Unity איחוד | |
|---|---|
| Founders | Judah Leon Magnes Martin Buber Ernst Simon Henrietta Szold |
| Founded | 1942 |
| Ideology | Binationalism Federalism Zionism |
Ihud (also spelled “Ichud”, Hebrew: איחוד, 'Unity') was a small binationalist Zionist political party founded by Judah Leon Magnes, Martin Buber, Ernst Simon and Henrietta Szold, former supporters of Brit Shalom, in 1942 as a binational response to the Biltmore Conference, which made the establishment of a Jewish Commonwealth in Palestine the policy of the Zionist movement. Other prominent members were David Werner Senator, Moshe Smilansky, agronomist Haim Margaliot-Kalvarisky (1868–1947), and Judge Joseph Moshe Valero.
Ihud advocated for an Arab-Jewish binational state rooted in equal political rights for Jews and Arabs in an undivided Palestine.[1] Ihud termed this vision “political parity.”[2] Furthermore, it argued that Jewish immigration should be regulated in accordance with the principle of “numerical parity” with the Arabs and the ability of Palestine to absorb immigrants economically.[2] It proposed the creation of joint organs of government, and a division of the country into districts based on a communal basis.