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Hadash

Hadash, officially the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality, is a left-wing to far-left political coalition in Israel formed by the Communist Party of Israel (Maki) and other groups.

Infobox

Hebrew name
החזית הדמוקרטית לשלום ולשוויון
Arabic name
الجبهة الديمقراطية للسلام والمساواة
Secretary
Amjad Shbita
Founded
7 March 1977 (1977-03-07)
Merger of
Rakah Aki Shasi Black Panthers (partial) Other Arab and left-wing groups
Headquarters
Haifa and Nazareth
Ideology
Communism Marxism–Leninism Israeli Arab interests Two-state solution
Political position
Left-wing to far-left
National affiliation
Joint List (2015–2019; 2020–2022)
Colors
Red and Green
Knesset
4 / 120

Tables

· Election results
1977
1977
Election
1977
Votes
80,118
%
4
Seats
5 / 120
+/–
–
Knesset members
Charlie Biton, Avraham Levenbraun (replaced by Hanna Mwais), Tawfik Toubi, Meir Vilner, Tawfiq Ziad
1981
1981
Election
1981
Votes
64,918
%
3
Seats
4 / 120
+/–
1
Knesset members
Charlie Biton, Tawfik Toubi, Meir Vilner, Tawfiq Ziad
1984
1984
Election
1984
Votes
69,815
%
3
Seats
4 / 120
+/–
Knesset members
Charlie Biton, Tawfik Toubi, Meir Vilner, Tawfiq Ziad, Muhammed Wattad (joined from Mapam)
1988
1988
Election
1988
Votes
84,032
%
3
Seats
4 / 120
+/–
Knesset members
Charlie Biton (left party during Knesset term), Tawfik Toubi (replaced by Tamar Gozansky), Meir Vilner (replaced by Hashem Mahameed), Tawfiq Ziad (replaced by Mohamed Nafa)
1992
1992
Election
1992
Votes
62,545
%
2
Seats
3 / 120
+/–
1
Knesset members
Tamar Gozansky, Hashem Mahameed, Tawfiq Ziad (replaced by Saleh Saleem)
1996
1996
Election
1996
Votes
129,455
%
4
Seats
4 / 120
+/–
1
Knesset members
Tamar Gozansky, Ahmad Sa'd, Saleh Saleem, Hashem Mahameed
1999
1999
Election
1999
Votes
87,022
%
2
Seats
3 / 120
+/–
1
Knesset members
Mohammad Barakeh, Tamar Gozansky, Issam Makhoul
2003
2003
Election
2003
Votes
93,819
%
3
Seats
2 / 120
+/–
1
Knesset members
Mohammad Barakeh, Issam Makhoul
2006
2006
Election
2006
Votes
86,092
%
2
Seats
3 / 120
+/–
1
Knesset members
Mohammad Barakeh, Dov Khenin, Hana Sweid
2009
2009
Election
2009
Votes
112,130
%
3
Seats
4 / 120
+/–
1
Knesset members
Mohammad Barakeh, Dov Khenin, Hana Sweid, Afu Agbaria
2013
2013
Election
2013
Votes
113,439
%
3
Seats
4 / 120
+/–
Knesset members
Mohammad Barakeh, Dov Khenin, Hana Sweid, Afu Agbaria
2015
2015
Election
2015
Votes
Part of the Joint List
%
5 / 120
Seats
1
+/–
Ayman Odeh, Aida Touma-Suleiman, Dov Khenin, Yousef Jabareen, Abdullah Abu Ma'aruf, Youssef Atauna
April 2019
April 2019
Election
April 2019
Votes
193,442
%
4
Seats
4 / 120
+/–
1
Knesset members
Ayman Odeh, Aida Touma-Suleiman, Ofer Cassif, Yousef Jabareen
September 2019
September 2019
Election
September 2019
Votes
Part of the Joint List
%
5 / 120
Seats
1
+/–
Ayman Odeh, Aida Touma-Suleiman, Ofer Cassif, Yousef Jabareen, Jabar Asatra
2020
2020
Election
2020
Votes
Part of the Joint List
%
5 / 120
Seats
+/–
Ayman Odeh, Aida Touma-Suleiman, Ofer Cassif, Yousef Jabareen, Jabar Asatra
2021
2021
Election
2021
Votes
Part of the Joint List
%
3 / 120
Seats
2
+/–
Ayman Odeh, Aida Touma-Suleiman, Ofer Cassif
2022
2022
Election
2022
Votes
178,735
%
3
Seats
4 / 120
+/–
1
Knesset members
Ayman Odeh, Aida Touma-Suleiman, Ofer Cassif, Youssef Atauna (replaced by Ta'al MK Samir Bin Said on 23 June 2025)
Election
Votes
%
Seats
+/–
Knesset members
1977
80,118
4
5 / 120
–
Charlie Biton, Avraham Levenbraun (replaced by Hanna Mwais), Tawfik Toubi, Meir Vilner, Tawfiq Ziad
1981
64,918
3
4 / 120
1
Charlie Biton, Tawfik Toubi, Meir Vilner, Tawfiq Ziad
1984
69,815
3
4 / 120
Charlie Biton, Tawfik Toubi, Meir Vilner, Tawfiq Ziad, Muhammed Wattad (joined from Mapam)
1988
84,032
3
4 / 120
Charlie Biton (left party during Knesset term), Tawfik Toubi (replaced by Tamar Gozansky), Meir Vilner (replaced by Hashem Mahameed), Tawfiq Ziad (replaced by Mohamed Nafa)
1992
62,545
2
3 / 120
1
Tamar Gozansky, Hashem Mahameed, Tawfiq Ziad (replaced by Saleh Saleem)
1996
129,455
4
4 / 120
1
Tamar Gozansky, Ahmad Sa'd, Saleh Saleem, Hashem Mahameed
1999
87,022
2
3 / 120
1
Mohammad Barakeh, Tamar Gozansky, Issam Makhoul
2003
93,819
3
2 / 120
1
Mohammad Barakeh, Issam Makhoul
2006
86,092
2
3 / 120
1
Mohammad Barakeh, Dov Khenin, Hana Sweid
2009
112,130
3
4 / 120
1
Mohammad Barakeh, Dov Khenin, Hana Sweid, Afu Agbaria
2013
113,439
3
4 / 120
Mohammad Barakeh, Dov Khenin, Hana Sweid, Afu Agbaria
2015
Part of the Joint List
5 / 120
1
Ayman Odeh, Aida Touma-Suleiman, Dov Khenin, Yousef Jabareen, Abdullah Abu Ma'aruf, Youssef Atauna
April 2019
193,442
4
4 / 120
1
Ayman Odeh, Aida Touma-Suleiman, Ofer Cassif, Yousef Jabareen
September 2019
Part of the Joint List
5 / 120
1
Ayman Odeh, Aida Touma-Suleiman, Ofer Cassif, Yousef Jabareen, Jabar Asatra
2020
Part of the Joint List
5 / 120
Ayman Odeh, Aida Touma-Suleiman, Ofer Cassif, Yousef Jabareen, Jabar Asatra
2021
Part of the Joint List
3 / 120
2
Ayman Odeh, Aida Touma-Suleiman, Ofer Cassif
2022
178,735
3
4 / 120
1
Ayman Odeh, Aida Touma-Suleiman, Ofer Cassif, Youssef Atauna (replaced by Ta'al MK Samir Bin Said on 23 June 2025)
· Leaders › Chairpersons
Meir Vilner
1977
1977–1992
Meir Vilner
Name
Meir Vilner
Term
1977–1992
Notes
Founding chairman
Tawfiq Ziad
1992
1992–1994
Tawfiq Ziad
Name
Tawfiq Ziad
Term
1992–1994
Notes
Also served as mayor of Nazareth
Saleh Saleem
1996
1996–1999
Saleh Saleem
Name
Saleh Saleem
Term
1996–1999
Mohammad Barakeh
1999
1999–2015
Mohammad Barakeh
Name
Mohammad Barakeh
Term
1999–2015
Notes
Also served as secretary-general
Ayman Odeh
2015
2015–2023
Ayman Odeh
Name
Ayman Odeh
Term
2015–2023
Notes
Previously secretary-general
Issam Makhoul
2023
2023–2025
Issam Makhoul
Name
Issam Makhoul
Term
2023–2025
Portrait
Name
Term
Notes
Meir Vilner
1977–1992
Founding chairman
Tawfiq Ziad
1992–1994
Also served as mayor of Nazareth
Saleh Saleem
1996–1999
Mohammad Barakeh
1999–2015
Also served as secretary-general
Ayman Odeh
2015–2023
Previously secretary-general
Issam Makhoul
2023–2025
· Leaders › Secretaries-general
Tawfik Toubi
1989
1989–1993
Tawfik Toubi
Name
Tawfik Toubi
Term
1989–1993
Mohammad Barakeh
1993
1993–1999
Mohammad Barakeh
Name
Mohammad Barakeh
Term
1993–1999
Notes
Later chairman
Odeh Bisharat
1999
1999–2006
Odeh Bisharat
Name
Odeh Bisharat
Term
1999–2006
Mansour Dahamshe
2015
2015–2023
Mansour Dahamshe
Name
Mansour Dahamshe
Term
2015–2023
Amjad Shbita
Amjad Shbita
Name
Amjad Shbita
Term
2023–present
Name
Term
Notes
Tawfik Toubi
1989–1993
Mohammad Barakeh
1993–1999
Later chairman
Odeh Bisharat
1999–2006
Mansour Dahamshe
2015–2023
Amjad Shbita
2023–present

References

  1. In an alliance with Balad, which won a total of five seats
  2. In alliance with Ta'al.
  3. The Hebrew name Hadash (Hebrew: חד״ש, lit. 'New') is an abbreviation of HaHazit HaDemokratit LeShalom VeLeShivion, lit.
  4. Hebrew: החזית הדמוקרטית לשלום ולשוויון; Arabic: الجبهة الديمقراطية للسلام والمساواة
  5. Israel & Palestine Monthly Review
    https://www.marxists.org/subject/jewish/shasi-zionism.htm
  6. Encyclopedia of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
  7. Security and Defensive Democracy in Israel: A Critical Approach to Political Discourse
    https://books.google.com/books?id=8DtyBgAAQBAJ&pg=PR10
  8. "Israel: Background and Relations with the United States]"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20030523183515/http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/ib82008.pdf
  10. The Changing Face of Parties and Party Systems: A Study of Israel and India
    https://books.google.com/books?id=J3MzDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA240
  11. Haaretz
    https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/.premium-israel-election-results-arab-turnout-victory-over-netanyahu-1.7856170
  12. Memory Activism: Reimagining the Past for the Future in Israel-Palestine
  14. Israel at the Polls 2006
    https://books.google.com/books?id=FVyOAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA281
  15. Israeli Left Archives
    https://hdl.handle.net/10622/COLL00308.1206
  16. Jewish Affairs
    https://www.marxists.org/subject/israel-palestine/rakah/cpi-ja-march-april-77.pdf
  17. Israeli Left Archives
    https://hdl.handle.net/10622/COLL00308.1051
  18. Davar
    https://www.nli.org.il/he/newspapers/dav/1977/03/08/01/article/30/?srpos=7&e=-------he-20--1-byDA.rev-img-txIN%7CtxTI-%22%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%96%D7%99%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%94+%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%99%D7%AA+%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%AA%22-------------1
  19. 18th Congress - Communist Party of Israel
    https://www.marxists.org/hebrew/organizations/maki/1976/18th_congress.pdf
  20. "The Democratic Front for Peace and Equality"
    https://www.marxists.org/subject/jewish/burstein.pdf
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