The party was formed on 14 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
Yigael 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 four MKs left the party;
Mordechai Elgrably left on 5 February to sit as an independent MK (he later helped form the
Unity Party), on 8 July
Shafik Asaad and
Shlomo Eliyahu left to form
Ahva (which also split before the
next elections), whilst
Akiva Nof left on 17 September, also to join Ahva. The party was officially dissolved on 10 March 1981, with its remaining members, Tamir, Yadin and
Binyamin Halevi, sitting out the remainder of the Knesset session as independents. ==List of Knesset members==