The Alternative البديل | |
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| Founded | 2006 |
| Dissolved | 2007 |
| Ideology | Communism[1] Secularism[2] Two-state solution[2] |
| Political position | Left-wing[3][4][5] |
| Palestinian Legislative Council (2006) | 2 / 132
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| Website | |
| http://AlternativePalestine.com | |
The Alternative (Arabic: البديل al-badeel) or the Alternative List,[2] was an electoral alliance of several socialist Palestinian groups:
- Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (al-jabhah al-dīmūqrātiyyah li-tahrīr filastīn)
- Palestinian People's Party (hizb al-sha`b al-filastīnī)
- Palestine Democratic Union (al-ittihād al-dīmūqrātī al-filastīnī)
- Independents
In the January 2006 PLC elections it came fourth with 2.92% of the popular vote. It had two deputies elected: Qais Abd al-Karim and Bassam as-Salhi. Its best vote was in the Bethlehem Governorate, and its next best was in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate.
The alliance was dissolved in early 2007.[6]
- ^ Ford, Eddie (19 October 2023). "What you need to know about Hamas". Weekly Worker.
Testifying to the considerably weakened position of the left, the 'official communist' Alternative list - which included the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Palestinian Peoples Party - managed to secure only 3% of the vote and two seats.
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bbc2was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Hilal, Jamil (10 May 2021). "On the Postponed Palestinian Elections: The Role of the Left". Rosa Luxemburg Foundation.
Furthermore, the 2006 elections' experience of the Alternative List, which was a coalition formed by three left parties (Democratic Front coalition, the People's Party, and the Palestinian Democratic Union), and which had obtained 2 seats then, was disappointing as it proved to be a very temporary arrangement that ended with the declaration of the election results.
- ^ Hass, Amira (17 March 2006). "Ismail Haniyeh: "I Never Sent Anyone on a Suicide Mission"". CounterPunch.
- ^ Abdullah, Ghassan (25 January 2006). "Palestinian elections: Voters' views". BBC.
I am voting for the Alternative List - the left-wing coalition.
- ^ "Maan News Agency". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2008-02-13.