Sephardim and Oriental Communities
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Sephardim and Oriental Communities
ספרדים ועדות מזרח |
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| Leader |
Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit (until 1951) Eliyahu Eliashar (1951) |
| Dissolved | 10 September 1951 |
| Merged into | General Zionists |
| Political position | Center |
| Most MKs | 4 (1949–1951) |
| Fewest MKs | 2 (1951) |
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Sephardim and Oriental Communities (Hebrew: ספרדים ועדות מזרח, Sfaradim VeEdot Mizrah) was a political party in Israel and is one of the ancestors of the Likud party.
The Sephardim and Oriental Communities party represented Sephardi Jews and Mizrahi Jews who were already living in Israel at the time of independence, and was part of Minhelet HaAm and the Provisional government in 1948–49.
Under the full title of The National Unity List of Sephardim and Oriental Communities, the party gained 3.5% of the vote and four seats in the elections for the first Knesset in 1949. Represented by Moshe Ben-Ami, Eliyahu Eliashar, Avraham Elmalih and Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit, they joined the government as a coalition partner of David Ben-Gurion's Mapai party, with Sheetrit appointed Minister of Police.
For the 1951 election, the party changed its name to The list of Sephardim and Oriental Communities, Old Timers and Immigrants. However, they lost around half their share of the vote (1.8%) and half their seats, slumping to just two representatives. Only Eliashar retained his seat, with Binyamin Sasson taking the second. This time they did not join the government.
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