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Moked

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Moked
מוקד‎
LeaderShmuel Mikunis
Meir Pa'il
Founded1973
Dissolved1977
Merger ofMaki and the Blue-Red Movement
Merged intoHadash and the Left Camp of Israel
IdeologySocialism
Political positionLeft-wing
Most MKs1 (1973-1977)
Fewest MKs1 (1973-1977)
Election symbol
קנ‎

Moked (Hebrew: מוקד, lit. 'Focus') was a left-wing political party in Israel.

Background

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Moked came into existence on 25 July 1973 during the seventh Knesset, when the Maki parliamentary group (which had one seat, held by Shmuel Mikunis) was renamed Moked,[1] following its merger with the extraparliamentary Blue-Red Movement.

The new party ran in the 1973 elections, receiving 1.4% of the vote and winning one seat,[2] which was taken by Meir Pa'il, who was top of the party list. Mikunis (in second place), Yair Tzaban (fourth), Avishai Margalit (fifteenth) and Binyamin Temkin (twenty-third)[3] all failed to be elected. In October 1975 the party changed its name to Moked - for Peace and Social Compensation.[1]

Prior to the 1977 elections the party split in two. Some of the Maki faction merged into Hadash alongside Rakah, which had split from it in 1965, whilst the non-Communist members joined the Left Camp of Israel. The new party won two seats, with Pa'il taking one in rotation.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Splits and mergers within parliamentary groups in the Knesset". Knesset.
  2. ^ "About the 1973 Elections". Israel Democracy Institute.
  3. ^ "Moked list" (PDF). Israel Democracy Institute.
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