 Moade was appointed Deputy Minister of Communications in October 1971, making him only the second Israeli Arab to join the cabinet.In the 1973 elections the party won only 1.4% of the vote, though it retained its two seats.Although it was excluded from Golda Meir's government despite still being aligned with the Labour Party, after she resigned and Yitzhak Rabin formed the 17th government, the party was invited back into the governing coalition and Moade regained his deputy ministerial position.