Rakah
/ˈrakə/ /ˈrɑːkə/(also RAKAH)
noun
A communist party in the state of Israel, formed in 1965.
- In 1977 Rakah merged with minor left-wing and Israeli Arab parties to form Hadash..
Origin
1960s. From modern Hebrew RQḤ (read as raqaḥ), acronym from the initial letters of Rĕšīmāh Qōmūnīsṭīṯ Ḥāḏāšāh New Communist List (of candidates).