The Democratic Movement for Change (Dash or the DMC) was a centrist political party in Israel formed in 1977 by Yigael Yadin, Meir Zorea, and others. The new party seemed to be an ideal solution for many Israelis who were fed up with alleged corruption in the Labour Party, which included the Asher Yadlin incident, the suicide of Housing Minister Avraham Ofer, and Leah Rabin's illegal dollar account in the United States. Furthermore, the DMC was a response to the increasing sense of frustration and despair in the aftermath of the 1973 war, and the social and political developments that followed in its wake. Political parties in Israel: Israels political system is based on proportional representation which allows for a multi-party system with numerous parties, in which a single party usually has no chance of gaining power by itself, forcing the parties to cooperate and form coalition governments. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Yigael Yadin (March 20, 1917 - June 28, 1984) was an Israeli archeologist, politician, and the second Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). ... Meir (Zarro) Zorea (March 14, 1923- June 24, 1995) was a general in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and later a member of the Knesset (parliament) of Israel. ... Labour or Labor, (Hebrew: העבודה, HaAvoda) is a political party in Israel. ...

In the 1977 elections, the new party did remarkably well for its first attempt to enter the Knesset, winning 15 of the 120 seats. As a result of the election, Likud party leader Menachem Begin was able to form a coalition with the DMC, thereby excluding Labour for the first time in Israel's history. The DMC proved to be a failure, and the party broke up into numerous splinter factions, so that by the elections of 1981, the party no longer ran in its original format. The Knesset (כנסת, Hebrew for assembly) is the Parliament of Israel. ... Likud (Hebrew: ליכוד, literally means consolidation) is a right-wing political party in Israel. ... Menachem Begin on the front cover of TIME 1982. ...