Gahal

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Gahal was a right-wing political alliance in Israel formed in the 1960s, primarily uniting the Herut movement with the Liberal Party and serving as a key predecessor to the Likud party.

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Gahal canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct political party alliance
political alliance
activeInDecade 1960s
1970s
basedIn Jerusalem
coalitionPartnerWith Alignment
Israeli Labor Party
country Israel
dissolvedInto Likud party
surface form: Likud
electoralAllianceOf Herut
Liberal Party (Israel)
foundedBy Herut
Liberal Party (Israel)
hadYouthWing Herut youth movement (via Herut component)
hasPredecessor Herut
Liberal Party (Israel)
hasSuccessor Likud party
surface form: Likud
historicalRole major component in formation of Likud
ideology Zionism
national conservatism
right-wing politics
language Hebrew
notableLeader Elimelech Rimalt
Menachem Begin
Yosef Sapir
operatedWithin Israel
surface form: State of Israel
opposed Alignment (Israeli political alliance)
surface form: Alignment (Israeli political party)

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parliamentaryGroupName Gahal Knesset faction
participatedIn Israeli legislative election, 1965
Israeli legislative election, 1969
partOf Israeli party system
politicalOrientation liberal-conservative
politicalPosition right-wing
politicalSystem multi-party system of Israel
region Middle East
representedIn Knesset
servedAs predecessor of Likud
supportedPolicy free-market economics
territorial maximalism in Eretz Israel
typeOfOrganization parliamentary alliance
withdrewFrom Israeli government of Golda Meir

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