Brit Olam is a political party in Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

Background and ideology

Brit Olam is joint Jewish-Arab

Arab

Arab people, also known as Arabs , are a panethnicity primarily living in the Arab world, which is located in Western Asia and North Africa. They are identified as such on one or more of genealogical, linguistic, or cultural grounds, with tribal affiliations, and intra-tribal relationships playing...

 party founded by Ofer Lifschitz

Ofer Lifschitz

Ofer Lifschitz, is an Israeli politician and head of Brit Olam.Lifschitz left Israel to travel in 1984, before settling in the United States in 1988...

 in 2005. It stands for the foundation of a Palestinan state, separation of church and state, raising the minimum wage and improving the education system. It also aims to improve relations between Jews and Israeli Arabs and emphasises the need for social justice and cohesion.

The party ran for the 2006 elections with Lifschitz heading its list. However, they won only 2,011 votes (0.06%), failing to cross the 2% electoral threshold.

For the 2009 elections

Israeli legislative election, 2009

Elections for the 18th Knesset were held in Israel on 10 February 2009. These elections became necessary due to the resignation of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as leader of the Kadima party, and the failure of his successor, Tzipi Livni, to form a coalition government...

the party was headed by Kinneret Golan Hoz, but they again failed to pass the threshold.