The Knesset (Hebrew: הַכְּנֶסֶת, romanized: HaKnesset [haˈkneset] lit. 'gathering, assembly', Arabic: الْكِنِيسِت, romanized: al-Kinisit) is the unicameral...
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2022 Israeli legislative election (redirect from 2022 Knesset election)
held in Israel on 1 November 2022 to elect the 120 members of the 25th Knesset. The results saw the right-wing national camp of former prime minister...
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The Speaker of the Knesset (Hebrew: יוֹשֵׁב רֹאשׁ הכנסת, romanized: Yoshev Rosh HaKnesset, Arabic: رئيس الكنيست, romanized: Ra'īs Al-Kinisit, lit. 'Chairman...
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2021 Israeli legislative election (redirect from 2021 Knesset election)
Israel on 23 March 2021 to elect the 120 members of the 24th Knesset. It was the fourth Knesset election in two years, amidst the continued political deadlock...
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Politics of Israel (redirect from Knesset lobbies)
formed in the Palestine region, then under British rule. Until the 1977 Knesset election, Israel was ruled by successive coalition governments led by Mapai...
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are elected by the Knesset for a single seven-year term. The President of Israel is elected by an absolute majority in the Knesset, by secret ballot....
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There have been Israeli Arab members of the Knesset ever since the first Knesset elections in 1949. The following is a list of the 100 past and present...
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caretakers). Following an election, the president nominates a member of the Knesset to become prime minister after asking party leaders whom they support for...
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The Knesset Channel (Hebrew: ערוץ כנסת; Arutz Knesset, "Knesset Channel") is a public Israeli terrestrial channel that broadcasts the sessions of the...
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Knesset's Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, Simcha Rothman. The Supreme Court has, for several decades, assumed the right to declare Knesset legislation...
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2009 Israeli legislative election (redirect from Eighteenth Knesset)
Elections for the 18th Knesset were held in Israel on 10 February 2009. These elections became necessary due to the resignation of Prime Minister Ehud...
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1999 Israeli general election (redirect from Fifteenth Knesset)
Early general elections for both the Prime Minister and the Knesset were held in Israel on 17 May 1999 following a vote of no confidence in the government;...
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The members of the 25th Knesset were elected on 1 November 2022 and sworn in on 15 November. One Druze lawmaker, 29 women, 23 new MKs and three openly...
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Israel by 27 October 2026 to elect the 120 members of the twenty-sixth Knesset. In late February 2024 it was suggested [by whom?] it was likely they would...
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Meretz (section Knesset members)
in the Knesset following its failure to pass the electoral threshold in the 2022 elections, the first time it failed to win seats in the Knesset since...
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1988 Israeli legislative election (redirect from Twelfth Knesset)
Elections for the 12th Knesset were held in Israel on 1 November 1988. Voter turnout was 79.7%. The table below lists the parliamentary factions represented...
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Synagogue (redirect from Bet ha-knesset)
romanized: shtibelekh, singular שטיבל shtibl) of Hasidic Judaism. The Hebrew term is bet knesset (בית כנסת) or "house of assembly" The Koine Greek-derived word synagogue...
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Lists of Knesset members cover members of the Knesset of Israel. They are organized by session, by ethnicity and by position. List of members of the first...
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Israeli Labor Party (section Knesset)
factions in the Histadrut, municipal councils and other bodies outside the Knesset will not merge at this stage but will cooperate. The foundations for the...
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1969 Israeli legislative election (redirect from Seventh Knesset)
were held in Israel on 28 October 1969 to elect members of the seventh Knesset. The ruling Alignment coalition was returned to power with the largest...
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Shimon Peres (category Members of the 4th Knesset (1959–1961))
was elected to the Knesset in November 1959 and except for three months out of office in early 2006, served as a member of the Knesset continuously until...
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held in Israel on 17 September 2019 to elect the 120 members of the 22nd Knesset. Following the previous elections in April, incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin...
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1973 Israeli legislative election (redirect from Eighth Knesset)
The table below lists the parliamentary factions represented in the 7th Knesset. Golda Meir of the Alignment formed the sixteenth government on 10 March...
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The Knesset Eliyahoo, also Knesset Eliyahu, is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue located in downtown Mumbai, India. It is the city's second oldest Sephardic...
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Otzma Yehudit (section Knesset members)
January 2018. "Knesset Member, Arieh Eldad". knesset.gov.il. Archived from the original on 14 August 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017. "Knesset Member, Itamar...
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2003 Israeli legislative election (redirect from Sixteenth Knesset)
overview of the Sixteenth Knesset Knesset website (in English) Factional and Government Make-Up of the Sixteenth Knesset Knesset website (in English) Election...
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2013 Israeli legislative election (redirect from Elections for the 19th Knesset)
in Israel on 22 January 2013 to elect the 120 members of the nineteenth Knesset. Public debate over the Tal Law had nearly led to early elections in 2012...
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The Democrats (Israel) (section Knesset members)
pass the electoral threshold (3.25%) required to qualify for seats in the Knesset, while the Labor Party just managed to pass, with 3.7% of the vote, winning...
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were held in Israel on 9 April 2019 to elect the 120 members of the 21st Knesset. Elections had been due in November 2019, but were brought forward following...
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1965 Israeli legislative election (redirect from Sixth Knesset)
Elections for the sixth Knesset were held in Israel on 2 November 1965. Voter turnout was 85.9%. Prior to the elections, two major alliances were formed;...
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