Cooperation and Development (, ''Shituf VePituah''; ) was a short-lived

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History

Cooperation and Development was established on 5 July 1966 during the sixth Knesset, when two of the three

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parties,

Cooperation and Brotherhood Cooperation and Brotherhood (, ''Shituf VeAhva''; ) was an Arab satellite list in Israel. History Cooperation and Brotherhood was an Israeli Arab organisation formed to participate in the 1959 elections. Like other Israeli Arab parties at the ...

and

Progress and Development Progress and Development (, ''Kidma VePituah''; ) was an Arab satellite list in Israel. History Progress and Development was established in 1959, drawing its support from the Galilee area. Like other Israeli Arab parties at the time, it was asso ...

, merged.Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups
Knesset website Both parties had had two seats, meaning the new union had four, which were taken by Seif el-Din el-Zoubi,

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, Elias Nakhleh and Diyab Obeid. Both parties had been part of

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's coalition government, as they were associated with the

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, and the new party assumed their place as a coalition member. However, on 1 January 1967, the party split into the original factions. Later during the Knesset session both parties split again, as Muadi broke away from Cooperation and Brotherhood to form the

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, whilst Nakhleh broke away from Progress and Development to form the Jewish-Arab Brotherhood. However, by the 1969 elections, Muadi had joined Progress and Development, whilst Nakhleh had become a member of Cooperation and Brotherhood, the two effectively swapping parties.

References

External links

Cooperation and Development
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