Da'am Workers Party
{{Short description|Israeli political party}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox political party
| name = Da'am Workers Party
| logo = Daam.svg
| colorcode = {{party color|Da'am Workers Party}}
| leader = Asma Agbarieh
Nir Nadar
Ya'akov Ben Efrat
Yoav Gal Tamir
| chairman = Yoav Gal Tamir
| foundation = {{start date|1995}}
| ideology = Secularism
Communism{{cite news |author=Ruth Eglash |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/01/19/arab-israeli-politician/1843271/ |title=Arab-Israeli woman a rising voice in the wind |newspaper=USA Today |date=21 January 2013 |access-date=23 June 2015}}
Marxism{{cite news |author=David Merhav |url=http://en.daam.org.il/?p=402 |title=Against the tide: Daam's long journey |publisher=Da'am Workers Party |date=21 February 2013 |others=Yonatan Preminger, translator |access-date=23 June 2015 |archive-date=13 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151113233434/http://en.daam.org.il/?p=402 |url-status=dead }}
Revolutionary socialism
Non-Zionism{{cite news |url=http://newpol.org/content/%E2%80%98anyone-bibi%E2%80%99-strengthens-israeli-right-wing |title='Anyone but Bibi' Strengthens the Israeli Right Wing |author=Da'am Workers Party |publisher=New Politics |date=27 December 2014 |quote=Editors' note: The Da'am Workers Party is an Israeli revolutionary socialist organization formed by Palestinian and Jewish activists in 1995. |access-date=23 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812084004/http://newpol.org/content/%E2%80%98anyone-bibi%E2%80%99-strengthens-israeli-right-wing |archive-date=12 August 2016 |url-status=dead }}
One-state solution{{cite news |url=http://heb.daam.org.il/%D7%91%D7%97%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA-2019/ |title=Da'am platform for 2019 election |newspaper=Da'am Website|date=24 December 2018 |access-date=11 April 2019}}
| headquarters =
| international =
| website = [http://en.daam.org.il/ daam.org.il]
| country = Israel
| native_name = {{Script/Hebrew|דעם מפלגת פועלים}}
{{lang|ar|حزب دعم العمالي}}
| split = Derech HaNitzoz
| dissolution =
| position = Left-wing{{cite news |title=More than just a Tel Aviv trend? Da'am Workers Party aims to unite Jews and Arabs over welfare |url=https://www.haaretz.com/.premium-da-am-party-seeks-jewish-arab-value-welfare-1.5225018 |access-date=29 September 2020 |work=Haaretz |date=17 January 2013 |language=en}} to far-left{{cite news |author=Yitzhak Laor |url=http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/the-power-of-facebook.premium-1.501231 |title=The 'power' of Facebook |newspaper=Haaretz |date=3 February 2013 |access-date=23 June 2015}}
| european =
| colours =
| seats1_title = Knesset
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|120|hex={{party color|Da'am Workers Party}}}}
| symbol = {{Script/Hebrew|ד}}{{ltr}} (1996)
{{Script/Hebrew|קם}}{{ltr}} (1999)
{{Script/Hebrew|קם}}{{ltr}} (2003–2013)
{{Script/Hebrew|ץ}}{{ltr}} (2019–)
The Da'am Workers Party ({{langx|ar|حزب دعم العمالي}}, {{langx|he|דעם מפלגת פועלים|Da'am Mifleget Po'alim}}) is a revolutionary socialist, multi-ethnic political party in Israel,{{cite web |url=http://en.daam.org.il/?page_id=25 |title=About Da'am |date=4 October 2012 |publisher=Da'am Workers Party |access-date=13 April 2015}}{{cite news |author=Diaa Hadid |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-arab-party-makes-long-shot-election-bid/ |title=Jewish-Arab party makes long-shot election bid |newspaper=The Times of Israel |date=18 January 2013 |access-date=23 June 2015}} where it is commonly known by the acronym Da'am ({{langx|ar|link=no|دعم}}, Hebrew: {{Script/Hebrew|דע"ם}}). It calls for political and social revolution to secure workers' rights, the nationalization of key industries, Jewish–Arab coexistence, and gender equality.
Name
The name "Da'am" originates from Arabic and is a reverse acronym for the name Organization for Democratic Action ({{langx|ar|منظمة العمل الديمقراطي}}, munaẓẓamāt al-ʿamal ad-dīmuqrāṭiyy). The name also means "support" in Arabic.
History
The party was founded in Haifa in 1995 as a result of splitting process in the communist camp of Israel; in 1960 Matzpen was founded by former members of the Israeli Communist Party and in the 1970s former members of Matzpen founded three organisations, one of which was the Workers Alliance-Avangard. In 1977 former members of Avangard founded Derech HaNitzoz. Former members of Derech HaNitzoz established Da'am in 1995.
In the 1999 elections the party received only 2,151 votes (0.06%), well below the electoral threshold of 1.5%. The 2003 elections saw a fall in support to just 1,925 votes, though its percentage (0.06%) remained roughly the same due to a reduced turnout. Nevertheless, it still did not pass the threshold. In the 2006 elections the party more than doubled its support, receiving 3,692 votes (0.11%). However, with the raising of the threshold to 2%, it was even further away from winning a seat in the Knesset.
In the 2009 elections it again failed to pass the threshold and did not receive any seats. In the 2013 elections it received 3,374 votes (0.09%) and again did not obtain a seat in the Knesset. The party did not contest the 2015 elections. In the 2019 elections the party campaigned with the slogan "Green Economy — One Country", after it decided to support a one-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict based on post-nationalism instead of a Palestinian state and to emphasize its support for eco-socialism.{{cite news |url=http://heb.daam.org.il/%D7%91%D7%97%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA-2019/ |title=Da'am platform for 2019 election |newspaper=Da'am Website|date=24 December 2018 |access-date=11 April 2019}}
Ideology
The party is a joint Arab–Jewish party emphasizing class identity over ethnic or national ones. It is strongly left-wing, supporting workers' rights (particularly those of Israeli Arabs), opposing discrimination, and holding an internationalist worldview. The party had supported the right of the Palestinian people to found an independent state based on the 1967 borders until 2018, after which the party supported a one-state solution based on civic nationalism. The party is against Israeli unilateralism and occupation of the Palestinian territories. It also opposes political Islam.
Members of the party were involved in the establishment of the Workers Advice Center, "an initiative for building an independent labor association". Ma'an offers support to unemployed and unorganised (non-Union) workers.
In the 2015 Israeli legislative election, it was the only political party in Israel headed by an Israeli Arab woman, Asma Agbarieh.
The party produces the monthly English-language magazine Challenge,{{Cite web|title=CHALLENGE – An e-magazine covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict|url=http://www.challenge-mag.com/|access-date=2021-04-10|language=en-US}} as well as the Arabic al Sabar{{Cite web|title=الصبّار، مجلة سياسية ثقافية مستقلة|url=http://www.alsabar-mag.com/|access-date=2021-04-10|website=www.alsabar-mag.com}} and the Hebrew quarterly Etgar.{{Cite web |url=http://www.etgar.info/ |title=21 אתגר |access-date=28 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070407174858/http://www.etgar.info/ |archive-date=7 April 2007 |url-status=dead }}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://en.daam.org.il/}}
{{Israeli political parties}}
Category:1995 establishments in Israel
Category:Arab political parties in Israel
Category:Political parties established in 1995
Category:Communist parties in Israel
Category:Marxist parties in Israel