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Public holidays in Israel are national holidays officially recognized by the Knesset, Israel's parliament. The State of Israel has adopted most traditional religious Jewish holidays as part of its national calendar, while also having established new modern holiday observances since its founding in 1948.
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.
The swearing-in ceremony of the members of the newly elected 25th Knesset, 15 November 2022. With 86% of the vote counted, the right-wing bloc led by Benjamin Netanyahu, known in Israel as the national camp, was forecast to win a majority of seats at 65, while both leftist Meretz and Balad parties were under the electoral threshold. [121]
Public holiday in Israel. 14 Iyar Sunset, 25 April – nightfall, 26 April 2021 Pesach Sheni: 18 Iyar Sunset, 29 April – nightfall, 30 April 2021 Lag Ba'omer: Public holiday in Israel. 28 Iyar May 10, 2021 Fast of Samuel: Fast is optional and is generally only observed by Chevra kadisha. Starts at dawn. 28 Iyar May 10, 2021 Jerusalem Day
Note also that the date given for Simchat Torah is for outside of Israel. [1] On holidays marked "*", Jews are not permitted to work. Because the Hebrew calendar no longer relies on observation but is now governed by precise mathematical rules, it is possible to provide, for the future, the Gregorian calendar date on which a holiday will fall.
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 ...
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The 2022 Israeli legislative election was held using closed list proportional representation. Each party presented a list of candidates to the Central Elections Committee prior to the election. [ 1 ]