Jachad (1984)
| Jachad יחד |
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| Party leader | Ezer Weizmann |
| founding | 1984 |
| fusion | 1986 (merged into: Awoda ) |
| Alignment | Political center |
| Parliament seats | 3 |
Jachad ( Hebrew יחד, dt. Together or Together ) was an Israeli party of the political center that existed from 1984 to 1986. It was led by Ezer Weizmann . There is no connection with the Meretz-Jachad party founded in 2003 .
background
The party was founded by Ezer Weizmann before the 11th Knesset elections , which took place on July 23, 1984 . Weizmann, who had belonged to the revisionist-Zionist terrorist organization Irgun and later to the right-wing blocs Gachal and Likud before Israeli independence , had moved into the center of politics in the course of his career. Right Likud government of Menachem Begin he had belonged to 1980, until he fell out with the Prime Minister and temporarily withdrew from politics. The main points of contention were issues of dealing with the Palestinians and settlement activity in the Israeli-occupied territories.
The party received 2.2 percent of the vote and 3 of the 120 seats in parliament, which were held by Weizmann, Benjamin Ben Eliezer and Schlomo Amar . The Jachad joined the "government of national unity" under Shimon Peres and Weizman became a minister without portfolio .
Shortly afterwards, the Jachad MPs joined the center-left HaMa'arach faction , which was dominated by the Avoda Labor Party and was also part of the ruling coalition. Jachad broke up as an independent party in 1986 and joined the Avoda. Weizmann and Ben-Eliezer then made careers in the Labor Party (Weizmann even became president in 1993), while Amar was not re-elected in 1988.
MPs in the Knesset
| Knesset (number of mandates) |
Member of the Knesset | Remarks |
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11. (3) |
Ezer Weizmann , Benjamin Ben Eliezer , Schlomo Amar |