The Greens (Hebrew: הַיְּרוּקִים, romanized: HaYerukim) is a minor political party in Israel that emphasizes environment protection and quality of life.
Although the party was never represented in the Knesset, it holds seats in many municipalities across Israel.
[1] In the 1999 Knesset elections the party received 0.4% of the vote, failing to win a seat.
However, it was not enough to pass the 2% threshold, and they were ultimately the largest party not to obtain seats in the Knesset (Balad, with 72,066 votes, was the smallest party to obtain seats).
Some polls by a number of national newspapers had predicted that the party could win around 2–3 seats, putting Greens in the Knesset for the first time.