Moria ( he, מוריה) was a short-lived one-man

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between 1990 and 1992.

Background

The party was established on 25 December 1990 during the

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, when Minister of Immigrant Absorption and former

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leader Yitzhak Peretz broke away from Shas to form his own Knesset faction. The faction remained part of

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's government, and Peretz retained his ministerial portfolio. The party ceased to exist when the 12th Knesset was dissolved in 1992. Peretz ran on the

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list for the 1992 elections and retained his seat. However, he resigned from the Knesset three days after being re-elected.

External links

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