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Independent Socialist Faction

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Founded
  
27 January 1976

Merged into
  
Left Camp of Israel

Dissolved
  
1977

Leader
  
Aryeh Eliav Marcia Freedman

Founder
  
Aryeh Eliav Marcia Freedman

Split from
  
Ya'ad – Civil Rights Movement

The Independent Socialist Faction (Hebrew: סיעה סוציאליסטית עצמאית‎‎, Sia'a Sotzialistit Atzma'it) was a political party in Israel in the 1970s.

Background

The party was established on 27 January 1976, during the eighth Knesset, as the Social-Democratic Faction, when Aryeh Eliav and Marcia Freedman left Ya'ad – Civil Rights Movement. Prior to its creation, Aryeh Eliav had broken away from the Alignment and merged with Ratz to form Ya'ad. On 3 February the new faction was renamed the Independent Socialist Faction.

Prior to the 1977 elections, the party merged with several other small left-wing parties, including Meri, Moked, and some members of the Black Panthers to form the Left Camp of Israel, whilst Freedman created the Women's Party. The Left Camp of Israel won only two seats, which were held in rotation by five party members including Eliav, whilst the Women's Party failed to cross the electoral threshold and subsequently disappeared.

References

Independent Socialist Faction Wikipedia