 It also had a trade union, Hapoel HaMizrachi, started in 1921.In the British Mandate of Palestine, the movement developed into a political party, "HaMizrachi".For the elections for the first Knesset, it ran as part of a joint list called the United Religious Front, alongside the Hapoel HaMizrachi, Agudat Yisrael, and Poalei Agudat Yisrael.