Holocaust Survivors and Grown-Up Green Leaf Party

The Holocaust Survivors & Grown-Up Green Leaf Party (Hebrew: ניצולי השואה עם בוגרי עלה ירוק‎) was a political party in Israel, formed as an alliance of some members of Ale Yarok ("Green Leaf" in Hebrew) - a liberal political party best known for its ideology of legalizing cannabis, and members of the "New Zionism" party, whose head was a Holocaust survivor and an activist for this cause.[1][2] The party ran in the 2009 Knesset elections.

Holocaust Survivors and Grown-Up Green Leaf Party

ניצולי השואה עם בוגרי עלה ירוק
PresidentOhad Shem-Tov
ChairmanYa'akov Kfir
Founded2009
Merger ofHolocaust Survivors' New Zionism - Movement (in Hebrew) and former members of Ale Yarok
HeadquartersJerusalem
IdeologyHolocaust Survivors (Sh'erit ha-Pletah) issues
Cannabis legalization
Zionism
Green Liberalism
Environmentalism
Human rights
Harm reduction
Anti-fascism
Most MKs0
Current MKs0
Election symbol
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The party's chairman and first person on the list was Ohad Shem-Tov, former chairman of the Green Leaf party. On the second spot was Yaakov Peri, a Holocaust survivor and activist, who had founded the "New Zionism - The People's Party" in 2006 (which didn't win any seats in the government in that year's general election). The alliance between the two came as a result of disagreements within the Green Leaf party, and discussions between Shem-Tov and Peri.

The unusual alliance between these parties, one focused on Holocaust issues and the other on the legalization of recreational drugs, sparked some public controversy in Israel - critics said that this pairing was inappropriate as it was disrespecting the cause of the Holocaust.

The party's platform included: Improving government treatment of the rights of Holocaust survivors, better health care system, environmental protection, reforms in mandatory education, animal experimentations and other social economic-related issues.

It won 2,346 votes (0.07%), well below the 2% electoral threshold.

References
  1. "Holocaust survivors team up with marijuana activists in odd coalition". 3 News. 9 February 2009. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  2. "The pro-marijuana Holocaust survivors party is the hottest match-up". haaretz.com. 8 February 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
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