Groen (political party) party thus ran under the name Anders Gaan Arbeiden, Leven, En Vrijen (English: going to work, live and have sex differently), improvised and not entirely serious, but legally correct. After the 2003 election defeat the party renewed its political profile. This also involved a name change to Groen! (English: Green!). The name conveyed a closer alliance to the worldwide green movement with the word green and an independent and positive nature with exclamation mark. In January 2012 the party underwent another name change by removing the exclamation mark from the end of its name. As a traditional green party, the
Shlomtzion (political party) was rejected. Following this he tried to join the Alignment and then the centrist Dash, but was turned down by both. After his triple snub, Sharon resorted to forming his own party, Shlomtzion. The new party won two seats in the election, taken by Sharon and Yitzhak Yitzhaky. However, the party ceased to exist when it merged into Likud on 5 July 1977, and Sharon was made Minister of Agriculture. In 1980, Yitzhaky broke away from Likud to form his own party, One Israel. Shlomtzion (political party) Shlomtzion (, a contraction of "Shalom-Zion", or "Peace-Zion", punning on the Hebrew name