Popular Arab Bloc
Political party in Israel
Popular Arab Bloc
הגוש העממי הערבי
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Leader | George Netzer |
Founded | 1949 |
Dissolved | 1949 |
National affiliation | Mapam |
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The Popular Arab Bloc ( Hebrew : הגוש העממי הערבי , HaGush Ha'Amami HaAravi ) was an Arab satellite list that contested the 1949 Israeli Constituent Assembly election . The list was launched by Mapam , just three weeks before the election, in order to mobilize Israeli Arab votes. As Mapam did not allow Arabs to be members of the party, it preferred to set up a separate list for Arabs. The election campaigning was done under the supervision of the Mapam Arab Affairs Department, led by Aharon Cohen . [1] The list obtained 2,812 votes, failing to cross the 1% electoral threshold (4,347 votes) required to win a seat. [2]
By the time of the next elections in 1951, Mapam had allowed Arabs to gain membership, with Rostam Bastuni being elected on the party's list.
References
- ↑ Beinin, Joel . Was the Red Flag Flying There?: Marxist Politics and the Arab-Israeli Conflict in Egypt and Israel, 1948-1965 . Berkeley : University of California Press, 1990. p. 120. ISBN 978-0520070363
- ↑ Heller, Joseph. The Birth of Israel, 1945-1949: Ben-Gurion and His Critics . Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2003 . p. 346 ISBN 978-0813017327