Cooperation and Brotherhood
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Cooperation and Brotherhood
שיתוף ואחווה مشاركة وأخوة |
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| Founded | 1950s |
| Dissolved | 1970s |
| Split from | Cooperation and Development (1967) |
| Merged into | Cooperation and Development (1966) |
| Ideology | Israeli Arab interest |
| National affiliation | Mapai/Labor Party |
| Most MKs | 2 (1959–1967, 1969–1973) |
| Fewest MKs | 1 (1967–1969) |
| Election symbol | |
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Cooperation and Brotherhood (Hebrew: שיתוף ואחווה, Shituf VeAhva; Arabic: مشاركة وأخوة) was an Arab satellite list in Israel.
Cooperation and Brotherhood was an Israeli Arab organisation formed to participate in the 1959 elections. Like other Israeli Arab parties at the time, it was associated with David Ben-Gurion's Mapai party, as Ben-Gurion was keen to include Israeli Arabs in the functioning of the state in order to prove Jews and Arabs could co-exist peacefully and productively. Its support base was Muslims and Druze in the Mount Carmel area.
In the elections, the party won 1.1% of the votes and two seats, which were taken by Labib Hussein Abu Rokan and Yussef Diab. Because of its association with Mapai, the party joined the governing coalition.
In the 1961 elections the party increased its share of the vote to 1.9%, overtaking Progress and Development to become the most popular Israeli Arab party in the Knesset. Despite its increased vote, the party still won only two seats, though it was again part of all three coalition governments during the fifth Knesset. Both Abu Rochan and Diab were replaced, their places taken by Jabr Muadi (formerly an MK for the Democratic List for Israeli Arabs) and Diyab Obeid.
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