Ha-Po?el Ha-Mizrachi ("Eastern Worker", in Hebrew)

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HA-POʿEL HA-MIZRACHI ("Eastern worker", in Hebrew)

Name of a Zionist religious bloc, with a working-class orientation, created in 1922. In 1956 Ha-Poʿel ha-Mizrachi became an Israeli political party and merged with the Mizrachi Party to form the National Religious Party.

SEE ALSO Mizrachi;National Religious Party