Mapai was a democratic socialist political party in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger into the modern-day Israeli Labor Party in 1968. Wikipedia
Founder: David Ben-Gurion
Leader: David Ben-Gurion (1930–54); Moshe Sharett (1954–55); David Ben-Gurion (1955–63); Levi Eshkol (1963–68)
Founded: January 5, 1930
Dissolved: 23 January 1968
Ideology: Labor Zionism; Social democracy; Democratic socialism
International affiliation: Socialist International