opposition and comeback 1977–2001">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Opposition_and_comeback_1977.E2.80.932001">Opposition and comeback 1977–2001</span></h3> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px;"><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Avoda_ballot.JPG" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20130130165703im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Avoda_ballot.JPG/200px-Avoda_ballot.JPG" width="200" height="266" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20130130165703im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Avoda_ballot.JPG/300px-Avoda_ballot.JPG 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20130130165703im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Avoda_ballot.JPG/400px-Avoda_ballot.JPG 2x"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Avoda_ballot.JPG" class="internal" title="Enlarge"><img src="//web.archive.org/web/20130130165703im_/http://bits.wikimedia.org/static-1.21wmf8/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15" height="11" alt=""/></a></div> Labor party ballot: Emet</div> </div> </div> <p>In the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_legislative_election,_1977" title="Israeli legislative election, 1977">1977 elections</a>, Labor for the first time ended up in opposition. In the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_legislative_election,_1984" title="Israeli legislative election, 1984">1984 elections</a>, Labor joined a national unity government with <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Likud" title="Likud">Likud</a>, with the post of Prime Minister rotating between the two parties.</p> <p>Mapam broke away again during the eleventh Knesset, angry at <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimon_Peres" title="Shimon Peres">Shimon Peres</a>'s decision to form a national unity government with Likud. Although the Independent Liberals merged into the Alignment in the 1980s, they had no Knesset representation at the time.</p> <p>On 7 October 1991 the Alignment ceased to exist, with all factions formally merged into the Labor Party. At this time, the Likud Government faced numerous problems, such as economic problems, the challenge of assimilating a large influx of immigrants from the former <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>, serious tensions with the American government led by President <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H.W._Bush" title="George H.W. Bush" class="mw-redirect">George H.W. Bush</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="from October 2011">why?</span></a></i>]</sup> and internal division. Led by <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yitzhak_Rabin" title="Yitzhak Rabin">Yitzhak Rabin</a>, Labor won the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_legislative_election,_1992" title="Israeli legislative election, 1992">1992 elections</a> and formed the government together with <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meretz" title="Meretz">Meretz</a> and <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shas" title="Shas">Shas</a>. In domestic policy, the Labor-led government introduced various measures to improve levels of social protection. Better provisions were introduced for single parents<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span>[</span>9<span>]</span></a></sup> and people with disabilities,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span>[</span>10<span>]</span></a></sup> while income support entitlements were liberalised.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span>[</span>11<span>]</span></a></sup> The 1994 Law to Reduce Poverty and Income Inequality (which was extended a year later) increased income maintenance grants to needy families, particularly benefitting those sections of society most vulnerable to poverty.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span>[</span>12<span>]</span></a></sup> In 1995, a national health insurance policy was implemented, making access to health care a right for all Israelis.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span>[</span>13<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Various measures were also introduced to bring about greater progressivity into the system of collection of national insurance contributions.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span>[</span>14<span>]</span></a></sup> A maternity grant for adopting mothers was introduced,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span>[</span>15<span>]</span></a></sup> together with old-age insurance for housewives,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span>[</span>16<span>]</span></a></sup> a minimum unemployment allowance,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span>[</span>17<span>]</span></a></sup> and a partial injury allowance.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span>[</span>18<span>]</span></a></sup> In addition, investments were made in numerous development projects<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span>[</span>19<span>]</span></a></sup> while affirmative action programmes were launched to hire Palestinian citizens in the public sector, the Ministry of Interior increased the budgets for Arab local councils, and the Ministry of Education increased the budget for Arab education.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span>[</span>20<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>The subsequent role of Labor became to a large extent tied to the Oslo Accords, based on the principle "land for peace". The <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo_Accords" title="Oslo Accords" class="mw-redirect">Oslo Accords</a> led to a vote of confidence, which the Government won with a margin of 61-50 (8 abstained). Several MKs from the Government parties declined to support the Government, but on the other hand, the Arab parties came to its rescue. Due to the lack of a constitution in Israel, the Government was able to implement the accords with a thin margin.</p> <p>Rabin's decision to advance peace talks with the Palestinians to the point of signing the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo_Accords" title="Oslo Accords" class="mw-redirect">Oslo Accords</a> led to his <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Yitzhak_Rabin" title="Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin">assassination</a> by <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yigal_Amir" title="Yigal Amir">Yigal Amir</a> in 1995. Peres decided to call early elections in 1996 to give him a mandate for advancing the peace process. However, his ploy failed; although Labor won the most seats in the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_legislative_election,_1996" title="Israeli legislative election, 1996" class="mw-redirect">Knesset election</a>, he lost to the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_prime_ministerial_election,_1996" title="Israeli prime ministerial election, 1996" class="mw-redirect">election for Prime Minister</a> to <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu" title="Benjamin Netanyahu">Benjamin Netanyahu</a> following a wave of <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_bombing" title="Suicide bombing" class="mw-redirect">suicide bombings</a> by <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas" title="Hamas">Hamas</a>. Netanyahu and Likud were thus able to form the government.</p> <p>With his coalition falling apart, Netanyahu decided to call early elections in 1999. <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehud_Barak" title="Ehud Barak">Ehud Barak</a> won the internal primaries, and was nominated as the Labor candidate for Prime Minister. Meanwhile, the party entered an electoral alliance with <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meimad" title="Meimad">Meimad</a> and <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesher_(political_party)" title="Gesher (political party)">Gesher</a> called <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Israel" title="One Israel">One Israel</a>. Barak won the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_prime_ministerial_election,_1999" title="Israeli prime ministerial election, 1999" class="mw-redirect">Prime Minister election</a>, whilst One Israel won the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_legislative_election,_1999" title="Israeli legislative election, 1999" class="mw-redirect">Knesset elections</a>, albeit with only 26 seats.</p> <p>Barak started by forming a 75-member coalition together with <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shas" title="Shas">Shas</a>, <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meretz-Yachad" title="Meretz-Yachad" class="mw-redirect">Meretz</a>, <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yisrael_BaAliyah" title="Yisrael BaAliyah">Yisrael BaAliyah</a>, the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Religious_Party" title="National Religious Party">National Religious Party</a> and <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Torah_Judaism" title="United Torah Judaism">United Torah Judaism</a>. The coalition with religious parties (NRP, Shas and UTJ) caused tensions with the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secularism" title="Secularism">secularist</a> Meretz, who quit the coalition after a disagreement with Shas over the authority of the Deputy Education Minister. The rest of the parties left before the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_David_2000_summit" title="Camp David 2000 summit" class="mw-redirect">Camp David 2000 summit</a>.</p> <h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Israeli_Labor_Party&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Decline 2001–">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Decline_2001.E2.80.93">Decline 2001–</span></h3> <p>Following the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2000_riots" title="October 2000 riots" class="mw-redirect">October 2000 riots</a> and the violence of the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Aqsa_Intifada" title="Al-Aqsa Intifada" class="mw-redirect">al-Aqsa Intifada</a>, Barak resigned from office. He then lost a <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_prime_ministerial_election,_2001" title="Israeli prime ministerial election, 2001">special election for Prime Minister</a> to <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Likud" title="Likud">Likud</a>'s <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Sharon" title="Ariel Sharon">Ariel Sharon</a>. However, Labor remained in Sharon's coalition as he formed a <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_unity_government" title="National unity government">national unity government</a> with Likud, Labor, Shas, Yisrael BaAliyah and United Torah Judaism, and were given two of the most important cabinet portfolios; Peres was appointed <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Affairs_Minister_of_Israel" title="Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel">Minister of Foreign Affairs</a> and <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjanin_Ben-Eliezer" title="Benjanin Ben-Eliezer" class="mw-redirect">Benjanin Ben-Eliezer</a> was made <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Defense_Ministers_of_Israel" title="List of Defense Ministers of Israel" class="mw-redirect">Defense Minister</a>. Labor supported <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Defensive_Shield" title="Operation Defensive Shield">Operation Defensive Shield</a>, which was conducted in April 2002 against Palestinians in the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank" title="West Bank">West Bank</a>. After harsh criticism that Peres and Ben-Elizer were "puppets" of Sharon and not promoting the peace process, Labor quit the government in 2003.</p> <p>Prior to the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_legislative_election,_2003" title="Israeli legislative election, 2003">2003 elections</a>, <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amram_Mitzna" title="Amram Mitzna">Amram Mitzna</a> won the party primaries, and led the party into the election with a platform that included unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. The party was routed in the elections, winning only 19 seats (its lowest ever), whilst Sharon's Likud won 38 (40 after <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yisrael_BaAliyah" title="Yisrael BaAliyah">Yisrael BaAliyah</a> merged into the party). Subsequently, due to internal opposition, Mitzna resigned from the party leadership,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span>[</span>21<span>]</span></a></sup> and soon afterwards was replaced by Shimon Peres. Despite being omitted from the original right-wing coalition, Sharon invited Labor into the coalition to shore up support for the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%27s_unilateral_disengagement_plan" title="Israel's unilateral disengagement plan">disengagement plan</a> (effectively Mitzna's policy which he had earlier lambasted) after the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Union_(Israel)" title="National Union (Israel)">National Union</a> and the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Religious_Party" title="National Religious Party">National Religious Party</a> had left the government.</p> <p>On 8 November 2005, Shimon Peres was replaced as the leader of the Labor party by the election of left-wing Histadrut union leader <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amir_Peretz" title="Amir Peretz">Amir Peretz</a> in an internal Labor party ballot. Critics of Labor have argued that, over the years, the party had abandoned its <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism" title="Socialism">socialist</a> heritage in favor of economic and business elites, and had passed the mantle of custodian of the underprivileged to right-wing and religious parties.<sup id="cite_ref-persp_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-persp-22"><span>[</span>22<span>]</span></a></sup> Peretz stated his intention to reassert Labor's traditional socialist policies and took Labor party out of the government, prompting Sharon to resign and call for new <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_legislative_election,_2006" title="Israeli legislative election, 2006">elections in March 2006</a>. Prior to the election, the political map had been redrawn, as Sharon and the majority of Likud's MKs, together with a number of Labor MKs, including Shimon Peres, and some from other parties, had formed the new political party <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadima" title="Kadima">Kadima</a>. In the elections Labor won 19 seats, making it the second largest party after Kadima. It joined <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehud_Olmert" title="Ehud Olmert">Ehud Olmert</a>'s Kadima-led government, with Peretz appointed Defense Minister. Labor's main coalition demand and campaign promise was raising the minimum wage.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span>[</span>23<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>On 28 May 2007 a leadership election resulted in Ehud Barak and Ami Ayalon beating Peretz into third place. In the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-round_system" title="Two-round system">run-off election</a> (required as neither Barak nor Ayalon received over 40% of the vote), Barak was re-elected as party chairman. Despite stating that he would withdraw the party from the government unless Olmert resigned,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span>[</span>24<span>]</span></a></sup> Barak remained in government and took over as Defense Minister.</p> <p>Prior to the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_legislative_election,_2009" title="Israeli legislative election, 2009">2009 elections</a> Labor and Meimad ended their alliance, with Meimad ultimately running a joint list with the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Movement_(Israel)" title="Green Movement (Israel)" class="mw-redirect">Green Movement</a> (which did not pass the electoral threshold). Several prominent members left the party, including <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ami_Ayalon" title="Ami Ayalon">Ami Ayalon</a>, and <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efraim_Sneh" title="Efraim Sneh">Efraim Sneh</a> (who formed <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yisrael_Hazaka" title="Yisrael Hazaka">Yisrael Hazaka</a>). In the elections Labor was reduced to just 13 seats, making it the fourth largest party behind Kadima, Likud and <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yisrael_Beiteinu" title="Yisrael Beiteinu">Yisrael Beiteinu</a>.</p> <p>Analysing the downfall of the once dominant political party in Israel, Efraim Inbar of the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begin-Sadat_Center_for_Strategic_Studies" title="Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies">Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies</a> points to several factors. By forfeiting identification with the establishment and building of the State of Israel, symbolised by a predilection for military service and by the settling of the land of Israel, Labor lost its most important asset. Deserting the Zionist symbol of Jerusalem, by showing willingness to cede part of it to the Palestinians was an ill-fated move. When cosmopolitan and individualist values made inroads into the party, it distanced itself from the collectivist ethos that has been dominant and is still widespread in Israel. Their association with the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo_Accords" title="Oslo Accords" class="mw-redirect">Oslo Accords</a> meant that they could not avoid being discredited by its failure. Demographic factors have worked against Labor, as the growing <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sephardi_Jews" title="Sephardi Jews">Sefardi</a> population, as well as the recent Russian-Jewish immigrants, have largely voted for other parties. Attempts to gain the support of the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_citizens_of_Israel" title="Arab citizens of Israel">Israeli Arab</a> voters have damaged the image of the party, and yielded no harvest.<sup id="cite_ref-persp_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-persp-22"><span>[</span>22<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Israeli_Labor_Party&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2011 split">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="2011_split">2011 split</span></h3> <p>On 17 January 2011, disillusionment with party leader Ehud Barak, over his support for coalition policies, especially regarding the peace process, led to Barak's resignation from the Labor Party with four other Knesset members to establish a new "centrist, Zionist and democratic" party, <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_(Israeli_political_party)" title="Independence (Israeli political party)">Independence</a>. Following this move, all Labor Party government ministers resigned.</p> <p>Two days after the split, a group of prominent members of Israel's business, technology, and cultural communities including <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_Venture_Partners" title="Jerusalem Venture Partners">Jerusalem Venture Partners</a> founder <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erel_Margalit" title="Erel Margalit">Erel Margalit</a> founded the "Avoda Now" movement calling for a revival of the Labor Party. The movement launched a public campaign calling the people to support the Labor party, with the aim of renewing its institutions, restore its social values, and choose new dynamic leadership.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span>[</span>25<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelly_Yachimovich" title="Shelly Yachimovich">Shelly Yachimovich</a> was elected leader in 2011 saying "I promise that we will work together. This is just the beginning of a new start for Israeli society." She was congratulated by many in the part including her one-time rival Amir Peretz.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span>[</span>26<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Israeli_Labor_Party&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Political principles">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Political_principles">Political principles</span></h2> <table class="metadata plainlinks ambox ambox-content ambox-Original_research" style=""> <tr> <td class="mbox-image"> <div style="width: 52px;"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20130130165703im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f4/Ambox_content.png" width="40" height="40"/></div> </td> <td class="mbox-text" style=""><span class="mbox-text-span">This article <b>may contain <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">original research</a></b>. <span class="hide-when-compact">Please <a class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Israeli_Labor_Party&action=edit">improve it</a> by <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verifying</a> the claims made and adding <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:References" title="Wikipedia:References" class="mw-redirect">references</a>. Statements consisting only of original research may be removed.</span> <small><i>(October 2011)</i></small> </span></td> </tr> </table> <h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Israeli_Labor_Party&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Past">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Past">Past</span></h3> <p>Mapai evolved from the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist" title="Socialist" class="mw-redirect">socialist</a> <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poale_Zion" title="Poale Zion">Poale Zion</a> movement and adhered to the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Zionism" title="Labor Zionism">Socialist Zionist</a> ideology promulgated by <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahum_Syrkin" title="Nahum Syrkin" class="mw-redirect">Nahum Syrkin</a> and <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ber_Borochov" title="Ber Borochov">Ber Borochov</a>. During Ben-Gurion's leadership (1930s-1950s), Mapai focused mainly on the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionism" title="Zionism">Zionist</a> agenda, since it was the most urgent issue then - establishing a <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeland_for_the_Jewish_people" title="Homeland for the Jewish people">homeland for the Jewish people</a>.</p> <p>After the founding of the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Israel" title="State of Israel" class="mw-redirect">state of Israel</a>, Mapai engaged in nation building - the establishment of the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces" title="Israel Defense Forces">Israel Defense Forces</a> (while dismantling every other armed group), the establishment of many settlements, the settling of more than 1,000,000 Jewish immigrants and the desire to unite all the inhabitants of Israel under a new Zionist Jewish Israeli culture (an ideology known as the "<a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melting_pot" title="Melting pot">Melting pot</a>" כור היתוך).</p> <p>Labor in the past was more <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkish" title="Hawkish" class="mw-redirect">hawkish</a> on security and defense issues than it is today. During its years in office, Israel has fought the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Crisis" title="Suez Crisis">1956 Sinai War</a>, the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-Day_War" title="Six-Day War">Six-Day War</a> and the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Kippur_War" title="Yom Kippur War">Yom Kippur War</a>.</p> <h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Israeli_Labor_Party&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Current">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Current">Current</span></h3> <p>In November 2005, <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amir_Peretz" title="Amir Peretz">Amir Peretz</a>, leader of the social-democratic <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Nation_(Israel)" title="One Nation (Israel)">One Nation</a> which had merged into Labor, was elected chairman of the party, defeating <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimon_Peres" title="Shimon Peres">Shimon Peres</a>. Under Peretz, and especially in the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_legislative_election,_2006" title="Israeli legislative election, 2006">2006 electoral campaign</a>, the party took a significant ideological turn, putting social and economic issues on top of its agenda, and advocating a moderate social-democratic approach (including increases in minimum wage and social security payments), in sharp contrast to the <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliberalism" title="Neoliberalism">neoliberal</a> policies led by former Finance Minister <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu" title="Benjamin Netanyahu">Benjamin Netanyahu</a>.</p> <p>In 2006, several members of the ILP left to join the new centrist grouping, <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadima" title="Kadima">Kadima</a>; these included former Labor leader Shimon Peres, <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haim_Ramon" title="Haim Ramon">Haim Ramon</a>, and <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalia_Itzik" title="Dalia Itzik">Dalia Itzik</a>.</p> <p>The international media has described the Labor Party as centre-left, social-democratic, and <a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dovish" title="Dovish" class="mw-redirect">dovish</a>.</p> <h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Israeli_Labor_Party&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Party leaders">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Party_leaders">Party leaders</span></h2> <table class="multicol" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 0px; border: 0px; background:transparent; width:100%;"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Eshkol" title="Levi Eshkol">Levi Eshkol</a> 1968–1969 (also leader of the Alignment)</li> <li><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golda_Meir" title="Golda Meir">Golda Meir</a> 1969–1974 (also leader of the Alignment)</li> <li><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yitzhak_Rabin" title="Yitzhak Rabin">Yitzhak Rabin</a> 1974–1977 (also leader of the Alignment)</li> <li><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimon_Peres" title="Shimon Peres">Shimon Peres</a> 1977–1992 (also leader of the Alignment)</li> <li><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yitzhak_Rabin" title="Yitzhak Rabin">Yitzhak Rabin</a> 1992–1995</li> <li><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimon_Peres" title="Shimon Peres">Shimon Peres</a> 1995–1997</li> <li><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehud_Barak" title="Ehud Barak">Ehud Barak</a> 1997–2001</li> </ul> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binyamin_Ben-Eliezer" title="Binyamin Ben-Eliezer">Binyamin Ben-Eliezer</a> 2001–2002</li> <li><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amram_Mitzna" title="Amram Mitzna">Amram Mitzna</a> 2002–2003</li> <li><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimon_Peres" title="Shimon Peres">Shimon Peres</a> 2003–2005</li> <li><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amir_Peretz" title="Amir Peretz">Amir Peretz</a> 2005–2007</li> <li><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehud_Barak" title="Ehud Barak">Ehud Barak</a> 2007–2011</li> <li><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Harish" title="Michael Harish">Michael Harish</a> 2011 (<i>acting</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span>[</span>27<span>]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelly_Yachimovich" title="Shelly Yachimovich">Shelly Yachimovich</a> 2011–present</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Israeli_Labor_Party&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Other prominent members">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Other_prominent_members">Other prominent members</span></h2> <p>Prominent former members include:</p> <table class="multicol" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 0px; border: 0px; background:transparent; width:100%;"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yigal_Allon" title="Yigal Allon">Yigal Allon</a> – Acting Prime-Minister</li> <li><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshe_Dayan" title="Moshe Dayan">Moshe Dayan</a> – Defense Minister</li> <li><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abba_Eban" title="Abba Eban">Abba Eban</a> – Minister of Foreign Affairs</li> <li><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaim_Herzog" title="Chaim Herzog">Chaim Herzog</a> – President of Israel</li> </ul> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efraim_Katzir" title="Efraim Katzir" class="mw-redirect">Efraim Katzir</a> – President of Israel</li> <li><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yitzhak_Navon" title="Yitzhak Navon">Yitzhak Navon</a> – President of Israel</li> <li><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zalman_Shazar" title="Zalman Shazar">Zalman Shazar</a> – President of Israel</li> <li><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezer_Weizman" title="Ezer Weizman">Ezer Weizman</a> – President of Israel</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Israeli_Labor_Party&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Current MKs">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Current_MKs">Current MKs</span></h2> <table class="multicol" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 0px; border: 0px; background:transparent; width:100%;"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Herzog" title="Isaac Herzog">Isaac Herzog</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avishay_Braverman" title="Avishay Braverman">Avishay Braverman</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelly_Yachimovich" title="Shelly Yachimovich">Shelly Yachimovich</a></li> </ul> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eitan_Cabel" title="Eitan Cabel">Eitan Cabel</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binyamin_Ben-Eliezer" title="Binyamin Ben-Eliezer">Binyamin Ben-Eliezer</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Ben-Simon" title="Daniel Ben-Simon">Daniel Ben-Simon</a></li> </ul> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raleb_Majadele" title="Raleb Majadele">Raleb Majadele</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoram_Marciano" title="Yoram Marciano">Yoram Marciano</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/web/20130130165703/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Israeli_Labor_Party&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span></h2> <div class="reflist" style="list-style-type: decimal;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Cook2004-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Cook2004_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation book">Rhodes Cook (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130130165703/http://books.google.com/books?id=1Lld7J5tZuwC&pg=PA118"><i>The Presidential Nominating Process: A Place for Us?</i></a>. 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