Atid was a short-lived political faction in Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

 in the mid-1990s. It is not related to the modern Atid Ehad party.

Background

The faction was established on 27 November 1995 during the 13th Knesset

Israeli legislative election, 1992

Elections for the thirteenth Knesset were held in Israel on 23 June 1992. The result was a victory for the left, led by Yitzhak Rabin's Labor Party, though their win was at least partially due to several small right-wing parties narrowly failing to cross the electoral threshold and thus effectively...

 as a breakaway from Yiud

Yiud

Yiud was a small, short-lived political faction in Israel 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...

, itself a breakaway from Tzomet

Tzomet

Tzomet is a small secular, right-wing political party in Israel.-Ideology:The party was the one who first brought the "peace for peace" slogan, which today is used by all Israeli right wing parties and movements...

 following disagreements between party leader Rafael Eitan

Rafael Eitan

Rafael "Raful" Eitan was an Israeli general, former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces and later a politician, a Knesset member government minister...

 and three other MKs. Two of the MKs which had left Tzomet to form Yiud, Alex Goldfarb and Esther Salmovitz

Esther Salmovitz

Esther Salmovitz is an Israeli lawyer and former politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1992 and 1996.-Biography:Born in Romania in 1948, Salomvitz made aliyah to Israel in 1950. After high school she studied real estate law, and took Open University course in history of the...

, then broke away to form Atid, leaving Gonen Segev

Gonen Segev

Gonen Segev in Kiryat Motzkin is a former Israeli member of Knesset and government minister and pediatrician who was convicted for an attempt of drug smuggling, for forgery and electronic commerce fraud....

 as the only remaining member of Yiud.

The faction remained part of Shimon Peres

Shimon Peres

GCMG is the ninth President of the State of Israel. Peres served twice as the eighth Prime Minister of Israel and once as Interim Prime Minister, and has been a member of 12 cabinets in a political career spanning over 66 years...

' governing coalition and Goldfarb retained his post as Deputy Minister of Housing and Construction. After the Knesset term ended, the faction was dissolved and did not run in the 1996 elections

Israeli legislative election, 1996

Elections for the fourteenth Knesset were held in Israel on 29 May 1996. Voter turnout was 79.3%.The 1996 elections included two new changes, both designed to increase the stability of the Knesset. First, the Prime Minister was to be elected on a separate ballot from the remaining members of the...

.

List of Knesset members

Name	Years in office	Government roles	Other roles
Alex Goldfarb	1995-1996	Deputy Minister of Housing and Construction
Esther Salmovitz Esther Salmovitz Esther Salmovitz is an Israeli lawyer and former politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1992 and 1996.-Biography:Born in Romania in 1948, Salomvitz made aliyah to Israel in 1950. After high school she studied real estate law, and took Open University course in history of the...	1995-1996

External links

• Atid Knesset website