HaAvoda facts for kids
HaAvoda, Hebrew: העבודה , meaning The Labor, (full name: Mifleget HaAvoda HaYisrelit, Hebrew: מפלגת העבודה הישראלית , meaning Israeli Labor Party, often called like that or just Labor Party) is an Israeli political party.
Its ideology is social democratic, and Zionist.
Political leader is Amir Peretz.
HaAvoda was founded in 1968 as a result of a merger of three leftist parties: Mapai, Ahdut HaAvoda, and Rafi.
Number of seats in the 23rd Knesset: 3 (-2).
HaAvoda was cooperating with HaTnu'a ("The Movement") and HaTnu'a HaYeruqa ("The Green Movement") as HaMahaneh HaTziyoni (The Zionist Union). Together they had 24 seats in the 20th Knesset (2015-2019).
Participating in the Fifth Netanyahu Government.
Coalition parties:
Likud faction (37: Likud [36], The Jewish Home [1]) ---- Blue and White (15: Israel Resilience Party [15]) ---- Shas (9) ---- United Torah Judaism (7: Agudat Yisrael [4], Degel HaTorah [3]) ---- HaAvoda (3) ---- Derekh Ererz (2) ---- Gesher (1)
Opposition parties:
Yesh Atid-Telem (16: Yesh Atid [13], Telem [3] ---- The Joint List (15: Hadash [5], Ra'am [4], Balad [3], Ta'al [3]) ---- Yisrael Beiteinu (7) ---- Yamina (5: New Right [3], Tkuma [2]) ---- Meretz (3)
Images for kids
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Israeli Labor Party ballot slip – "Emet"
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Original logo of the party from the 1980s
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Logo of the Labor-Meimad List during the 2003 election
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Leaning version of the current party logo, adopted in 2016
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Seats held by the Labor party since its founding.
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See also
In Spanish: Partido Laborista Israelí para niños
