The Progressive National Alliance (Hebrew: ברית לאומית מתקדמת, Brit Leumit Mitkademet), originally known as National Unity – National Progressive Alliance (Hebrew: אחדות לאומית – הברית הלאומית המתקדמת, Akdhut Leumit – HaBrit HaLeumit HaMitkademet), was a small Israeli Arab political party in Israel in the early 21st century.
Progressive National Alliance ברית לאומית מתקדמת | |
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| Leader | Hashem Mahameed |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Split from | United Arab List |
| Ideology | Israeli Arab interest |
| Most MKs | 1 (1999) |
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| צף | |
The party was formed in December 2002 when Hashem Mahameed left Hadash.[1] 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% electoral threshold. Amongst Israeli Arabs the party won 6.3% of the vote,[2] almost all of them in Mahmeed's hometown, Umm al-Fahm.[3]
Since running in the municipal elections in Umm al-Fahm in October 2003 as part of an alliance with Hadash, Balad and the Sons of the Village Movement,[4] 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.