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The Knesset first convened on 14 February 1949 in Jerusalem following the 20 January elections, replacing the Provisional State Council which acted as Israel's official legislature from its date of independence on 14 May 1948 and succeeding the Assembly of Representatives that had functioned as the Jewish community's representative body during ...
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The 120 members of the first Knesset were elected on 25 January 1949. The breakdown by party was as follows: Mapai: 46; Mapam: 19 (gained one member during the Knesset term) United Religious Front: 16; Herut: 14 (lost two members during the Knesset term) General Zionists: 7; Progressive Party: 5; Sephardim and Oriental Communities: 4
One Druze lawmaker, 29 women, 23 new MKs and three openly gay MKs were elected to the 25th Knesset. [3] The number of Arab MKs was the lowest in two decades with 10 MKs. [4]On 30 June 2024, the Israeli Labor Party announced plans to merge with Meretz to become The Democrats, [5] with Labor MKs expected to become MKs for the new party; the merger was approved on 12 July. [6]
A typical Knesset includes many factions represented. This is because of the low election threshold required for a seat – 1 percent of the vote from 1949 to 1992, 1.5 percent from 1992 to 2003, 2 percent from 2003 to 2014, and 3.25 percent since 2015.
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 members. Some Israeli Druze dispute the label "Arab" and consider Druze to be a separate ethnic group.
This category lists current and former Members of the Knesset (MKs), Israel's unicameral parliament. ... Speakers of the Knesset (1 C, 21 P) W.
Zamir returned to the Knesset after resigning from his ministerial role, while Farkash-Hacohen resigned as an MK to take Zamir's former ministerial post [4] 14 October 2020 Eliyahu Baruchi