In 2005, Yisrael Beiteinu left the National Union to run independently in the 2006 elections. At the last minute, the National Religious Party decided to form a joint list with National Union called "National Union - NRP". The combined list adopted more social policies, and won the support of the chief rabbis of Religious Zionism (such as Rabbi Abraham Shapira), and the Union of Handicapped (thanks to the NRP's pro-handicapped legislation). The joint list used the slogan "New Right Rising" (Hebrew: ימין חדש עולה, "Yamin Hadash Oleh"), and won nine seats, of which the National Union took six.