HaTzeirim () was a short-lived political faction in

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in the late 1990s.

Background

The faction was formed on 23 March 1999, during the 14th Knesset, when Center Party MK

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broke away from his party and established a single-member parliamentary group. However, the faction was short-lived, as a week after its creation, Sandberg joined the

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group. He was later part of a group that broke away to form Secular Faction and then National Home, which merged into

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External links

HaTzeirim
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