Yiud () was a small short-lived

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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 Esther Salmovitz (; born 8 April 1948) is an Israeli lawyer and former politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1992 and 1996. Biography Born in Carei,Romania in 1948, Salmovitz immigrated to Israel in 1950. After high school s ...

and

Gonen Segev Gonen Segev (; born 6 January 1956) is a former Minister of Energy & Infrastructure of Israel, member of Knesset, and pediatrician. In 2005 he was convicted of forgery, credit card fraud and attempting to smuggle drugs. In 2019 he was convicted ...

broke away from

Tzomet Tzomet (, lit., ''Crossroads'') is a small, right-wing political party in Israel. Raful period (1983-1999) The party was founded by General Rafael Eitan in 1983, after his retirement from the position of chief-of-staff in 1982. He headed it throu ...

, 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

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