Democratic Movement
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The Democratic Movement (Hebrew: תנועה דמוקרטית, Tenoa'a Demokratit) was a short-lived political party in Israel formed in the aftermath of the spectacular breakup of Dash. Founded in 1978, it lasted only until 1981.
[edit] Background
The party was formed on 15 September, 1978, when Dash split into three new parties just sixteen months after having come third in the 1977 elections. Seven MKs, including Dash leader Yigal Yadin, founded the Democratic Movement, seven created Shinui (Change) and one set up Ya'ad.
Unlike Shinui, which pulled out, the new party remained part of Menachem Begin's coalition government, with Yadin as deputy Prime Minister and Shmuel Tamir as Minister of Justice.
However, like its predecessor, the Democratic Movement also broke up. In 1980, three of its seven founders left to create another new party, Akhva (which also split before the next elections), whilst one, Mordechai Elgrably, left to sit as an independent MK (he later helped form the Unity Party). It finally split in March 1981, three months before the elections, with the remaining three members, Tamir, Yadin and Binyamin Halevi, sitting out the remainder of the Knesset session as independents.
[edit] Knesset Members
| Knesset (MKs) |
Knesset Members |
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| 9th (7 –4) |
Binyamin Halevi, Shmuel Tamir, Yigael Yadin – Shafik Asaad, Shlomo Eliahu, Akiva Nof (to Akhva), Mordechai Elgrably (became Independent) |
