La'am
La'am לע"ם | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Leader | Yigal Hurvitz Eliezer Shostak |
| Founded | 1976 |
| Dissolved | 1984 |
| Merger of | Independent Centre, the Movement for Greater Israel and the National List |
| Merged into | Herut |
| Alliance | Likud |
| Colours | Green Orange |
| Most MKs | 8 (1976-1981) |
| Fewest MKs | 3 (1982-1983) |
La'am (Hebrew: לע"ם, lit. For the Nation), acronym of Likud Avoda Mamlakhtit was a political faction in Israel that formed part of Likud between 1976 and 1984.
History
Between its formation in 1973 and formal merger in 1988, Likud consisted of an alliance of several right wing parties. The two largest blocs were
Liberal Party, which had formed the Gahal alliance between 1965 and 1973. In 1973 the two parties were joined by the Free Centre, the Independent Centre (a breakaway from the Free Centre), the National List and the Movement for Greater Israel
.
In 1976, the latter three formed an alliance within the Likud bloc, named La'am,[1] which consisted of eight of Likud's 39 seats. In the 1977 elections La'am remained at eight seats, with Likud growing to 43.
On 15 May 1979,
Telem
, whilst Peretz returned to Likud and La'am.
La'am was reduced to five seats from Likud's 48 in the
Alignment.[2] However, it gained an extra MK when Avraham Hirschson replaced Liberal faction member Simha Erlich
. In 1984, as part of a move to consolidate Likud, La'am merged into Herut. Four years later the Liberal Party and Herut formally merged to leave Likud as a unitary party.
Knesset members
| Knesset | Members |
|---|---|
| 8 (1976-1977) 8 seats |
Avraham Yafeh
|
| 9 (1977-1981) 8 seats |
Yigal Cohen, Yigal Hurvitz,[a] Amnon Linn, Ehud Olmert, Yitzhak Peretz,[b] Moshe Shamir, Eliezer Shostak, Zalman Shoval[a] |
| 10 (1981-1984) 5 seats |
Yigal Cohen, Avraham Hirschson,[c] Amnon Linn,[a] Ehud Olmert, Yitzhak Peretz,[a] Eliezer Shostak, |
References
- ^ Samuel Sager (1985) The Parliamentary System of Israel p247
- ^ a b c Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups Knesset website
- ^ Israel's Eleventh Knesset elections p89