Agriculture and Development

Agriculture and Development (Arabic: زراعة وتطوير‎, Zira'ah wa-tatwir; Hebrew: חקלאות ופיתוח‎, Hakla'ut VePituah) was an Arab satellite list in Israel.[1]

Agriculture and Development

زراعة وتطوير
חקלאות ופיתוח‎
Hebrew nameחקלאות ופיתוח
LeaderFaras Hamdan (1951–59)
Mahmud Al-Nashaf (1959–61)
Dissolved1961
IdeologyIsraeli Arab interest
Party affiliationMapai
Most MKs1 (1951–1961)
Fewest MKs1 (1951–1961)
Election symbol
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History

Agriculture and Development was an Israeli Arab organisation formed to fight the 1951 elections. Like other Israeli Arab parties at the time, it was associated with David Ben-Gurion's Mapai party, as Ben-Gurion was keen to include Israeli Arabs in the functioning of the state in order to prove Jews and Arabs could co-exist peacefully and productively. It drew its support from Arabs living in the central area of Israel.[2]

In the elections, the party won only one seat, taken by its leader, Faras Hamdan. Because of its association with Mapai, the party joined the governing coalition in all four governments of the second Knesset.

In the 1955 elections the party won one seat, retained by Hamdan, and was again part of the coalition.

In the 1959 elections the party again won one seat, and joined the coalition, with Mahmud Al-Nashaf replacing Hamdan as leader. However, the party did not run in the 1961 elections.

List of Knesset members
Name Years in office Government roles Other roles
Mahmud Al-Nashaf1959–1961Party leader 1959–1961
Faras Hamdan1951–1959Party leader 1951–1959
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gollark: Why should Discord know what game you're playing. It doesn't deserve to.
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gollark: As they say, if you don't succeed, rebrand accordingly until what you do have is considered successful.
gollark: Just rebrand it as being more gender-neutral this way.

References
  1. Jacob M. Landau (1973), Middle Eastern Themes, Routledge (UK), ISBN 978-0-7146-2969-8
  2. Ervin Birnbaum (1970). The Politics of Compromise: State and Religion in Israel. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-0838675670.
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