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The Israeli Labour Party (ILP) was founded as the Israeli faction of the Zionist socialist Russian Party Poale Zion. In the early 1920s it founded the Histadrut (General Hebrew Workers' Union) which dominated the Hebrew settlement economy and infrastructure, thus making the ILP the dominant political faction in the Zionist politics. It is also responsible for the founding of Hashomer and Haganah, the first two armed Jewish group who secured the people and property of the Hebrew settlements against bandits and terrorists.
By the early 1930s, the workers' leader David Ben-Gurion rose to power and led the ILP for almost two decades before he retired to Sde Boker in order to flourish the Negev desert. Under Ben-Gurion's leadership the ILP became the leading party in the Hebrew parlaiment and Ben-Gurion led the Hebrew settlement in its struggle for independence. Ben-Gurion declared on Israel's independence and was elected to be its first prime minister.
Until 1977, all the prime ministers were from the ILP. The greatest opposition to the ILP was Menachem Begin's Herut (today Likud) - the right wing liberal party.
Other prominent former members include
The ILP was evolved from the Socialist "Workers of Zion" party and still adherent to the Zionist Socialist ideaology. During Ben-Gurion reign (1930's-1950's) the ILP focused mainly on the Zionist agenda, since it was the most urgent issue then - building a safe homeland to the Jewish people.
After the foundation of the state of Israel the ILP focused mainly on building the nation - the erection of the Israeli Defence Forces (while dismanteling every other armed group), the establishment of many settlements, the settling of more than 1,000,000 Jewish immigrants and the desire to unite all the inhabitants of Israel under a new Zionist Jewish Israeli culture (an ideaology known as the "Melting pot" כור היתוך).
The ILP in the past was much more hawkish than today. Under its reign Israel has fought the 1956 Sinai War, the 1967 Six Day War and the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
The ILP holds a moderate left agenda, some say even part-cenerist. The dovish branch in the ILP (Amram Mitzna, Avraham Burg, Yuli Tamir) support a unconditioned nagotitation for peace with the Palestinians and an unconditioned transfer of all settlements in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
More moderate ILP membera, such as Shimon Peres, Offir Pines, Haim Ramon and Benjamin Ben-Eliezer supports peace moves with the Palestinians but condition them in the ceasement of terror and the replacement of the current Palestinian leadership with a peaceful-moderate one. Some of the ILP members (mainly Haim Ramon) support the erection of a security fence for preventing terror and one-sided withdrawal from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
On economic issue the ILP holds a moderate liberal capitalist agenda, less extreme from the Likud's agenda.
It is currently led by Shimon Peres, and has has 19 seats in the 16th Knesset.
The party used to dominate Israeli politics, but is now in opposition, alternating with Likud as a coalition leader.
Names and aliases
The current name is "HaAvoda".History
Ideaology
In the past
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Current Status