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The Independent Liberals (Шаблон:Lang-he, Libralim Atzma'im) were a political party in Israel that existed between 1965 and 1992.

History

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 Women's International Zionist Organization.

The party agreed to have the Israeli participation in Liberal International shared equally with the Liberal Party.[1]

Its constituency was overwhelmingly of European origin.[2]

In their first electoral test, the 1965 legislative election, 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 election 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 election 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.

The 1977 election saw the party win only one seat, barely crossing the 1% electoral threshold (they received 1.3% of the vote). The party was also excluded from Menachem Begin's right-wing coalition. The 1981 election saw the party fail to cross the electoral threshold and disappear from the Knesset. For the 1984 election the party ran as a faction of the Alignment, with Independent Liberals leader Yitzhak Artzi given 44th place on the Alignment electoral list.[3][4]

On 15 March 1988, near the end of the 11th Knesset, Artzi left the Alignment and joined the Shinui parliamentary group.[3][5][6] In the 1988 election, the Independent Liberals ran together with Shinui and the Liberal Center (a group of former Likud Liberals); the three groups indicated they would cooperate rather than formally merge, pending the 1988 campaign, at which a combined list under the Shinui–Center Movement banner was presented.[7][8][9][10] However, the list won only two seats and none were for Independent Liberal members.[11][12] The Independent Liberal party merged with the Israeli Labor Party in 1992.[11]

Leaders

Leader Took office Left office
style="background: Шаблон:Party color; color: white" | Файл:Pinchas Rosen.jpg Pinchas Rosen 1965 1968
style="background: Шаблон:Party color; color: white" | Файл:MOSHE KOL 1966.jpg Moshe Kol 1968 1977
style="background: Шаблон:Party color; color: white" | Файл:Gideon Hauzner, 1969. D710-090.jpg Gideon Hausner 1977 1981
style="background: Шаблон:Party color; color: white" | Yitzhak Artzi 1981 1988
style="background: Шаблон:Party color; color: white" | Файл:Israeli Author Zvi Nir.jpg Zvi Nir 1988 1992

Election results

Election Leader Votes % Position Seats +/– Outcome
1965 Pinchas Rosen 45,299 3.75 Шаблон:Increase 6th Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Yes2
1969 Moshe Kol 43,933 3.21 Шаблон:Steady 5th Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Decrease 1 Шаблон:Yes2
1973 Moshe Kol 56,560 3.61 Шаблон:Steady 5th Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Steady Шаблон:Yes2
1977 Gideon Hausner 20,384 1.17 Шаблон:Decrease 13th Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Decrease 3 Шаблон:No2
1981 Yitzhak Artzi 11,764 0.61 Шаблон:Increase 12th Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Decrease 1 Шаблон:No2
1984 Yitzhak Artzi Part of the Alignment Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Increase 1 Шаблон:Yes2
1988 Zvi Nir Part of Centre-Shinui Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Decrease 1 Шаблон:No2

References

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External links

Шаблон:Israeli political parties