Progressive List for Peace

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The Progressive List for Peace (Hebrew: הרשימה המתקדמת לשלום, HaReshima HaMitkademet LeShalom, Arabic: القائمة التقدمية للسلام, Al-qayimat Al-taqadumiat Lil-salami), was a left-wing political party in Israel. The party was formed from an alliance of both Arab and Jewish left-wing activists. The former came from groups dissenting from Hadash's perceived monopoly on Arab-Israeli politics, especially in the majority-Arab city of Nazareth, while the latter came from the pacifist wing of the defunct Left Camp of Israel. The Progressives survived a protracted ban attempt by the Supreme Court for their criticism of Israel's mistreatment of Palestinians, which was perceived as denial of Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state. In the 1984 elections, the party's co-leaders, Mohammed Miari and ex-IDF general Mattityahu Peled, were elected to the Knesset, with the latter losing his seat in the 1988 elections. The party lost its Jewish support over its support of Saddam Hussein's Iraq in the Gulf...

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