The New Aliyah Party was a political party in Mandate Palestine and Israel

Israel

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The party was established in 1942 by immigrants from Austria

Austria

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 and Germany

Germany

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 who had arrived in Palestine during the Fifth Aliyah

Fifth Aliyah

The Fifth Aliyah refers to the fifth wave of the Jewish immigration to Israel from Europe and Asia between the years 1929 and 1939. The Fifth immigration wave began after the 1929 Palestine riots, and after the comeback from the economic crisis in Israel in 1927, during the period of the Fourth...

. In the fourth Assembly of Representatives formed in 1944, the party had 18 seats (from a total of 171), making it the third largest party after Mapai

Mapai

Mapai was a left-wing political party in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger into the Israeli Labor Party in 1968...

 and the Left Front. The party's magazine was named Amudim (lit. Pages).

In May 1948 party leader Pinchas Rosen

Pinchas Rosen

Pinchas Rosen was an Israeli politician and statesman, and the country's first Minister of Justice, serving three times during 1948-51, 1952–56, and 1958-61. He was also leader of the Independent Liberals during the 1960s.-Biography:...

 became a member of the provisionial government

Provisional government of Israel

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. At the end of 1948 it merged with several other liberal parties, including the political arm of HaOved HaTzioni

HaOved HaTzioni

HaOved HaTzioni is a settlement movement in Israel.The movement was established in 1936 by former members of HaNoar HaTzioni, and its first settlement, kibbutz Usha, was founded on 7 November 1937. In 1948 the movement was one of the factions that established the Progressive Party....

, to form the Progressive Party

Progressive Party (Israel)

The Progressive Party was a political party in Israel.-History:The Progressive Party was a liberal party, most of whose founders came from the ranks of the New Aliyah Party and HaOved HaTzioni, which had been active prior to independence...

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