Movement for Greater Israel
Movement for Greater Israel התנועה למען ארץ ישראל השלמה | |
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| Leader | Avraham Yoffe |
| Founded | July 1967 |
| Dissolved | 1976 |
| Merged into | La'am |
| Ideology | Greater Israel |
| Alliance | Likud (1973–1976) |
| Most MKs | 1 (1973–1976) |
| Fewest MKs | 0 (1969–1973) |
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The Movement for Greater Israel (Hebrew: התנועה למען ארץ ישראל השלמה, HaTenu'a Lema'an Eretz Yisrael HaSheleima), also known as the Land of Israel Movement, was a political organisation in Israel during the 1960s and 1970s which subscribed to an ideology of Greater Israel.
The organization was formed in July 1967, a month after Israel captured the
Dan Tolkovsky and Avraham Yoffe
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In the
Likud won 39 seats, of which one was allocated to the Movement for Greater Israel, and taken by Avraham Yoffe.In 1976 it merged with the National List and the Independent Centre (a breakaway from the Free Centre) to form La'am, which remained a faction within Likud until its merger into Herut in 1984. Two of its members, Moshe Shamir and Zvi Shiloah, later became Knesset members for Likud and Tehiya.[2][3]
References
- ^ Appendix B -- Israel: Political Parties and Organizations Library of Congress
- ^ Moshe Shamir Knesset website
- ^ Zbi Shiloah Knesset website
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