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during the 1980s.

History

The Morasha party was formed in the run-up to the 1984 elections by former

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and Avraham Verdiger, a member of

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(which had lost its sole Knesset seat in the 1981 elections). Drukman had attempted to form a Knesset faction by the name of ''Zionist Religious Camp'' during the 10th Knesset, but had been refused permission to do so by the House Committee. Other party members included

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and

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. The party won two seats, taken by Drukman and Verdiger. The party was included in the

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led by the

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, though it did not receive any ministerial positions. However, when

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took over from Peres in 1986, as per the rotation agreement, Morasha were not included in the new government. On 29 July 1986, Drukman left the party and returned to the National Religious Party. As the sole MK, Verdiger renamed the party ''Morasha-Poalei Agudat Yisrael''. For the 1988 elections, Verdiger re-united with Agudat Yisrael.

Knesset members

External links

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