Maki (political party) Maki (political party) The Israeli Communist Party ( "HaMiflega HaKomunistit HaYisra'elit", "Al-Ḥizb ash-Shuyū'ī al-'Isrā'īlī"), commonly referred to by its Hebrew acronym Maki (), is a communist political party in Israel and forms part of the political alliance known as Hadash. It was originally known as Rakah (), an acronym for "Reshima Komunistit Hadasha" (, lit. "New Communist List"), and is not the same party as the original Maki, from which it broke away in the 1960s. Rakah was formed on 1 September 1965 due to internal disagreements in Maki. Maki, the original Israeli Communist Party, saw a split between a
Hope (political party) Hope (political party) Hope () is a political party in Slovakia. It was founded in 2006 after a split from the Alliance of the New Citizen by Jirko Malchárek, František Tóth and Alexandra Novotná. From its inception it was widely considered by experts to be a doomed project. In the Slovak parliamentary election in 2006, the party did not gain a seat in the Slovak Parliament (it got only 0.63%; a minimum of 5% was required). The party was registered with the Ministry of Interior on 6 March 2006. It was founded by former Deputy Prime Minister Jirko Malchárek, former