Rafi (political party)

Israeli Workers List
רשימת פועלי ישראל
ChairmanDavid Ben-Gurion
Founded14 July 1965
Dissolved23 January 1968
Split fromMapai
Merged intoIsraeli Labor Party
HeadquartersTel Aviv, Israel
IdeologyLabor Zionism
Social democracy
Political positionCentre-left
Colours  Blue
Most MKs10 (1965)
Election symbol
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Moshe Dayan, David Ben-Gurion and Shimon Peres at the founding conference of Rafi in 1966

Rafi (Hebrew: רַפִ"י, an abbreviation of Reshimat Poalei Yisrael (Hebrew: רְשִׁימָת פּוֹעַלֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל), lit.'Israeli Workers List') was a center-left political party in Israel, founded by former Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion in 1965. In 1968 it was one of three parties that merged to form the Israeli Labor Party.