Kadima was a centrist and liberal political party in Israel. It was established on 24 November 2005 by moderates from Likud largely following the implementation of Ariel Sharon's unilateral disengagem
Shimon Peres, former leader of the Labor Party, formally joined Kadima and before being elected President of Israel was in the second place in the Kadima Knesset list after the Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and before the Foreign and Justice Minister, Tzipi Livni.
Flickr Government Press Office P.M. Olmert with Shahar Peer and Udi Gal
Shimon Peres was an Israeli politician and statesman who served as the prime minister of Israel from 1984 to 1986 and from 1995 to 1996 and as the president of Israel from 2007 to 2014. He was a membe
Kadima
…Bar-On and Omri Sharon. Former Histadrut chairman Haim Ramon of Labor decided to join shortly thereafter. On 30 November 2005 former Prime Minister Shimon Peres left the Labor Party after more than 60 years with the party and joined Kadima to help Sharon pursue the peace process. In the wake of Sharon's poor…
Shimon Peres (standing, third from right) with his family, c. 1930
Peres (center) with Ezer Weizman (right) and King Mahendra of Nepal in 1958
Shimon Peres with Yitzak Rabin and Levi Eshkol in 1964