Da (political party)
The Movement for Democracy and Aliyah (Hebrew: התנועה לדמוקרטיה ועלייה, HaTnu'a LeDemokratia VeAliya), commonly known as Da (Hebrew: דה; Russian: ДА, lit. Yes), was a minor Israeli political party founded by immigrants from the former Soviet Union in the early 1990s.
Movement for Democracy and Aliyah התנועה לדמוקרטיה ועלייה | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Yuli Kosharovsky |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Ideology | Soviet immigrant interest |
| Most MKs | 0 |
History
The party was established in 1992 and sought to have the well-known refusenik Natan Sharansky head its list. After several changes of heart, Sharansky turned the offer down.[1]
Led by Yuli Kosharovsky,[2] in the elections that year the party won 11,697 votes (0.4% of the total, and around 5% of the immigrant vote),[1] and failed to cross the electoral threshold of 1.5%. Most Russian immigrants voted for the Israeli Labor Party.[3]
Notable members included Gennady Riger, who later served as general secretary and a MK for Yisrael BaAliyah, another immigrant party.
References
- The “Russian Revolution” in Israel Archived 2014-03-03 at the Wayback Machine Association for Israel Studies
- Ashdod Journal; Land of Milk, Honey and Discontent New York Times, 23 May 1992
- Russian migrants seek louder voice in Israel The Independent, 11 June 1995
