Rakah


 New Communist LIst

Rakah

Founded in 1965

Rakah (Reshima Komunistit Hadasha—the New Communist List) was established as an additional communist party in 1965 after a group of members left Maki (the Israeli Communist Party). The  members who left Maki were primarily the Arab members, although they were joined by a small group of Jewish members, led by Meir Vilner, who became the head of the new list.



As a communist party, Rakah adopted the positions of the Soviet Union regarding the Middle East, including labeling Zionism as an imperialist, bourgeois movement. In the internal sphere, Rakah developed into a party whose main support came from Israeli Arabs. In 1977, Rakah became the central component in Hadash—a list that united a number of left-wing parties and movements. In 1989, after Maki ceased to exist, Rakah adopted the name Maki and currently operates as the Israeli Communist Party.

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Election Year Votes Count Number Of Seats Share Of Votes List Of Candidates Platform
1973 53,353 4 3.4 Candidates Candidates
1969 38,827 3 2.8 Candidates Candidates
1965 27,413 3 2.3 Candidates Candidates

Note that the candidates in this table are in Hebrew

Meir Vilner, Tawfik Toubi