Meimad
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Meimad
מימד |
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| Leader |
Yehuda Amital Michael Melchior |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Ideology |
Religious Zionism Social democracy Two-state solution |
| Political position | Center-left |
| Most MKs | 2 (1999, 2001) |
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Meimad (Hebrew: מימד, an acronym for Medina Yehudit, Medina Demokratit (Hebrew: מדינה יהודית, מדינה דמוקרטית), lit. Jewish State, Democratic State) was a left-wing religious Zionist political party in Israel. Founded in 1999, it is based on the ideology of the Meimad movement founded in 1988 by Rabbi Yehuda Amital. It was formed by dovish religious Zionists who supported the peace process and believed the National Religious Party had drifted too far to the right.
At the national level, it was in alliance with the Labour Party, and until the 2006 elections, received 10th spot on the Labour Knesset list. Meimad ended the pact with the 2009 election, formed an alliance with the Green Movement and failed to win enough votes to be elected to the Knesset.
The Meimad movement was founded on 1 June 1988 by Rabbi Yehuda Amital, and included former National Religious Party Knesset member Yehuda Ben-Meir. It contested the November 1988 Knesset elections, receiving 0.7% of the vote and failing to cross the 1% electoral threshold. Eleven years later a political arm was established, and joined the One Israel alliance that won the Knesset elections that year. Meimad received one seat, taken by Michael Melchior. It gained a second when Yehuda Gilad replaced Maxim Levy in 2002. Tova Ilan also represented Meimad in the Knesset for a brief spell in 2006 after several other Labour MKs resigned. It attracted moderates among immigrants from the Anglosphere, including Shimon Glick.
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