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The term "Knesset" is derived from the ancient Knesset HaGdola (Hebrew: כְּנֶסֶת הַגְּדוֹלָה) or "Great Assembly", which according to Jewish tradition was an assembly of 120 scribes, sages, and prophets, in the period from the end of the Biblical prophets to the time of the development of Rabbinic Judaism – about two ...
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 Knesset is located in Kiryat HaMemshala, as are the Supreme Court of Israel, the Prime Minister's Office, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Finance, as well as the Bank of Israel.
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.
The extended period of political deadlock that led up to the election was the result of four inconclusive elections (April 2019, September 2019, 2020, and 2021).In April and September 2019, neither incumbent Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, nor leader of the main opposition party Blue and White, Benny Gantz, was able to muster a 61-seat governing majority, leading to fresh elections.
The members of the 21st Knesset were elected on 9 April 2019. [1] Members of the Knesset. Party Name Likud (35) Benjamin Netanyahu: Yuli-Yoel Edelstein: Yisrael Katz:
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 ...
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)