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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Israeli system of government (section Knesset)
government (also known as the cabinet). Legislative power is vested in the Knesset. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. The...
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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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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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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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command a majority in the Knesset. He then presents a government platform and must receive a vote of confidence from the Knesset to take office. In practice...
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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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Otzma Yehudit (section Knesset members)
February 2019. "Knesset Member, Arieh Eldad". Knesset. Archived from the original on 14 August 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017. "Knesset Member, Itamar Ben-Gvir"...
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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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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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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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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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Israel by 27 October 2026 to elect the 120 members of the twenty-sixth Knesset. After the 36th government lost its majority, snap elections were called...
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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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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)
Israel on 10 February 2009 to elect the 120 members of the eighteenth Knesset. These elections became necessary due to the resignation of Prime Minister...
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Religious Zionist Party (section Knesset members list)
party decided to continue its alliance with the Jewish Home for the 2015 Knesset elections, taking the 2nd, 8th, 13th, and 17th spots on the joint list...
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Shas (section Knesset members)
Sephardic and Mizrahi Haredi Jews. Shas is the third-largest party in the Knesset in 2024. Since 1984 it has been part of most governing coalitions, whether...
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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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United Arab List (section Knesset membership)
Democratic Party. In the election, the party won four seats. During the Knesset term, the Arab Democratic Party became a faction within the United Arab...
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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 3.6% of the vote, winning...
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Yesh Atid (section 19th Knesset)
independent faction in the Knesset. Yesh Atid ran in the 2021 election alone and won 17 seats, the second-largest party in the Knesset, making up the largest...
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central Jerusalem. Known as Knesset Aleph, Knesset Bet, and Knesset Gimmel (or Old Knesset, Middle Knesset, and New Knesset), the housing project was planned...
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Yisrael Beiteinu (section Knesset members)
18th Knesset. In the 2020 election the party won seven seats. Despite previously having formed part of the Likud-led bloc in the Twentieth Knesset and...
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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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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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election as the Union of Right-Wing Parties (winning five seats in the Knesset). In June 2019, Otzma Yehudit accused The Jewish Home of not honoring their...
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National Unity (Israel) (section Knesset members)
coalition. His party also filed a bill on 30 May 2024 to dissolve the Knesset. The scheduled announcement was postponed, after the 2024 Nuseirat rescue...
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1977 Israeli legislative election (redirect from Ninth Knesset)
Legislative elections were held in Israel on 17 May 1977 to elect the ninth Knesset. For the first time in Israeli political history, the right wing, led by...
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