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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 ...
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
Bennett returned to the Knesset after Wortzman decided to remain working at Aleh Negev. [8] 27 December 2015: Amir Ohana: Likud: Silvan Shalom: Shalom resigned from the Knesset after a sexual harassment scandal. [9] 24 January 2016: Yigal Guetta: Shas: Meshulam Nahari: Nahari resigned (but remained a deputy minister) to allow Guetta to enter ...
Inside the booth is a tray of slips, one for each party. The slips are printed with the "ballot letters" of the party (between one and three Hebrew or Arabic letters), and the full official name of the party in small print. Each party publicizes their letters prior to election day, with most election posters featuring them.
Israel and the United Nations; ... The members of the 21st Knesset were elected on 9 April 2019. [1] Members of the Knesset. Party Name Likud (35) Benjamin Netanyahu: