Everything about Progressive Party Israel totally explained
The
Progressive Party (
Miflega Progresivit) was a
political party in
Israel.
History
The Progressive Party was a
liberal party, most of whose founders came from the ranks of the
New Aliyah Party, which had been active prior to independence. It consisted primarily of immigrants from Central Europe.
In the
1949 elections the party gained five seats, with
Idov Cohen,
Yeshayahu Forder,
Avraham Granot,
Yizhar Harari and
Pinchas Rosen taking their place as Members of the Knesset (MKs). They joined the government as a coalition partner of
David Ben-Gurion's
Mapai party, and were members of both the
first and
second governments.
In the
1951 elections the party lost a seat and dropped to 4 MKs. They were not included in Ben-Gurion's
original coalition, but were brought into the
fourth government as a replacement for the religious parties
Agudat Israel and
Agudat Israel Workers who had resigned over
religious education issues. They were also a coalition partner in the
fifth government (created when Ben Gurion resigned and was replaced by
Moshe Sharett), but were dropped from the
sixth government after a
motion of no-confidence had been brought against the ruling coalition.
They regained their original strength at the
1955 elections, returning to five seats, and were members both the
seventh and
eighth governments, headed by the returning Ben Gurion.
At the
1959 elections the party gained another seat, their representation rising to six MKs. Again they joined Ben-Gurion's
coalition. During the fourth Knesset the party merged with the
General Zionists to form the
Liberal Party. It was the motion of no-confidence brought by the new Liberal Party and
Herut that brought down the government.
The
1961 election saw the Liberal Party become the third largest in the Knesset, though they didn't join the
coalition. Later in the session, the majority of the Liberal Party MKs merged with
Herut to form
Gahal (which eventually became
Likud). However, the MKs that agreed with the merger were largely previous members of the General Zionists. Most former Progressive Party MKs objected to the alliance with Herut and set up the
Independent Liberals instead.
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