Progress and Work الزراعة والتطوير קדמה ועבודה | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Salah-Hassan Hanifes |
| Ideology | Israeli Arab interest |
| National affiliation | Mapai |
| Most MKs | 2 (1955–1959) |
| Fewest MKs | 1 (1951–1955) |
| Election symbol | |
| נ | |
Progress and Work (Arabic:الزراعة والتطوير,Hebrew:קִדְמָה וְעֲבוֹדָה,Kidma VeAvoda) was anArab satellite list inIsrael.
The Progress and Work party was formed to contest the1951 elections. Like most other Arab parties at the time, it was associated withDavid Ben-Gurion'sMapai party, as Ben Gurion was keen to include Israeli Arabs in the functioning of the state in order to proveJews and Arabs could co-exist peacefully and productively.
In the elections, the party won only one seat,[1] taken by its leader,Salah-Hassan Hanifes. Because of its association withMapai, the party joined the governing coalition in all four governments of the second Knesset.
In the1955 elections, the party won two seats.[2]Saleh Suleiman took the second seat, and the party was again part of the coalition.
In 1959 a falling-out between Hanifes and Mapai led to Hanifes setting up a new party, theIndependent Faction for Israeli Arabs, to fight the1959 elections. Both parties failed to cross theelectoral threshold, with Progress and Work receiving 0.5% of the vote and the Independent Faction 0.4%.
In the1961 elections, the party received 0.4% of the vote. After its second failure to cross the threshold, the party disappeared.
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