Progressive National Alliance

The Progressive National Alliance (Hebrew: ברית לאומית מתקדמת, Brit Leumit Mitkademet), originally known as National Unity – National Progressive Alliance (Hebrew: אחדות לאומית – הברית הלאומית המתקדמת, Ahdhut Leumit – HaBrit HaLeumit HaMitkademet), was a small Arab political party in Israel in the early 21st century.

Progressive National Alliance ברית לאומית מתקדמת‎
Leader	Hashem Mahameed
Founded	2002
Split from	United Arab List
Ideology	Israeli Arab interest
Most MKs	1 (1999)
Election symbol
צף‎
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Background

The party was formed in December 2002 when Hashem Mahameed left Hadash.^[1] He turned the faction into a full political party in order to participate in the 2003 elections, renaming it the Progressive National Alliance. However, the party won only 20,571 votes (0.7%), less than half the number needed to cross the 1.5% electoral threshold. Amongst Israeli Arabs the party won 6.3% of the vote,^[2] almost all of them in Mahmeed's hometown, Umm al-Fahm.^[3]

Since running in the municipal elections in Umm al-Fahm in October 2003 as part of an alliance with Hadash, Balad and the Sons of the Village Movement,^[4] the party has not been active in politics since and appears to have disbanded. Mahmeed was a contender for a place on Hadash's list in the 2006 elections, but was not on the final slate.