Da'am Workers Party
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Da'am Workers Party
דעם מפלגת פועלים حزب دعم العمالي |
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| Leader |
Asma Agbarieh Nir Nadar Ya'akov Ben Efrat |
| Chairman | Asma Agbarieh |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Split from | Drerech HaNitzoz |
| Ideology |
Social justice Socialism Communism Marxism Revolutionary socialismTrotskyism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Seats in Knesset | 0 |
| Election symbol | |
| ד (1996) קם (1999) ק |
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| Website | |
| daam.org.il] | |
The Da'am Workers Party(Arabic: حزب دعم العمالي, Hebrew: דעם מפלגת פועלים, Da'am Mifleget Po'alim) is a revolutionary socialist Jewish–Arab political party in Israel, where it is commonly known by the acronym Da'am (Arabic: دعم, Hebrew: דע"ם). It calls for political and social revolution in favor of workers' rights, the nationalization of key industries, Jewish–Arab coexistence, and gender equality.
The name 'Da'am' originates from Arabic and is a reverse acronym for the name Organization for Democratic Action (Arabic: منظمة العمل الديمقراطي, munadhamat al-'amal ad-dimoqrati). The name also means 'support' in Arabic.
The party was founded in Haifa in 1995 as a result of splitting process in the radical left in Israel; in 1960 Matzpen was founded by former members of Maki (the Communist Party of Israel) and in the 1970s former members of Matzpen founded three organisations, one of them was The Workers Alliance-Avangard, then in 1977 former members of Avangard founded Drerech HaNitzoz. Former members of Drerech HaNitzoz established Da'am in 1995.
In the 1999 elections the party won only 2,151 votes (0.06%), well below the electoral threshold of 1.5%. The 2003 elections saw a fall in support to just 1,925 votes, though its percentage (0.06%) remained roughly the same due to a reduced turnout. Nevertheless, it still did not pass the threshold. In the 2006 elections the party more than doubled its support, winning 3,692 votes (0.11%). However, with the raising of the threshold to 2%, it was even further away from obtaining even a single seat in the Knesset.
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