Hadash
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Hadash
חד"ש |
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| Hebrew name | החזית הדמוקרטית לשלום ולשוויון |
| Arabic name | الجبهة الديمقراطية للسلام والمساواة |
| Leader | Ayman Odeh |
| Chairman | Ayman Odeh |
| Founded | 1977 |
| Merger of | Rakah, Black Panthers and other groups |
| Headquarters |
Haifa, Israel Nazareth, Israel |
| Ideology |
Marxism Communism Two-state solution Arab-Israeli interests |
| Political position | Far-left |
| National affiliation | Joint List |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colors | Red and Green |
| Knesset |
5 / 120
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| Most MKs | 5 (1977, 2015) |
| Fewest MKs | 2 (2003) |
| Election symbol | |
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| Website | |
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Hadash (Hebrew: חד"ש, lit. New), an acronym for HaHazit HaDemokratit LeShalom uLeShivion (Hebrew: החזית הדמוקרטית לשלום ולשוויון, lit. The Democratic Front for Peace and Equality); Arabic: الجبهة الديمقراطية للسلام والمساواة, al-Jabhah ad-Dimuqrāṭiyyah lis-Salām wa'l-Musāwah) is a radical left-wing political coalition in Israel formed by the Israeli Communist Party and other leftist groups.
It currently has five members, as part of the Joint List, in the 120-seat Knesset.
The party was formed on 15 March 1977 when the Rakah and Non-Partisans parliamentary group changed its name to Hadash in preparation for the 1977 elections. The non-partisans included some members of the Black Panthers (several others joined the Left Camp of Israel) and other left-wing non-communist groups. Within the Hadash movement, Rakah (which was renamed Maki, a Hebrew acronym for Israeli Communist Party, in 1989) has retained its independent status.
In its first electoral test, Hadash won five seats, an increase of one on Rakah's previous four. However, in the next elections in 1981 the party was reduced to four seats. It maintained its four seats in the 1984 elections, gaining another MK when Mohammed Wattad defected from Mapam in 1988. The 1988 election resulted in another four-seat haul, though the party lost a seat when Charlie Biton broke away to establish Black Panthers as an independent faction on 25 December 1990. The 1992 elections saw the party remain at three seats.
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