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    The Knesset (Hebrew: הַכְּנֶסֶת, romanized: HaKnesset [haˈkneset] lit. 'gathering, assembly', Arabic: الْكِنِيسِت, romanized: al-Kinisit) is the unicameral...
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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    / 31.7783°N 35.2051°E / 31.7783; 35.2051 The Knesset Menorah (Hebrew: מנורת הכנסת Menorat HaKnesset) is a bronze menorah that is 4.30 meters high and...
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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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