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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 centuries ending c. 200 BCE. [6]
The thirty-seventh government of Israel is the current cabinet of Israel, formed on 29 December 2022, following the Knesset election on 1 November 2022. [5] [6] The coalition government consists of six parties — Likud, United Torah Judaism, Shas, Religious Zionist Party, Otzma Yehudit and Noam — and is led by Benjamin Netanyahu, who has taken office as the Prime Minister of Israel for the ...
The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation[ 1][ a] is the national broadcaster of Israel. It carries the blanket branding Kan in Hebrew ( כאן, 'Here') and Makan in Arabic ( مكان, 'A place'). Its news division, Kan News (Hebrew: כאן חדשות, romanized: Kān Ḥădāšôt; Arabic: مكان الاخبار, romanized: Makān al ...
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.
Updated July 18, 2024 at 1:49 PM. Israel's parliament, the Knesset, on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to reject the establishment of a Palestinian state, reflecting the deepening decline in support ...
Israeli Knesset, Jerusalem. The Prime Minister is the most powerful political figure in the country. Under sections 7 to 14 of Basic Law: The Government, the Prime Minister is nominated by the President after consulting party leaders in the Knesset; the appointment of the Prime Minister and cabinet is in turn confirmed by a majority vote of confidence from the assembled Knesset members. [4]
Israeli lawmakers on Monday passed a law stripping the Supreme Court of its power to block government decisions, the first part of a judicial overhaul that has sparked six months of street ...
Elections in Israel are based on nationwide proportional representation. The electoral threshold is currently set at 3.25%, [ 1] with the number of seats a party receives in the Knesset being proportional to the number of votes it receives. [ 2][ 3] The Knesset is elected for a four-year term, although most governments have not served a full ...