Yisrael BaAliyah [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Yisrael BaAliyah
Yisrael BaAliyah (, ; lit., "Israel on the up") was a political party in Israel between its formation in 1996 and its merger into Likud in 2003. It was formed to represent the interests of Russian immigrants by former refuseniks Natan Sharansky and Yuli-Yoel Edelstein. Initially a centrist party, it drifted to the right towards the end of its existence.
History.
The party was formed in 1996 by Sharansky, whose personal image as a dedicated and long-suffering idealist was
Michael Nudelman
Michael Nudelman (, 30 June 1938 – 14 February 2019) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Yisrael BaAliyah, Aliyah, the National Union, Yisrael Beiteinu and Kadima between 1996 and 2009.
Political career.
Born in Kiev in the Soviet Union (today Ukraine), Nudelman made aliyah to Israel in 1991.
He was elected to the 14th Knesset as a representative of Yisrael BaAliyah. He resigned from the party along with Yuri Stern and formed the Aliyah party