The party, which was sponsored by David Ben-Gurion's Mapai,[1] was so named as it was based in Nazareth, the largest Arab city in Israel.
[1] As a result of the association, the party was part of the coalitions that formed the first and second governments during the first Knesset.
Jarjora did not return to the Knesset, but went on to become Mayor of Nazareth in 1954, a position he filled until being replaced by el-Zoubi in 1959.
Arab participation would be in the form of special lists drawn up before each election on the basis of residence and religious sect from among the party's hangers on.
The party machine would undertake financial and influential support of these lists, thus "freeing" then from having to set up their own political apparatus.