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The Knesset (Hebrew: הַכְּנֶסֶת, romanized: HaKnesset ⓘ lit. ' gathering, assembly ', Arabic: الْكِنِيسِت, romanized: al-Kinisit) is the unicameral legislature of Israel.
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The Knesset (Hebrew: הכנסת - lit. HaKnesset ; meaning the gathering [1] or assembly ; Arabic : الكنيست ) is the legislative branch of the government of Israel . It makes laws , elects the president and prime minister , supervises the work of the government , and has the power to remove the President and the State Comptroller from ...
List of members of the twenty-fifth Knesset. The members of the 25th Knesset were elected on 1 November 2022 [1] and sworn in on 15 November. [2] Composition. 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]
4 days ago · Knesset, unicameral parliament of Israel and supreme authority of that state. On February 16, 1949, the Constituent Assembly—elected in January of that year to prepare the country’s constitution—ratified the Transition Law and reconstituted itself as the First Knesset.
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Lists of Knesset members. Likud MKs raise their hands in favor of Yitzhak Shamir as speaker of the 9th Knesset behind a glum government bench. Lists of Knesset members cover members of the Knesset of Israel. They are organized by session, by ethnicity and by position.
The Knesset took its name and fixed its membership at 120 from the Knesset Hagedolah (Great Assembly), the representative Jewish council convened in Jerusalem by Ezra and Nehemiah in the 5th century B.C.E. The modern Israeli Knesset convened for the first time on February 14, 1949, following the elections in January of that same year.
Knesset Building. This section contains information on the planning and construction of the Knesset building in Givat Ram, its architectural elements, additions to the building, artwork in the Knesset, and facts about the dedication of the building on 30 August 1966. Knesset Building.
