Independent Liberals (Israel)
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Independent Liberals
ליברלים עצמאיים |
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| Leader |
Moshe Kol Gideon Hausner Yitzhak Artzi |
| Founded | 16 March 1965 |
| Dissolved | Mid 1980s |
| Split from | Liberal Party |
| Merged into | Alignment |
| Ideology |
Liberalism Social liberalism Progressivism Secularism |
| Political position | Center |
| Most MKs | 7 (1965) |
| Fewest MKs | 1 (1977–1981) |
| Election symbol | |
| לע | |
The Independent Liberals (Hebrew: ליברלים עצמאיים, Libralim Atzma'im) were a political party in Israel between the 1960s and 1980s.
The Independent Liberals party was formed during the fifth Knesset in the aftermath of the merger of the Liberal Party and Herut. Seven of the 17 Liberal Party MKs led by former Minister of Justice, Pinchas Rosen, disagreed with the merger and founded a new party in response. Almost all of the dissenters were former members of the Progressive Party, which had merged with the General Zionists to create the Liberal Party during the fourth Knesset, and also included Rachel Cohen-Kagan, formerly an MK for WIZO.
In their first electoral test, the 1965 elections, the Independent Liberals won 5 seats and joined Levi Eshkol and Golda Meir's coalition governments, with Moshe Kol appointed Minister of Tourism and Minister of Development. During the sixth Knesset they lost one seat when Yizhar Harari left the party to join the Alignment.
In the 1969 elections the party won four seats and were again included in Meir's coalition government. Kol retained his post as Minister of Tourism. The party also won four seats in the 1973 elections and were included in both of Meir and Yitzhak Rabin's coalition governments. Kol again retained his post as Minister of Tourism and Gideon Hausner was made a Minister without Portfolio. However, they lost one seat when Hillel Seidel defected to Likud.
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