World Zionist Union: Labor Zionist Movement – Arzenu – World Union of Meretz United Faction: Kadima–HaNoar HaTzioni– MERCAZ World Mizrachi/Ichud Le'umi/Herut/Yisrael Beytenu/Moledet/Tkuma World Likud/Shas Hadassah/Confederation Over The Rainbow – the Zionist movement Israeli representatives Since the creation of the State of Israel, there are no elections held for Israeli delegates to the World Zionist Congress. Rather, elections to the Knesset, Israel's parliament, are deemed to fulfill this function, and Zionist parties represented in the Knesset are apportioned a number of Congress delegates proportional to their strength in the Knesset. The late left-wing leader Shulamit Aloni on several occasions criticized this practice, stating that "Most Israeli citizens neither know nor care that when they go to the polls they are among other things also electing delegates to the World Zionist Congress. (...) Had the Zionist Movement been required to do in Israel what it does in other countries - i.e., recruit paying members and get these members to hold specific elections to the World Zionist Congress - there might have been revealed an embarrassing low number of committed Zionists in Israel". Zionist organizations with special status Two women's organizations have special status in the Zionist Organization and have full voting rights: WIZO – is an international, non-party Zionist body, which receives global representation by virtue of an agreement entered into in 1964. Hadassah – received special status by virtue of a decision of the Zionist General Council, in 1994. International Jewish organizations The international Jewish organizations have also been represented in the Zionist Congress since 1972, provided that they accept the Jerusalem Program, even if not all their members are declared Zionists. These bodies have limited voting rights they do not vote on matters of candidature and elections to the institutions of the WZO. The following are the International Jewish Organizations (limited voting rights): Bnai Brith International Maccabi World Union Na'amat WIZO Women's International Zionist Organization World Council of Conservative Masorti Synagogues World Emunah World Organization of Orthodox Synagogues & Communities in Israel and the Diaspora World Sephardi Federation World Union for Progressive Judaism World Union of Jewish Students Zionist Council in Israel Other participants in Congress (advisors, observers) In addition to the delegates with full voting rights participating in Congress, there are also participants in an advisory capacity which can participate in debates but have no voting rights. These may consist of office holders such as members of the Zionist