Third Way (Israel)

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The Third Way (Hebrew: הדרך השלישית‎, HaDerekh HaShlishit) was a political party in Israel in the 1990s.

[edit] Background

The party was formed in 1994 towards the end of the 13th Knesset's term when two MKs, Avigdor Kahalani and Emanuel Zisman, broke away from the Labour Party. Kahalani and Zisman disagreed with the party's willingness to entertain the idea of withdrawing from the Golan Heights in return for peace with Syria.

The party ran in the 1996 elections and won 96,457 votes, equating to four seats, with Yehuda Harel and Alexander Lubotzky joining Kahalani and Zisman in the Knesset. They were invited to join Binyamin Netanyahu's Likud-led government and Kahalani was appointed Minister of Internal Security. During the Knesset term, Zisman left the party to sit as an independent.

The party ran in the 1999 elections, but faced with a massive loss of support, won only 26,290 votes (0.7%), well below the electoral threshold of 1.5%. After its failure, the party subsequently disbanded.

[edit] External links

• Party history on the Knesset website (in English)