The Democratic List for Israeli Arabs ( Arabic : ??????? ???????????? ???? ??????? al-Q?'ima al-d?m?qr??iyya li-'arab Isr?'?l , Hebrew : ????? ???????? ?????? ????? , Reshima Demokratit LeAravei Yisrael ) was an Arab satellite list in Israel .

History [ edit ]

In the 1951 elections the party gained 2% of the vote and won 3 seats, which were taken by Seif el-Din el-Zoubi , Masaad Kassis and Jabr Muadi . Like other Israeli Arab parties at the time, it was associated with David Ben-Gurion 's Mapai , and as a result of the association, the party was included in all the coalition governments of the second Knesset.

In the 1955 election , the party lost support and dropped to two seats, with Muadi losing out, though the party remained part of the governing coalition. Towards the end of the session, el-Zoubi left the Knesset to become mayor of Nazareth , Muadi replacing him.

The party did not run in the 1959 elections . Muadi joined the Cooperation and Brotherhood party and reappeared in the Knesset after the 1961 election . El-Zoubi returned to the Knesset in the Progress and Development party (which Muadi also later joined) in the 1965 elections .

External links [ edit ]

• Democratic List for Israeli Arabs Knesset website