National List רשימה ממלכתית | |
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| Leader | David Ben-Gurion (1969–1970) Yigal Hurvitz (1970–1976) Yitzhak Peretz (1981) |
| Founded | 1969 (original) 1981 (reformed) |
| Dissolved | 1976 (original) 1981 (reformed) |
| Split from | Rafi (original) La'am (reformed) |
| Merged into | Likud La'am (original) La'am (reformed) |
| Ideology | Liberal Zionism Social liberalism |
| Political position | Centre |
| National affiliation | Likud |
| International affiliation | Liberal International |
| Alliance | Likud (1973–1976) |
| Most MKs | 5 (1974–1976) |
| Fewest MKs | 1 (1981) |
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TheNational List (Hebrew:רשימה ממלכתית,Reshima Mamlakhtit), sometimes translated as theState List, was apolitical party inIsrael. Despite being founded byDavid Ben-Gurion, one of the fathers of the Israeli left, the party is one of the ancestors of the modern-dayLikud, Israel's largest right-wing bloc.
The National List had been formed by Ben-Gurion prior to the1969 elections after his former party,Rafi, had merged into theAlignment against his wishes.
The new party won four seats in the seventh Knesset, and Ben Gurion was joined in theKnesset byMeir Avizohar,Isser Harel andYigal Hurvitz. During the session Avizohar defected to the Alignment, leaving the party with three seats. Ben-Gurion resigned from the Knesset in 1970, and was replaced byZalman Shoval.
Without Ben Gurion's leadership, the party began to disintegrate. Before the1973 elections it joined theLikud alliance formed byHerut, theLiberal Party (which had formerly been allied asGahal),Free Centre and theMovement for Greater Israel. The new alliance won 39 seats, with Hurvitz and Shoval being elected to theKnesset on its list. In 1976 the National List merged with the Movement for Greater Israel and theIndependent Centre (a breakaway from the Free Centre) to form theLa'am faction within Likud, and ceased to exist as an independent entity.
The party was briefly reformed during theninth Knesset after Hurvitz, Shoval andYitzhak Peretz had left Likud to createRafi – National List on 26 January 1981. On 19 May Shoval and Hurvitz left to establishTelem withMoshe Dayan, whilst Peretz renamed the party Rafi, before rejoining Likud on 27 May. Peretz then broke away from the other two to recreate the National List. However, the reconstituted party only lasted for 12 days as Peretz rejoined Likud.
In 1983 Hurvitz broke away from Telem to establish Rafi – National List, which he later renamedOmetz.