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Third Way الطريق الثالث | |
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| Leader | Salam Fayyad Hanan Ashrawi |
| Founded | 16 December 2005 |
| Ideology | Social liberalism Anti-corruption Two-state solution |
| Political position | Centre-left[1] |
| Legislative Council | 2 / 132 |
The Third Way (Arabic: الطريق الثالث aṭ-Ṭarīq ath-Thālith) is a liberal democratic[1] Palestinian political party active in the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). Founded on 16 December 2005, the party was led by Salam Fayyad and Hanan Ashrawi. The party presents itself as an alternative to the two-party system of Hamas and Fatah.
In the January 2006 PLC elections the party received 2.41% of the popular vote and won two of the Council's 132 seats. After the disappointing election results, the party disappeared from the Palestinian arena, but in July 2015 party leaders held a series of meetings in Ramallah and Hebron to discuss the party's ability to reactivate its platform and return.[2]
- ^ a b Jamal, Manal A. (2013). "Beyond Fateh Corruption and Mass Discontent: Hamas, the Palestinian Left and the 2006 Legislative Elections". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 40 (3). Taylor & Francis, Ltd: 273–294. doi:10.1080/13530194.2013.791135.
- ^ Palestinian politics to see re-emergence of the Third Way Archived 2015-08-12 at the Wayback Machine. The Middle East Monitor, 29 July 2015