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Israel Labor Party (Labor)

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A social-democratic party established in 1968 following a union of Mapai, Ahdut Ha’avoda, and Rafi. The party supports the policy of social pluralism and equality, and since the 1990's, a free market "with a soul" economic policy. In the political sphere, the pragmatic approach usually prevailed, despite the military background of most of its leaders. Until the elections for the Thirteenth Knesset, the Labor Party within the framework of the Alignment list. In the elections for the Fourteenth Knesset it ran under its own name, in the elections to the Fifteenth Knesset within the framework of One Israel (2), and in the elections to the Sixteenth Knesset within the framework of Labor-Meimad. Since its establishment the Labor Party lost more than half its strength. The chairmen of the Party since its establishment were Levi Eshkol (1968-69), Golda Meir (1969-74), Yitzhak Rabin (1974-77; 1992-1995), Shimon Peres (1977-92; 1995-97; 2003- ), Ehud Barak (1997-2001), Binyamin Ben-Elizer (2001-2), Amram Miznah (2002-3). Until the mid 1990s the party headed the Histadrut, and its leader was Prime Minister in 1968-77; 1984-86; 1992-96; and 1999-2001.

The Knessets in Which it Served:

	6 22/11/1965 17/11/1969	Knesset Members: Yigal Allon Joseph Aharon Almogi Shulamit Aloni Moshe Aram Zalman Aran Shoshana Arbeli-Almozlino Aryeh Bahir Moshe Baram Reuven Barkat Aharon Becker Mordechai Ben-Porat Mordechai Bibi Avraham Bitton Gavriel Cohen Menahem Cohen Moshe Dayan Amos Degani Zvi Dinstein Abba Eban Arie Lova Eliav Levi Eshkol Yosef Fischer Israel Galili David Golomb Akiva Govrin Mathilda Guez David Hacohen Ruth Haktin Yizhar Harari Asher Hassin Israel Kargman Amnon Linn Kadish Luz Golda Meir Mordechai Namir Yitzhak Navon Devorah Netzer Mordechai Offer Baruch Osnia Shimon Peres David Petel Dov Sadan Pinhas Sapir Moshe Sardines Eliyahu Sasson Zeev Sherf Shmuel Shoresh Mordechai Surkis Rachel Tsabari Zeev Tsur Aharon Uzan Moshe Wertman Aharon Yadlin Yisrael Yeshayahu Haim Joseph Zadok Mordechai Zar



	12 21/11/1988 13/07/1992	Knesset Members: Nava Arad Shoshana Arbeli-Almozlino Haim Bar-Lev Michael Bar-Zohar Uzi Baram Yossi Beilin Binyamin (Fouad) Ben-Eliezer Eli Ben-Menachem Avraham Burg Ra`anan Cohen Eli Dayan Raphael Edery Arie Lova Eliav Gedalya Gal Micha Goldman Mordechai Gur Michael Harish Shlomo Hillel Avraham Katz-Oz Israel Kessar David Libai Nawaf Mazalha Hagai Meirom Ora Namir Yitzhak Navon Shimon Peres Amir Peretz Yitzhak Rabin Haim Ramon Moshe Shahal Shimon Shetreet Avraham Shochat Edna Solodar Saleh Tarif Yaacov Tsur Shevach Weiss Ezer Weizman Gad Yaacobi Emanuel Zisman



	13 13/07/1992 17/06/1996	Knesset Members: Nava Arad Samuel Avital Uzi Baram Yossi Beilin Binyamin (Fouad) Ben-Eliezer Eli Ben-Menachem Shlomo Bohbot Avraham Burg Ra`anan Cohen Eli Dayan Yael Dayan Raphael Edery Rafi Elul Gedalya Gal Micha Goldman Elie Goldschmidt Mordechai Gur Haneh Hadad Michael Harish Dalia Itzik Avigdor Kahalani Avraham Katz-Oz Yossi Katz Israel Kessar Yoram Lass David Libai Masha Lubelsky Nawaf Mazalha Hagai Meirom Ora Namir Zvi Nir Ori Orr Shimon Peres Amir Peretz Yitzhak Rabin Haim Ramon Gideon Sagee Moshe Shahal Jacob Shefi Shimon Shetreet Avraham Shochat Pini Shomer Ephraim Sneh Saleh Tarif Yosef Vanunu Shevach Weiss Avraham Yechezkel Emanuel Zisman Nissim Zvili



	14 17/06/1996 07/06/1999	Knesset Members: Ehud Barak Uzi Baram Yossi Beilin Shlomo Ben-Ami Binyamin (Fouad) Ben-Eliezer Eli Ben-Menachem Eitan Cabel Ra`anan Cohen Yael Dayan Raphael Edery Rafi Elul Micha Goldman Elie Goldschmidt Rafik Haj Yahia Dalia Itzik Yossi Katz Sofa Landver David Libai Nawaf Mazalha Hagai Meirom Addisu Messele Ori Orr Efi Oshaya Shimon Peres Amir Peretz Ophir Pines-Paz Haim Ramon Moshe Shahal Avraham Shochat Shalom Simhon Ephraim Sneh Saleh Tarif Shevach Weiss Yona Yahav Avraham Yechezkel Nissim Zvili



	18 24/02/2009	Knesset Members: Ehud Barak Binyamin (Fouad) Ben-Eliezer Daniel Ben Simon Avishay Braverman Eitan Cabel Isaac Herzog Orit Noked Amir Peretz Ophir Pines-Paz Shalom Simhon Yuli Tamir Matan Vilnai Einat Wilf Shelly Yacimovich



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