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Ahdut HaAvoda

אַחְדוּת הַעֲבוֹדָה‎
Ahdut HaAvoda אַחְדוּת הַעֲבוֹדָה‎
Leader	Yitzhak Tabenkin; Yigal Allon
Founded	March 1919 (Ahdut HaAvoda); 1944 (Ahdut HaAvoda Movement); 1954 (Ahdut HaAvoda – Poale Zion)
Dissolved	23 January 1968
Split from	Poale Zion (1919); Mapai (1944); Mapam (1954)
Merged into	Mapai (5 Jan 1930); Mapam (1948); Labor Party (1968)
Newspaper	LaMerhav (Hebrew); Folksblatt (Yiddish)
Ideology	Labor Zionism; Democratic socialism;
Political position	Centre-left to left-wing
Alliances	Alignment (1965–1968)
Most MKs	10 (1955–1959)
Fewest MKs	4 (1954–1955)
Election symbol
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Ahdut HaAvoda (Hebrew: אַחְדוּת הַעֲבוֹדָה, lit. 'Labor Unity') was the name used by a series of political parties in Israel. Ahdut HaAvoda in its first incarnation was led by David Ben-Gurion. It was first established during the period of British Mandate and later became part of the Israeli political establishment. It was one of the forerunners of the modern-day Israeli Labor Party.

History

Ahdut HaAvoda

The original Ahdut HaAvoda party was founded in Palestine in March 1919, while under British military administration, after a split in the Poale Zion party, which had established a branch in Ottoman Syria in 1906. Ahdut HaAvoda was led by David Ben-Gurion, who had been a member of the pre-war group. The root of the division was a conflict between membership of the Communist International and participation in the Zionist Organization (ZO). The membership of the more radical anti-ZO faction tended to come from among the newer Yiddish-speaking immigrants. The speaking of Yiddish became another area of disagreement with Ahdut HaAvoda having a Hebrew-only policy.^[1]

The following year, 1920, at a conference in June, the Ahdut HaAvoda decided to establish a military organisation, the Haganah, to replace the existing Hashomer militias.^[2]

The same year, Ahdut HaAvoda and the non-Marxist Hapoel Hatzair cooperated to set up the "General Organization of Hebrew Workers"—the Histadrut. In November delegates were elected by 4,500 members of the various labor groups and the first congress was held in Haifa, December 1920. Ahdut HaAvoda did not have an overall majority, but with the help of Hapoel Hatzair, they dominated proceedings. Their objective was the building of a separate Jewish workers economy in Greater Israel. Ben-Gurion was living in New York at the time, but returned in 1921 to be elected the first Secretary of the Histradrut.^[3]^[4] The Haganah was placed under Histadrut jurisdiction.^[5]

At the third Ahdut HaAvoda congress in 1924 at Ein Harod, Ben-Gurion defeated proposals put forward by Shlomo Kaplansky that a parliament be set up in Mandate Palestine. The issue had arisen due to the British Colonial Office having presented plans for the setting up of a Legislative Council.^[6]

Other important members of the first Ahdut HaAvoda were Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, and Berl Katznelson.

Cooperation between Ahdut HaAvoda and Hapoel Hatzair led them to merge in 1930 to form the "Party of the Workers of the Land of Israel"—Mapai, which was to become the dominant force in Zionist politics until the 1960s.^[7]

Ahdut HaAvoda Movement

On 20 May 1944 a group known as Faction B (Hebrew: סיעה ב', Sia'a Bet) split from Mapai adopting the Ahdut HaAvoda name from fourteen years earlier (Hebrew: התנועה לאחדות העבודה, HaTnu'a LeAhdut HaAvoda).^[8] This group was pro-Soviet, and rejected any territorial compromise. Many of its members came from HaKibbutz HaMeuhad, the Mapai kibbutz organization. They held a majority of the senior posts in the Haganah and in particular in the Palmach.^[9] Key leaders were Yisrael Galili and Yigal Allon. Others with close ties were David Elazar, Yitzhak Hofi, Avraham Adan and Yitzhak Rabin.

Ahdut HaAvoda Poale Zion Movement

In 1946 the Ahdut HaAvoda Movement merged with Poale Zion Left to form the Ahdut HaAvoda Poale Zion Movement (Hebrew: התנועה לאחדות העבודה פועלי ציון, HaTnu'a LeAhdut HaAvoda Poale Zion). Two years later the party merged with the Hashomer Hatzair Workers Party to form Mapam. Most senior Haganah commanders were Mapam members, including the head of the National Command Israel Galili who was one of Mapam's leaders. The Palmach was also dominated by Mapam with its commanding officer, Yigal Allon, and five brigade commanders being members.^[10] With the creation of Israel's national army this led to conflict with Ben Gurion. In 1953, after a series of confrontations, two of the four Area Command commanders and six of the twelve brigade commanders resigned. Those members of Mapam who remained, Yitzhak Rabin, Haim Bar-Lev and David Elazar, had to endure several years in staff or training post before resuming their careers.^[11]

Ahdut HaAvoda – Poale Zion

On 23 August 1954 Moshe Aram, Yisrael Bar-Yehuda, Yitzhak Ben-Aharon and Aharon Zisling broke away from Mapam to re-establish Ahdut HaAvoda – Poale Zion. However, they were not recognised by the speaker of the Knesset as an independent party. The new party also launched a newspaper, LaMerhav, which became a daily publication in December that year, and was published until merging into Davar in May 1971.

The 1955 elections were fought as Ahdut HaAvoda and the party won 10 seats, making them the fifth largest in the Knesset. They formed part of both of Ben-Gurion's governing coalitions during the third Knesset. Party member Nahum Nir was appointed Knesset speaker (the only time a speaker has not been a member of the largest party), Bar-Yehuda was made Minister of Internal Affairs, and Moshe Carmel became Minister of Transportation. However, the party were ultimately responsible for bringing down the government in 1959 when they and fellow coalition partners Mapam voted against the government on the issue of selling arms to West Germany but refused to leave the coalition.

In the 1959 elections the party was reduced to seven seats. They again joined the coalition government until its collapse in 1961, with Ben-Aharon becoming Minister of Transportation. The 1961 elections saw them gain one seat, and become part of all three coalition governments of the fifth Knesset with Yigal Allon becoming Minister of Labour and Ben-Aharon, Bar-Yehuda and Carmel all acting as Minister of Transportation during the session.

For the 1965 elections, the party allied with Mapai to form the Labor Alignment, which won 45 seats. On 23 January 1968, the party merged with Mapai and Rafi to form the Israeli Labor Party and ceased to exist as an individual entity.

Leaders

	Took office	Left office
David Ben-Gurion	1920	1930
Yitzhak Tabenkin	1944 (first time); 1955 (second time)	1949 (first time); 1959 (second time)
Yisrael Galili	1959	1965

Election results

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Outcome
First Ahdut HaAvoda (1920–1930)
1920	David Ben-Gurion	N/A	N/A	70 / 314	70	coalition
1925	David Ben-Gurion	8,834	N/A	54 / 221	16	coalition

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Outcome
Second Ahdut HaAvoda (1944–1949)
1944	Yitzhak Tabenkin	17,928	9.04	16 / 173	16	coalition

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Outcome
Third Ahdut HaAvoda (1955–1968)
1955	Yitzhak Tabenkin	69,475	8.14	10 / 120	10	coalition
1959	Yisrael Galili	58,043	5.99	7 / 120	3	coalition
1961		66,170	6.57	8 / 120	1	coalition
1965		part of the Labor Alignment		8 / 120	0	coalition

References

^ Lokman, Zachary. Comrades and Enemies: Arab and Jewish Workers in Palestine 1906–1948. University of California Press. 1996. ISBN 0-520-20259-7. Pages 59, 67. "Those attempting to speak in Yiddish ... were frequently shouted down at public meetings"
^ Peri, Yoram. Between Battles and Ballots: Israeli Military in Politics. Cambridge University Press. 1983. ISBN 0-521-24414-5. Page 26.
^ Lokman. Page 65. "out of a Jewish population of 80,000"
^ Peri. Page 29. Has Ahdut HaAvoda established in February 1919 and Ben Gurion first Secretary of the Histadrut in December 1919.
^ Peri. Page 29.
^ Lokman. Pages 77, 78.
^ Peri. Page 103.
^ 1944 timeline Archived October 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Jewish Agency for Israel
^ Yoram Peri, Between Battles and Ballots: Israeli Military in Politics. 1983. ISBN 0-521-24414-5. Page 47.
^ Peri, page 47.
^ Peri, page 62.

External links

Ahdut HaAvoda - Poalei Zion Knesset website

[1] Lokman, Zachary. Comrades and Enemies: Arab and Jewish Workers in Palestine 1906–1948. University of California Press. 1996. ISBN 0-520-20259-7. Pages 59, 67. "Those attempting to speak in Yiddish ... were frequently shouted down at public meetings"

[2] Peri, Yoram. Between Battles and Ballots: Israeli Military in Politics. Cambridge University Press. 1983. ISBN 0-521-24414-5. Page 26.

[3] Lokman. Page 65. "out of a Jewish population of 80,000"

[4] Peri. Page 29. Has Ahdut HaAvoda established in February 1919 and Ben Gurion first Secretary of the Histadrut in December 1919.

[5] Peri. Page 29.

[6] Lokman. Pages 77, 78.

[7] Peri. Page 103.

[8] 1944 timeline Archived October 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Jewish Agency for Israel

[9] Yoram Peri, Between Battles and Ballots: Israeli Military in Politics. 1983. ISBN 0-521-24414-5. Page 47.

[10] Peri, page 47.

[11] Peri, page 62.

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-'''Ahdut HaAvoda''' ({{lang-he|אַחְדוּת הַעֲבוֹדָה}}, lit. ''Labour Unity'') was the name used by a series of [[List of political parties in Israel|political parties]].  Ahdut HaAvoda in its first incarnation was led by [[David Ben-Gurion]]. It was  first established during the period of [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate]] and later became part of the [[Israel]]i political establishment. It was one of the forerunners of the modern-day [[Israeli Labor Party]].
+'''Ahdut HaAvoda''' ({{lang-he|אַחְדוּת הַעֲבוֹדָה||Labor Unity}}) was the name used by a series of [[List of political parties in Israel|political parties]] in Israel. Ahdut HaAvoda in its first incarnation was led by [[David Ben-Gurion]]. It was  first established during the period of [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate]] and later became part of the [[Israel]]i political establishment. It was one of the forerunners of the modern-day [[Israeli Labor Party]].
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 ===Ahdut HaAvoda===
-The original Ahdut HaAvoda party was founded in [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] in March 1919, while under British military administration, after a split in the [[Poale Zion]] party, which had established a branch in [[Ottoman Syria]] in 1906. Ahdut HaAvoda was led by David Ben-Gurion, who had been a member of the pre-war group. The root of the division was a conflict between membership of the [[Communist International]] and participation in the bourgeois [[World Zionist Organization|Zionist Organization]] (ZO). The membership of the more radical anti-ZO faction tended to come from among the newer [[Yiddish]]-speaking immigrants. The speaking of Yiddish became another area of disagreement with Ahdut HaAvoda having a [[Revival of the Hebrew language|Hebrew]]-only policy.<ref>Lokman, Zachary. ''Comrades and Enemies: Arab and Jewish Workers in Palestine 1906–1948''. University of California Press. 1996. {{ISBN|0-520-20259-7}}. Pages 59, 67. "Those attempting to speak in Yiddish ... were frequently shouted down at public meetings"</ref>
+The original Ahdut HaAvoda party was founded in [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] in March 1919, while under British military administration, after a split in the [[Poale Zion]] party, which had established a branch in [[Ottoman Syria]] in 1906. Ahdut HaAvoda was led by David Ben-Gurion, who had been a member of the pre-war group. The root of the division was a conflict between membership of the [[Communist International]] and participation in the [[World Zionist Organization|Zionist Organization]] (ZO). The membership of the more radical anti-ZO faction tended to come from among the newer [[Yiddish]]-speaking immigrants. The speaking of Yiddish became another area of disagreement with Ahdut HaAvoda having a [[Revival of the Hebrew language|Hebrew]]-only policy.<ref>Lokman, Zachary. ''Comrades and Enemies: Arab and Jewish Workers in Palestine 1906–1948''. University of California Press. 1996. {{ISBN|0-520-20259-7}}. Pages 59, 67. "Those attempting to speak in Yiddish ... were frequently shouted down at public meetings"</ref>
 The following year, 1920, at a conference in June, the Ahdut HaAvoda decided to establish a military organisation, the [[Haganah]], to replace the existing [[Hashomer]] militias.<ref>Peri, Yoram. ''Between Battles and Ballots: Israeli Military in Politics''. Cambridge University Press. 1983. {{ISBN|0-521-24414-5}}. Page 26.</ref>
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 ===Ahdut HaAvoda Movement===
-On 20 May 1944 a group known as ''Faction B'' ({{lang-he|סיעה ב'}}, ''Sia'a Bet'') split from Mapai adopting the Ahdut HaAvoda name from fourteen years earlier ({{lang-he|התנועה לאחדות העבודה}}, ''HaTnu'a LeAhdut HaAvoda'').<ref>[http://www.jafi.org.il/education/jafi75/timeline3e.html#1 1944 timeline] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015200914/http://www.jafi.org.il/education/jafi75/timeline3e.html#1 |date=October 15, 2008}} Jewish Agency for Israel</ref> This group had pro-Soviet leaning members and factions, and rejected any territorial compromise. Many of its members came from [[HaKibbutz HaMeuhad]], the Mapai kibbutz organization. They held a majority of the senior posts in the Haganah and in particular in the [[Palmach]].<ref>Yoram Peri, ''Between Battles and Ballots: Israeli Military in Politics''. 1983. {{ISBN|0-521-24414-5}}. Page 47.</ref> Key leaders were [[Yisrael Galili]] and [[Yigal Allon]]. Others with close ties were [[David Elazar]], [[Yitzhak Hofi]], [[Avraham Adan]] and [[Yitzhak Rabin]].
+On 20 May 1944 a group known as ''Faction B'' ({{lang-he|סיעה ב'}}, ''Sia'a Bet'') split from Mapai adopting the Ahdut HaAvoda name from fourteen years earlier ({{lang-he|התנועה לאחדות העבודה}}, ''HaTnu'a LeAhdut HaAvoda'').<ref>[http://www.jafi.org.il/education/jafi75/timeline3e.html#1 1944 timeline] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015200914/http://www.jafi.org.il/education/jafi75/timeline3e.html#1 |date=October 15, 2008}} Jewish Agency for Israel</ref> This group was pro-Soviet, and rejected any territorial compromise. Many of its members came from [[HaKibbutz HaMeuhad]], the Mapai kibbutz organization. They held a majority of the senior posts in the Haganah and in particular in the [[Palmach]].<ref>Yoram Peri, ''Between Battles and Ballots: Israeli Military in Politics''. 1983. {{ISBN|0-521-24414-5}}. Page 47.</ref> Key leaders were [[Yisrael Galili]] and [[Yigal Allon]]. Others with close ties were [[David Elazar]], [[Yitzhak Hofi]], [[Avraham Adan]] and [[Yitzhak Rabin]].
 ===Ahdut HaAvoda Poale Zion Movement===
-In 1946 the Ahdut HaAvoda Movement merged with [[Poale Zion Left]] to form the Ahdut HaAvoda Poale Zion Movement ({{lang-he|התנועה לאחדות העבודה פועלי ציון}}, ''HaTnu'a LeAhdut HaAvoda Poale Zion''). Two years later the party merged with the [[Hashomer Hatzair Workers Party of Palestine|Hashomer Hatzair Workers Party]] to form [[Mapam]]. Most senior Haganah commanders were Mapam members, including the head of the National Command Israel Galili who was one of Mapam's leaders. The Palmach was also dominated by Mapam with its commanding officer, Yigal Allon, and five brigade commanders being members.<ref>Peri, page 47.</ref> With the creation of Israel's national army this led to conflict with Ben Gurion. In 1953, after a series of confrontations, two of the four Area Command commanders and six of the twelve brigade commanders resigned. Those members of Mapam who remained, Yitzhak Rabin, [[Haim Bar-Lev]] and David Elazar, had to endure several years in staff or training post before resuming their careers.<ref>Peri, page 62.</ref>
+In 1946 the Ahdut HaAvoda Movement merged with [[Poale Zion Left]] to form the Ahdut HaAvoda Poale Zion Movement ({{lang-he|התנועה לאחדות העבודה פועלי ציון}}, ''HaTnu'a LeAhdut HaAvoda Poale Zion''). Two years later the party merged with the [[Hashomer Hatzair Workers Party of Palestine|Hashomer Hatzair Workers Party]] to form [[Mapam]]. Most senior Haganah commanders were Mapam members, including the head of the National Command Israel Galili who was one of Mapam's leaders. The Palmach was also dominated by Mapam with its commanding officer, Yigal Allon, and five brigade commanders being members.<ref>Peri, page 47.</ref> With the creation of Israel's national army this led to conflict with Ben Gurion. In 1953, after a series of confrontations, two of the four Area Command commanders and six of the twelve brigade commanders resigned. Those members of Mapam who remained, Yitzhak Rabin, [[Haim Bar-Lev]] and [[David Elazar]], had to endure several years in staff or training post before resuming their careers.<ref>Peri, page 62.</ref>
 ===Ahdut HaAvoda – Poale Zion===
+{{see also|Faction independent of Ahdut HaAvoda}}
 On 23 August 1954 [[Moshe Aram]], [[Yisrael Bar-Yehuda]], [[Yitzhak Ben-Aharon]] and [[Aharon Zisling]] broke away from Mapam to re-establish Ahdut HaAvoda – Poale Zion. However, they were not recognised by the [[List of Knesset speakers|speaker of the Knesset]] as an independent party. The new party also launched a newspaper, ''[[LaMerhav]]'', which became a daily publication in December that year, and was published until merging into ''[[Davar]]'' in May 1971.
-The [[1955 Israeli legislative election|1955 elections]] were fought as '''Ahdut HaAvoda''' and the party won 10 seats, making them the fifth largest in the [[Knesset]]. They formed part of both of Ben-Gurion's governing coalitions during the third Knesset. Party member [[Nahum Nir]] was appointed [[List of Knesset speakers|Knesset speaker]] (the only time a speaker has not been a member of the largest party), Bar-Yehuda was made Minister of Internal Affairs, and [[Moshe Carmel]] became [[Transportation Minister of Israel|Minister of Transportation]]. However, they party were ultimately responsible for bringing down the government in 1959 when they and fellow coalition partners Mapam voted against the government on the issue of selling arms to [[West Germany]] but refused to leave the coalition.
+The [[1955 Israeli legislative election|1955 elections]] were fought as '''Ahdut HaAvoda''' and the party won 10 seats, making them the fifth largest in the [[Knesset]]. They formed part of both of Ben-Gurion's governing coalitions during the third [[Knesset]]. Party member [[Nahum Nir]] was appointed [[List of Knesset speakers|Knesset speaker]] (the only time a speaker has not been a member of the largest party), Bar-Yehuda was made Minister of Internal Affairs, and [[Moshe Carmel]] became [[Transportation Minister of Israel|Minister of Transportation]]. However, the party were ultimately responsible for bringing down the government in 1959 when they and fellow coalition partners Mapam voted against the government on the issue of selling arms to [[West Germany]] but refused to leave the coalition.
 In the [[1959 Israeli legislative election|1959 elections]] the party was reduced to seven seats. They again joined the coalition government until its collapse in 1961, with Ben-Aharon becoming Minister of Transportation. The [[1961 Israeli legislative election|1961 elections]] saw them gain one seat, and become part of all three coalition governments of the fifth Knesset with Yigal Allon becoming Minister of Labour and Ben-Aharon, Bar-Yehuda and Carmel all acting as Minister of Transportation during the session.
-For the [[1965 Israeli legislative election|1965 elections]], the party allied with Mapai to form the [[Alignment (political party)|Labor Alignment]], which won 45 seats. On 23 January 1968, the party merged with Mapai and [[Rafi (political party)|Rafi]] to form the [[Israeli Labor Party]] and ceased to exist as an individual entity.
+For the [[1965 Israeli legislative election|1965 elections]], the party allied with Mapai to form the [[Alignment (political party)|Labor Alignment]], which won 45 seats. On 23 January 1968, the party merged with [[Mapai]] and [[Rafi (political party)|Rafi]] to form the [[Israeli Labor Party]] and ceased to exist as an individual entity.
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Extra- parliamentary	Ale Yarok Arab Democratic Party Arab National Party Balad Bible Bloc Party Brit Olam Da'am Workers Party Derekh Eretz Free Democratic Israel Green Party The Greens Ihud Bnei HaBrit Israel Democratic Party New Economic Party Pirate Party Secular Right Telem Tzomet U'Bizchutan Yachad Yamina New Right Yerushalmim Zehut
Defunct	Agriculture and Development Ahdut HaAvoda Ahva Arab List for Bedouin and Villagers Atid Black Panthers Center Party Cooperation and Brotherhood Cooperation and Development Da Democratic Choice Democratic List for Israeli Arabs Democratic List of Nazareth Democratic Movement Democratic Movement for Change Democratic Union Development and Peace Dor Eretz Yisrael Shelanu Faction independent of Ahdut HaAvoda Fighters' List Free Centre Gahal General Zionists Gesher (1996) Gesher – Zionist Religious Centre Gesher (2019) Geulat Yisrael HaOlim Hapoel HaMizrachi Hatikva Hatnua HaTzeirim Hatzohar Hebrew Communists Herut Herut – The National Movement Hetz Independence Independent Centre Independent Liberals Independent Socialist Faction Israeli Communist Opposition Israeli Druze Faction Jewish–Arab Brotherhood The Jewish Home Jewish National Front Justice for the Elderly Kach Kadima Kulanu Labor La'am Leader Left Camp of Israel Left Faction Lev Liberal Party Maki Man's Rights in the Family Party Mapai Mapam Meimad Mekhora Meretz Meri Mizrachi Moked Moledet Morasha Moria Movement for Greater Israel Movement for the Renewal of Social Zionism National Home National List National Religious Party Natural Law Party New Aliyah Party New Liberal Party New Way Noy Ometz One Israel One Nation Oz LaAniyim Poalei Agudat Yisrael Popular Arab Bloc Progress and Development Progress and Work Progressive List for Peace Progressive National Alliance Progressive Party Rafi Ratz Religious Zionist Party The Right Way Sephardim and Oriental Communities Shinui Shlomtzion Social Justice Tafnit Tami Tehiya Telem Third Way Tzalash Union of Right-Wing Parties United Arab List United Religious Front Unity for Peace and Immigration Unity Party Women's International Zionist Organization Women's Party Ya'ad – Civil Rights Movement Ya'ad Yahad Yamin Yisrael Yemenite Association Yisrael BaAliyah Yisrael HaMithadeshet Yiud
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