Cooperation and Development
Cooperation and Development (Template:Lang-he, Shituf VePituah) was a short-lived political party in Israel.
History
Cooperation and Development was established on 5 July 1966 during the sixth Knesset, when two of the three Israeli Arab parties, Cooperation and Brotherhood and Progress and Development, merged.[1] Both parties had had two seats, meaning the new union had four, which were taken by Seif-El-Din El-Zubi, Jabr Moade, Elias Nakhleh and Diyab Ovid.
Both parties had been part of Levi Eshkol's coalition government, as they were associated with the Alignment, and the new party assumed their place as a coalition member.
However, on 1 January 1967, the party split into the original factions. Later during the Knesset session both parties split again, as Moade broke away from Cooperation and Brotherhood to form the Druze Party, whilst Nakhleh broke away from Progress and Development to form the Jewish-Arab Brotherhood. However, by the 1969 elections, Moade had joined Progress and Development, whilst Nakhleh had become a member of Cooperation and Brotherhood, the two effectively swapping parties.
References
- ^ Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups Knesset website
External links
- Cooperation and Development Knesset website