Arab satellite lists

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The Arab satellite lists (Hebrew: מפלגות הלוויין הערביות), Arab lists (Arabic: القوائم العربية) or minority lists, were satellite parties in Israel formed for the purposes of gaining electoral support from the Arab population for Mapai (and later the Labor Party), and other Zionist parties between 1948 and the mid-1970s. Between the 1949 elections and the 1969 elections, most of the Israeli Arab vote was divided between the communist parties Maki and Rakah and the Arab satellite lists. The time span under military rule (1948–1966) was described as the "golden age" of satellite parties. According to Israeli scholar Rebecca Kook, Maki and Rakah were considered the only parties to truly represent Arab interests until the Progressive List for Peace won two seats in the 1984 elections. The existence of the Arab lists was partially because Arabs were barred from membership of Mapai until 1973. Unlike normal political parties, they were not active between elections. Most of the lists survived...

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