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{{Short description|Israeli political party (1930–1968)}}
{{For|the town in Mozambique|Mapai, Mozambique}}
{{Infobox political party
| colorcode = {{party color|Mapai}}
| name = Workers' Party of the Land of Israel
| native_name = {{Nobold|{{Script/Hebrew|מפלגת פועלי ארץ ישראל}}}}
| logo = Mapaisymbol.svg
| logo_size = 90px
| leader = {{nowrap|[[David Ben-Gurion]] (1930–54)}}<br />[[Moshe Sharett]] (1954–55)<br />[[David Ben-Gurion]] (1955–63)<br />[[Levi Eshkol]] (1963–68)
| leader1_title = Founders
| leader1_name = [[David Ben-Gurion]]<br />[[Yosef Sprinzak]]
| foundation = {{Start date|1930|1|5|df=y}}
| dissolution = {{End date|1968|1|23|df=y}}
| merger = [[Ahdut HaAvoda]]<br />[[Hapoel Hatzair]]
| merged = [[Israeli Labor Party]]
| headquarters = [[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]]
| newspaper = ''[[Davar]]''
| ideology = [[Labor Zionism]]<br />[[Social democracy]]<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Shafir |editor1-first=Gershon |editor2-last=Peled |editor2-first=Yoav |title=The New Israel: Peacemaking And Liberalization |date=2000 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9780429964718 |page=85 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rf7EDwAAQBAJ&q=mapai+israel+%22social+democracy%22&pg=PA85 |access-date=30 April 2020}}</ref><br/>[[Democratic socialism]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Jones|first1=Clive A.|title=Soviet Jewish Aliyah, 1989–1992: Impact and Implications for Israel and the Middle East|date=2013|publisher=Routledge|page=61|quote=[...] Mapai, the democratic socialist party of David Ben Gurion.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Busky |first1=Donald F. |title=Democratic Socialism: A Global Survey |date=2000 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=9780275968861 |page=210 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3joQKjDtn4wC&q=%22ben-gurion%22+%22democratic+socialism%22&pg=PA210 |access-date=30 April 2020}}</ref>
| position = [[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]]<ref name="Weinblum2015">{{cite book|author=Sharon Weinblum|title=Security and Defensive Democracy in Israel: A Critical Approach to Political Discourse|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8DtyBgAAQBAJ&pg=PR10|year= 2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-58450-6|page=10}}</ref> to [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Reshaping the Political Order in Israel, 1965–1967
|date=3 November 2018|work=JSTOR|quote=Israel’s two main left-wing parties, Mapai and Ahdut HaAvodah.|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/48563804}}</ref>
| national = [[Alignment (political party)|Alignment]] (1965−1968)
| international = [[Socialist International]]
| affiliation1_title = Regional affiliation
| affiliation1 = [[Asian Socialist Conference]]
| colours = {{Color box|{{party color|Mapai}}|border=darkgray}} [[Red]]
| symbol = [[File:Alef Hebrew Letter.png|30px|]]
| country = Israel
| seats1_title = Most MKs
| seats1 = {{nowrap|47 (1959)}}
}}

'''Mapai''' ({{langx|he|מַפָּא"י}}, an [[Hebrew abbreviation|abbreviation]] for {{Script/Hebrew|מִפְלֶגֶת פּוֹעֲלֵי אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל}}, ''Mifleget Poalei Eretz Yisrael'', {{lit|Workers' Party of the [[Land of Israel]]}}) was a [[Labor Zionism|Labor Zionist]] and [[democratic socialist]] [[List of political parties in Israel|political party]] in [[Israel]], and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger into the [[Israeli Labor Party]] in January 1968. During Mapai's time in office, a wide range of progressive reforms were carried out,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Beba Idelson|url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/idelson-beba|access-date=2021-02-26|website=Jewish Women's Archive|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-06-17|title=National Labour Law Profile: The State of Israel|url=http://www.ilo.org/ifpdial/information-resources/national-labour-law-profiles/WCMS_158902/lang--en/index.htm|access-date=2021-02-26|website=www.ilo.org|language=en}}</ref> as characterised by the establishment of a welfare state<ref>[https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Israel_Country_Study_Guide_Volume_1_Stra/HrGZBQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=The+National+Insurance+Act+of+1953+and+the+Social+Welfare+Service+Law,+passed+by+the+Knesset+in+1958,&pg=PA114&printsec=frontcover Israel Country Study Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments By Inc Ibp, 2013, P.114]</ref> and new rights in the workplace.<ref>[https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Golda_Meir/mtwtDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=In+spite+of+the+zeal+with+which+Golda+promoted+her+social+legislation,&pg=PT194&printsec=frontcover Golda Meir A Political Biography By Meron Medzini, 2017]</ref>