| 释义 |
Rafi, n.|raˈfi|
[Heb., f. acronym of Rĕšīmaṯ Pōꜥălē Yiśrā'ēl Israel Workers List.]
In Israel, a left-wing political party formed as a breakaway group in 1965 by Ben-Gurion (1886–1973), and now part of the Labour alignment in the Knesset.
1965New Statesman 12 Nov. 726/1 Ben Gurion's group, Rafi, which polled almost 9 per cent, suffered from the fact that it was..less a group capable of winning power for itself than aiming at undermining that of another party. 1978Washington Post 25 July a12/1 Begin accused the Labor Party of branding as neo fascists Labor members who broke away from Ben-Gurion's faction and founded the Rafi party. 1981N.Y. Times 9 Jan. a9/2 This position may be designed as a threat by Mr. Begin to prevent the resignation of two Cabinet members—Education Minister Zevulun Hammer..and Finance Minister Yigael Hurwitz of the Rafi faction. |
