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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. [6]
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]
On 11 March 2014, the Knesset approved a new law to raise the threshold to 3.25% (approximately 4 seats). [15] In 1992, in an attempt to produce more stable governments, Israel adopted a system of direct election of the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister was directly elected separately from the Knesset in 1996, 1999 and 2001.
The Knesset approves adding National Unity to the government as part of the emergency wartime government and the Israeli war cabinet [145] 11–12 Oct Lazar Maariv [146] 19 15 4 5 – 41: 7 7 6 5 5 (1.3%) 6 (1.5%) 42 73: 7 Oct The Israel–Hamas war begins [147] 4–5 Oct Lazar Maariv [148] 28 16 6 4 – 29: 10 7 6 5 5 (2.1%) 4 (1.9%) 55 60 27 ...
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
In 1985, the Knesset approved a law which, for the first time, allowed the committee to disqualify a party list on the grounds of its ideological platform. The law allowed the committee to bar parties from elections that negate the existence of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state, made incitements to racism, or supported the armed struggle of an enemy state or terrorist organization ...
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.