Yahad () was a

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during the 1980s.

Background

The party was formed by

Ezer Weizman Ezer Weizman (, ; 15 June 1924 – 24 April 2005) was an Israeli major general and politician who served as the president of Israel, first elected in 1993 and re-elected in 1998. Before the presidency, Weizman was commander of the Israeli Air ...

prior to the 1984 elections. Weizman had previously been an MK for

Likud Likud (, ), officially known as Likud – National Liberal Movement (), is a major Right-wing politics, right-wing, political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin and Ariel Sharon in an alliance with several right-wing par ...

during the

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, but had been ejected from the party after taking dovish positions on disputes concerning the peace process and settlements in the

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and for considering forming a new party with

Moshe Dayan Moshe Dayan (; May 20, 1915 – October 16, 1981) was an Israeli military leader and politician. As commander of the Jerusalem front in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Chief of General Staff (Israel), Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defe ...

. The party won three seats in the election, taken by Weizman,

Binyamin Ben-Eliezer Binyamin "Fuad" Ben-Eliezer (, ; 12 February 1936 – 28 August 2016) was an Iraqi-born Israeli politician and general. He served as a member of the Knesset between 1984 and 2014, and held several ministerial posts, including Minister of Indust ...

and

Shlomo Amar Shlomo Moshe Amar (; ; born April 1, 1948)Gantz, Nesanel. "A Chief Rabbi of the Past and Future". ''Ami (magazine), Ami'', November 5, 2014, pp. 26-27. is the former Chief Rabbinate of Israel, Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel. He served in the po ...

. They were invited to join

Yitzhak Shamir Yitzhak Shamir (, ; born Yitzhak Yezernitsky; October 22, 1915 – June 30, 2012) was an Israeli politician and the seventh prime minister of Israel, serving two terms (1983–1984, 1986–1992). Before the establishment of the State of Israel, ...

's coalition government, and Weizman became Minister without Portfolio. Shortly after the Knesset came into session, the party joined the

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. Weizman became Minister of Science and Technology in the twelfth Knesset, and later served as

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from 1993 to 2000. Ben-Eliezer later served as Minister of Housing and Construction, Minister of Communications, Minister of Defence and Minister of National Infrastructure, whilst Amar failed to retain his seat in the 1988 elections.

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