Maki (historical political party) Maki (historical political party) Maki (, an acronym for "HaMiflega HaKomunistit HaYisraelit", lit. "The Israeli Communist Party") was a communist political party in Israel. It is not the same party as the modern day Maki, which split from it during the 1960s and later assumed its name. Maki was a descendant of the Palestine Communist Party (PCP), which changed its name to MAKEI (the Communist Party of Eretz Yisrael) after endorsing partition in 1947, and then to Maki. Members of the National Liberation League, an Arab party that had split off from the PCP in 1944, rejoined Maki in October
Lev (political party) away from Centre Party, briefly forming the Lev faction which merged into Likud after only a few minutes in existence. Three other Centre Party MKs left and formed New Way, which later merged into Labour. Lev (political party) Lev (, lit "Heart") was a short-lived political faction in Israel, existing for only several minutes during the 15th Knesset on 6 November 2002. After Ariel Sharon formed a coalition government with the Centre Party in 2001 following his victory in the special election for Prime Minister, speculation started that Centre Party MK Roni Milo intended to return to Likud. On 22