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  • proper noun A centrist political party in Israel.

Etymologies

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From Hebrew קדימה‎ ("forward").

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Examples

  • Kadima is Hebrew for "forward," and that's the spoken spirit of the school, students and administration as they look to April 30, the last day of classes.

    Memphis Commercial Appeal Stories 2010

  • Kadima is Hebrew for "forward," and that's the spoken spirit of the school, students and administration as they look to April 30, the last day of classes.

    Memphis Commercial Appeal Stories 2010

  • Kadima is Hebrew for "forward," and that's the spoken spirit of the school, students and administration as they look to April 30, the last day of classes.

    Memphis Commercial Appeal Stories 2010

  • Only 148 candidates are being run by the main Kadima, Likud and Labor parties which prefer to husband their resources for the Feb 10 general election campaign.

    11 « November « 2008 « Niqnaq 2008

  • Only 148 candidates are being run by the main Kadima, Likud and Labor parties which prefer to husband their resources for the Feb 10 general election campaign.

    israeli trivia 2008

  • Latest reporting seems to indicate that an internal coup from within Kadima might be imminent.

    Matthew Yglesias » Everybody Hates Olmert 2007

  • Fourteen of Likud's 40 Parliament members followed him to the new party, which by the end of last week was given the name Kadima (Forward).

    Rebel With A Cause 2007

  • Just to be clear, you’re saying that a hypothetical increase in Kadima-Labor popularity is purely coincidental, right???

    Matthew Yglesias » Cease-Fire 2009

  • Any splintering of Kadima, which is Hebrew for "Forward," could have far-reaching implications, likely sending Israeli politics shifting to the right.

    Israel's Fragile Government 2008

  • After leaving the Likud Party last fall and forming his own party called Kadima (Forward), the party immediately attracted defectors from both Likud and Israel's left-wing Labor Party politicians.

    Larger Than Life 2007

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