A leadership election was held on 3 June 1965 to elect the leader of Mapai. It saw the party's Central Committee vote to reelect incumbent party leader and prime minister Levi Eshkol, with Eshkol defe
Levi Eshko portrait 1964
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Rafi (political party)
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Rafi was a center-left political party in Israel, founded by former prime minister David Ben-Gurion in 1965. In 1968 it was one of three parties that merged to form the Israeli Labor Party.
1965 Mapai leadership election
…desire for there to be a new investigation into the Lavon Affair. After losing the leadership election, Ben-Gurion broke away from Mapai and created the Rafi party. David Ben-Gurion, former party leader (1948–1954; 1955–1963) and former prime minister (1948–1954; 1955–1963…
Moshe Dayan, David Ben-Gurion and Shimon Peres at the founding conference of Rafi in 1966