 Both parties had had two seats, meaning the new union had four, which were taken by Seif el-Din el-Zoubi, Jabr Muadi, Elias Nakhleh and Diyab Obeid.Both parties had been part of Levi Eshkol's coalition government, as they were associated with the Alignment, and the new party assumed their place as a coalition member.However, on 1 January 1967, the party split into the original factions.