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National Democratic Assembly (Balad)

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An Arab party whose full name is the National Democratic Assembly, and is called "Balad" for the acronym of its Hebrew name. This party, established by Dr. Azmi Bishara towards the elections for the Fourteenth Knesset, advocates Israel’s turning into "a state of all its citizens." It ran for the Fourteenth Knesset in a joint list with the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (Hadash). Toward the end of the Fourteenth Knesset, its two members - Bishara and Hashem Mahameed broke away from Hadash-Balad and formed an independent parliamentary group. Balad received two seats in the Fifteenth Knesset but the group split and Bishara remained its only member. Balad received three seats in the Sixteenth Knesset.

The Knessets in Which it Served:

	14 17/06/1996 07/06/1999	Knesset Members: Azmi Bishara Hashem Mahameed



	15 07/06/1999 17/02/2003	Knesset Members: Azmi Bishara Ahmad Tibi



	16 17/02/2003 17/04/2006	Knesset Members: Azmi Bishara Wasil Taha Jamal Zahalka



	17 17/04/2006 24/02/2009	Knesset Members: Azmi Bishara Said Naffaa Wasil Taha Jamal Zahalka



	18 24/02/2009 05/02/2013	Knesset Members: Said Naffaa Jamal Zahalka Hanin Zoabi



	19 05/02/2013	Knesset Members: Basel Ghattas Jamal Zahalka Hanin Zoabi



Color Key: Black: A Member of the Knesset who was a member of the parliamentary group throughout the group’s existence in that Knesset Blue: A Member of the Knesset who left the parliamentary group, resigned from the Knesset or passed away Green: A Member of the Knesset who joined a parliamentary group and remained in it until the end of the group’s existence in that Knesset Orange: A Member of the Knesset who joined a parliamentary group and then left it in the course of the Knesset’s term Purple: A Member of the Knesset who left a parliamentary group, and returned to it in the course of the Knesset’s term

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