The Alignment loses power in the 1977 "upheaval"

In the 17 May 1977 election the Alignment collapsed to 32 seats (24.6%) behind Begin's Likud (43), ending 29 years of Labor-Zionist control of government — the "Mahapach." It was the first time Israel's founding ruling bloc was turned out of power, a watershed that reshaped the country's politics.

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Parties

Alignment (Ma'arach)

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APA 7Reference list · academic default

Gara, T. (2026). The Alignment loses power in the 1977 "upheaval" [Event record]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/e71ea8c7-66b8-484d-a55c-61709dd2e895

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Gara, Tarek. 2026. "The Alignment loses power in the 1977 "upheaval"." Event record, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/e71ea8c7-66b8-484d-a55c-61709dd2e895.

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@misc{tayyar-event-e71ea8c7-66b8-484d-a55c-61709dd2e895,
  title     = {{The Alignment loses power in the 1977 "upheaval"}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Event record},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/e71ea8c7-66b8-484d-a55c-61709dd2e895},
  urldate   = {2026-07-27},
  note      = {Event date: 1977-05-17. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

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APA 7Preprint

Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper

BibTeXPreprint

@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-07-27},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

Event date: 1977-05-17. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.