The Progressive National Alliance (, ''Brit Leumit Mitkademet''), originally known as National Unity – National Progressive Alliance (, ''Ahdhut Leumit – HaBrit HaLeumit HaMitkademet''), was a small Arab

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in the early 21st century.

Background

The party was formed in December 2002 when Hashem Mahameed left

Hadash Hadash is a left-wing to far-left political coalition in Israel formed by the Israeli Communist Party and other leftist groups. History The party was formed on 15 March 1977 when the Rakah and Non-Partisans parliamentary group changed its ...

. He turned the faction into a full political party in order to participate in the 2003 elections, renaming it the ''Progressive National Alliance''. However, the party won only 20,571 votes (0.7%), less than half the number needed to cross the 1.5%

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. Amongst Israeli Arabs the party won 6.3% of the vote, almost all of them in Mahmeed's hometown,

Umm al-Fahm Umm al-Fahm ( , ''Umm al-Faḥm''; ''Um el-Faḥem'') is a city located northwest of Jenin in the Haifa District of Israel. In its population was , nearly all of whom are Palestinian citizens of Israel. The city is situated on the Umm al-Fahm ...

. Since running in the municipal elections in Umm al-Fahm in October 2003 as part of an alliance with

, Balad and the Sons of the Village Movement, the party has not been active in politics since and appears to have disbanded. Mahmeed was a contender for a place on Hadash's list in the 2006 elections, but was not on the final slate.

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