Women's Party (Israel)

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The Women's Party (Hebrew: מפלגת הנשים, Mifleget HaNashim) was a small political party in Israel.

[edit] Background

The party was created prior to the 1977 elections by Israeli-American Marcia Freedman. Freedman had been an MK for Ratz in the eighth Knesset, but had broken away with Arie Lova Eliav to form the Independent Socialist Faction. Whilst the ISP chose to merge with several other small left-wing parties (Meri, Moked and some Black Panthers) to form the Left Camp of Israel, Freedman decided to set up a new feminist party to fight the election.

However, the new party failed to cross the electoral threshold of 1%, and subsequently disappeared. Freedman turned her attentions to charity, helping to found the women's centre Kol HaIsha (Voice of the Woman) in 1979, and returned to the United States in 1981.