Meimad
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Meimad (Hebrew: מימד, an acronym for Medina Yehudit, Medina Demokratit (Hebrew: מדינה יהודית, מדינה דמוקרטית), lit. Jewish State, Democratic State) is a left-leaning religious Zionist political party in Israel. Founded in 1999, it is based on the ideology of the Meimad movement founded in 1988 by Rabbi Yehuda Amital. At the national level, it is in alliance with the Labour Party, for which it receives 10th spot on the Labour Knesset list. Currently the party has one MK, Michael Melchior.
[edit] Ideology
The party emphasizes the values of many social democratic parties, except on religious issues. Meimad, unlike Labour, takes a center-right approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It advocates the inclusion of religious studies in the main curriculum of Israel's public schools, and encourages the use of rabbinical courts in addition to civil courts.
Under Melchior, the party has taken an even more left leaning approach both in foreign and especially in domestic affairs. The party has run in municipal elections in 2003, winning a number of key seats in Tel Aviv. It also ran together with Meretz party in Haifa in which it shares a seat under a rotation agreement. Shlomo Yaakov Rapaport serves on the Haifa city council representing Meimad and is presently the Chairman of the Haifa Aliyah and absorption comiitee as well of the Chairman of the Municipal comittee against Alcohol and Drug abuse.
[edit] External links
- Official site (Hebrew)
- Official site (English)
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