Mapam
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Mapam was a Labor Zionist and democratic socialist political party in the State of Israel. Established shortly before Israeli independence in January 1948 as a merger between the Hashomer Hatzair Work
1950s Mapam May Day meeting. Slogan reads '1 of May for Peace and Brotherhood of the Peoples.
Mapam members at the May Day parade in 1950
Mapam conference at Kibbutz Givat Brenner in November 1948
Mapam conference in 1949
Meretz
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Meretz was a political party in Israel. It originated as an alliance of the Ratz, Mapam, and Shinui parties in 1992 and became a unified party in 1997.
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…1988 elections, and the perceived need for a united left-wing Zionist party, it merged with the Ratz and Shinui parties to form the social-democratic Meretz in 1992, with Mapam dissolving altogether in 1997. Mapam was established in January 1948 by the merger of the kibbutz-based Hashomer Hatzair Workers…
Meretz marchers at the International Human Rights March, Tel Aviv, 7 December 2012
Meretz balloon flying at the Rabin memorial rally in Rabin Square, 1 November 2014
Shulamit Aloni portrait
Haim Oron 2006