Yiud () was a small short-lived
political faction
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in
Israel
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in the mid-1990s.
Background
The faction was formed on 7 February 1994 during the
13th Knesset when three MKs,
Alex Goldfarb,
Esther Salmovitz and
Gonen Segev broke away from
Tzomet,
following a disagreement with the party's leader,
Rafael Eitan
Rafael "Raful" Eitan (; 11 January 1929 – 23 November 2004) was an Israeli general, former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (Ramatkal) and later a politician, a Knesset member, and government minister.
Early life
Rafael Eitan was ...
. They joined
Yitzhak Rabin
Yitzhak Rabin (; , ; 1 March 1922 – 4 November 1995) was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the prime minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–1977, and from 1992 until Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, his ass ...
's government, with Segev as Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, and Goldfarb as Deputy Minister of Housing and Construction.
On 27 November 1995 Goldfarb and Salmovitz later broke away to form
Atid, leaving Segev as the faction's only member.
[ Yiud did not compete in the 1996 elections and subsequently disappeared.
]
References
External links
Yiud
Knesset website
Defunct political parties in Israel
Political parties established in 1994
1994 establishments in Israel
Political parties with year of disestablishment missing
Zionist political parties in Israel
Words and phrases in Modern Hebrew
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