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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]
List of members of the fifth Knesset (1961–65) List of members of the sixth Knesset (1965–69) List of members of the seventh Knesset (1969–74) List of members of the eighth Knesset (1974–77) List of members of the ninth Knesset (1977–81) List of members of the tenth Knesset (1981–84) List of members of the eleventh Knesset (1984–88)
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.
Shir resigned from the Knesset in order to run on the Yesh Atid list in the 2022 Israeli legislative election [13] 4 August 2022: Tali Ploskov: Likud: Gadi Yevarkan: Yevarkan resigned from the Knesset in order to run for the new immigrant slot in the 2022 Likud primaries [14] 17 August 2022: Sharon Roffe Ofir: Yisrael Beiteinu: Eli Avidar
The thirty-seventh government of Israel is the current cabinet of Israel, formed on 29 December 2022, following the Knesset election on 1 November 2022. [5] [6] The coalition government consists of seven parties — Likud, United Torah Judaism, Shas, Otzma Yehudit, Religious Zionist Party, New Hope and Noam — and is led by Benjamin Netanyahu, who has taken office as the Prime Minister of ...
A bipartisan group of senators led by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) will hold a press conference Monday from Tel Aviv to discuss their trip to Israel. The remarks are scheduled to begin at 12:30 p ...
The Knesset Channel (Hebrew: ערוץ כנסת; Arutz Knesset, "Knesset Channel") is a public Israeli terrestrial channel that broadcasts the sessions of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, as well as some other programs concerning Israeli parliamentary proceedings.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel's parliament will on Wednesday start work on a fresh bill that limits Supreme Court power to rule against the government, the Knesset said, risking renewed uproar over ...