ISRAELI ELECTION SIGNIFICANCE

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79R00890A000600030010-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
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NSC B$I$FING ~- 3 AL~f;~UST 1955
I. j[a.jor surprise of 26 duly parliamentary
elections was gain registered by extrem-
ists.
A. Gains most striking on far right,
where Herut (Freedom) party has doubied~
strength, become Israel's number ~
political force (6~~ in 'S1: 13.1', of
popular ~-ote now) .
1. Herut is descendant of wartime
terrorists--Irgun and Stern gang;
demands expansion Israel's terri-
tory.
B. '~ extremists on left also made
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gains, but not as great.
1. Achdut Haavoda (Unity of Labor)--
Yapam (United Labor Party)--7~,.
In '51, they ran toget~:er and got
total 12~~,.
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4. Communists neither gained nor
lost--4% of vote.
C. Big loser was General 7lonist par*y--
moderate middle class with many tier
in Q3 (dropped from 16% to 11%).
II. 1[apai (porkers' Party), governing party
since 48, still stayed on tap, but dropped
5'~, to total 32',~ of popular vote.
A. Mapai, as top party, will form back-
bone of new coalition government.
B. Party leader, Da~1d Ben-Gurion (who
held both prime minister's a.nd defense
minister's portfolios 1948-1953), will
presnma.bly lead new government.
C. Ben-Gurlon's problems increased both
by fact that Mapai noa weaker than in
last six year$ and by losses suffered
by General Zionists (]lapel's principal
partner is former coalitions).
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