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Knesset members often join in formal or informal groups known as "lobbies" or "caucuses", to advocate for a particular topic. There are hundreds of such caucuses in the Knesset. The Knesset Christian Allies Caucus and the Knesset Land of Israel Caucus are two of the largest and most active caucuses. [22] [23]
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.
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.
A total of 85 of the 120 members of the Knesset backed the motion to oust Ofer Cassif in a plenum session, five votes short of the 90-seat supermajority required. ... Lawmakers from Israel's ...
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)
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 ...
Deri resigned from the Knesset as part of a plea bargain in a trial for tax offences [8] 24 February 2022: Eli Avidar: Yisrael Beiteinu: Sharon Roffe Ofir: Avidar returned to the Knesset after resigning from the cabinet [9] 15 May 2022: Matan Kahana: Yamina: Yomtob Kalfon: Kahana returned to the Knesset after resigning from the cabinet [10] 3 ...
Elkin resigned from the Knesset after leaving Likud [6] 29 December 2020: Yael Ron Ben-Moshe: Blue and White: Ofer Shelah: Shelah resigned from the Knesset after leaving Yesh Atid [7] 5 January 2021: Vladimir Beliak: Yesh Atid: Avi Nissenkorn: Nissenkorn resigned from the Knesset after leaving Blue and White [8] 5 January 2021: Moshe Tur-Paz ...