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Knesset
כנסת
الكنيست

Type Unicameral
Speaker Dalia Itzik, Kadima
since May 4, 2006
Deputy Speaker Majalli Wahabi, Kadima
since May 4, 2006
Members 120
Political groups Kadima
Labour-Meimad
Shas
Likud
Last elections March 28, 2006
Meeting place Knesset, Jerusalem, Israel
Web site www.knesset.gov.il
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The Knesset (Hebrew: כנסת‎, lit. Assembly, Arabic: الكنيست‎) is the legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language A legislature is a type of representative Deliberative assembly with the power to create amend and change Laws The law created by a legislature is called Legislation For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Givat Ram (גבעת רם originally גבעת ריכוז-מפקדים lit Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the

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History

The Knesset sits on a hilltop in western Jerusalem in a district known as Sheikh Badr before the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Sheikh Badr (شيخ بدر was an Arab village on a hilltop in west Jerusalem that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. The building was financed by James A. de Rothschild as a gift to the State of Israel. James Armand Edmond de Rothschild, DCM, DL, (1878&ndash1957 was a French-born British politician and philanthropist from the wealthy Rothschild It was built on land leased from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem. The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem is the head Bishop of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, ranking fourth of nine Patriarchs in [1] Before the construction of its permanent home, the Knesset met in the Jewish Agency building in Jerusalem, the Kessem Cinema building in Tel Aviv and the Froumine building in Jerusalem. The Jewish Agency for Israel (Hebrew הסוכנות היהודית לארץ ישראל HaSochnut HaYehudit L'Eretz Yisra'el) also known as the Sochnut or JAFI

Timeline

Operation of the Knesset

The Knesset chamber, as seen in May 2008, when members rose to applaud a speech by George W. Bush.
The Knesset chamber, as seen in May 2008, when members rose to applaud a speech by George W. Bush. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) James Armand Edmond de Rothschild, DCM, DL, (1878&ndash1957 was a French-born British politician and philanthropist from the wealthy Rothschild Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill seven miles from Hastings, the forces Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States.

The legislative branch of the Israeli government, the Knesset enacts laws, elects the prime minister (although he is ceremonially appointed by the President), supervises the work of the government, reserves the power to remove the President of the State and the State Comptroller from office and to dissolve itself and call new elections. A legislature is a type of representative Deliberative assembly with the power to create amend and change Laws The law created by a legislature is called Legislation Politics of Israel takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic Republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Israel is Law is a system of rules enforced through a set of Institutions used as an instrument to underpin civil obedience politics economics and society For the government of parliamentary systems see Executive (government. The President of the State of Israel (נשיא המדינה Nesi HaMedina, lit The power of the Knesset to supervise and review government policies and operations is exercised mainly through the state Comptroller (מבקר המדינה Mevaker

The Knesset first convened on February 14, 1949. Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Every 4 years (or less if early elections are held, as is often the case), 120 members of the Knesset (MK) are elected by Israeli citizens who must be at least 18 years old to vote. The Government of Israel must be approved by a majority vote of the Knesset. Politics of Israel takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic Republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Israel is

The Knesset has de jure parliamentary supremacy and can pass any laws by a simple majority, even those that conflict with the Basic Laws of Israel, as it is also a Constituent Assembly. Parliamentary sovereignty, Sovereignty of Parliament, parliamentary supremacy, or legislative supremacy is a concept in Constitutional law The Basic Laws of Israel (חוקי יסוד Hokei Yesod) are a key component of Israel 's Unwritten constitution. A constituent assembly is a body elected with the purpose of drafting and in some cases adopting a Constitution. Nonetheless, the Knesset's right to function effectively has been greatly curtailed due to the inherent flaws of the low threshold party list proportional representation that usually results in a fractious government dependent on unstable coalitions. The D'Hondt method (mathematically but not operationally equivalent to Jefferson's method, and Bader-Ofer method) is a Highest averages method for Hence, de facto, the Supreme Court of Israel has greatly expanded its authority through judicial review to nearly every aspect of Knesset legislation at the expense of the Knesset's authority. The Supreme Court ( Hebrew: בית המשפט העליון Beit haMishpat ha'Elyon) is at the head of the court system in the State of Israel. Judicial review is the power of the courts to annul the acts of the executive and/or the legislative power where it finds them incompatible with a higher norm [2]

The Knesset is guarded by the Knesset Guard. The Knesset Guard (Hebrew Mishmar HaKnesset) is an organization responsible for the security of the Knesset building and the protection of Knesset members (MKs

Knesset Assemblies

Each Knesset session is generally known by its election number. Thus the Knesset elected by Israel's first election in 1949 is known as the First Knesset. The current Knesset, elected in 2006 is the Seventeenth Knesset.

Current Knesset

The composition of the current Knesset was determined by the 2006 election. Elections for the Constituent Assembly were held in newly-independent Israel on 25 January 1949 Elections for the second Knesset were held in Israel on 30 July 1951 Elections for the third Knesset were held in Israel on 26 July 1955 Elections for the fourth Knesset were held in Israel on 3 November 1959 Elections for the fifth Knesset were held in Israel on 15 August 1961 Elections for the sixth Knesset were held in Israel on 1 November 1965 Elections for the seventh Knesset were held in Israel on 28 October 1969 The Elections for the eighth Knesset were held on 31 December 1973. The Elections for the ninth Knesset were held on 17 May 1977. Elections for the tenth Knesset were held in Israel on 30 June 1981 Elections for the eleventh Knesset were held in Israel on 23 July 1984 Elections for the twelfth Knesset were held in Israel on 1 November 1988 Elections for the thirteenth Knesset were held in Israel on 23 June, 1992. Elections for the fourteenth Knesset were held in Israel alongside the first ever election for Prime Minister on 29 May, 1996. The Elections for the 15th Knesset were held on 17 May 1999 alongside simultaneous elections for Prime Minister. Elections for the 16th Knesset were held in Israel on 28 January 2003. The Elections for the 17th Knesset were held in Israel on 28 March 2006. The Elections for the 17th Knesset were held in Israel on 28 March 2006. At present there are 18 parties represented in the Knesset on 12 lists (some parties run for election together on joint lists). Though it has not yet happened in the current session, in every Knesset to date parties have split up during the Knesset's term, leading to the creation of new parties or resulting in MKs sitting as independents.

The parties in the current Knesset are shown in the table below. Those in bold are part of the governing coalition.

Party Seats
Kadima 29
Labour-Meimad 19
Likud 12
Shas 12
Yisrael Beiteinu 11
National Union*-National Religious Party 9
Gil (Pensioners) 7
United Torah Judaism** 6
Meretz-Yachad 5
United Arab List-Ta'al 4
Hadash 3
Balad 3
Total 120

* The National Union is an alliance of Ahi, Moledet and Tkuma. Kadima (קדימה lit Forward) is a political party in Israel. Meimad (מימד an acronym for Medina Yehudit Medina Demokratit (מדינה יהודית מדינה דמוקרטית lit Likud (ליכוד lit Consolidation) is the major centre-right political party in Israel. Shas (ש״ס is a political party in Israel, primarily representing Haredi Sephardi and Mizrahi Judaism. Yisrael Beiteinu (ישראל ביתנו lit Israel is Our Home) is a Right-wing Political party in Israel. The National Union (האיחוד הלאומי HaIhud HaLeumi) is a right wing political party in Israel and consists of an alliance of The National Religious Party (מפלגה דתית לאומית Miflaga Datit Leumit, commonly known in Israel by its Hebrew acronym Mafdal, (Hebrew מפד"ל Gil (גיל lit Age, but also an acronym for Gimla'ey Yisrael LaKnesset (Hebrew גימלאי ישראל לכנסת lit United Torah Judaism (יהדות התורה המאוחדת Yahadut HaTorah HaMeukhedet; UTJ) is an alliance of Degel HaTorah and Agudat Meretz-Yachad (מרצ-יחד Vitality - Together) previously known as Meretz and then Yachad, is a left-wing social democratic The United Arab List (ألقائمة العربية الموحدة Al-Qā'imah al-'Arabiyyah al-Muwaẖadah רשימה ערבית מאוחדת Reshima Aravit Meuhedet Ta'al (תע"ל an acronym for Tnu'a Aravit LeHithadshut (תנועה ערבית להתחדשות lit Hadash (חד"ש is a Left-wing political party in Israel. Balad (בל"ד an acronym for Brit Le'umit Demokratit (ברית לאומית דמוקרטית lit Ahi (אח"י an acronym for Eretz Hevra Yahadut (ארץ חברה יהדות lit Moledet (מולדת Homeland) is a small Right-wing political party in Israel.

** United Torah Judaism is an alliance of Agudat Israel and Degel HaTorah. Agudat Israel (אגודת ישראל "Union Israel" also Agudat Yisrael, Agudath Israel, or Agudas Yisroel) began as the original Degel HaTorah (דגל התורה lit Banner of the Torah) is an Ashkenazi ultra-orthodox political party in Israel.

See also

References

  1. ^ Defacement in Jerusalem monastery threatens diplomatic crisis Haaretz, 8 October 2006
  2. ^ Models of Judicial Review Constitution for Israel

External links

The following is a list of the Members of the 17th Knesset elected on 28 March 2006 and inaugurated 4 May 2006, and their replacements The Speaker of the Knesset is the presiding officer in the Knesset, Israel 's Parliament and also fills the role of the President when he or she List of Likud Knesset Members and the sessions of the Knesset (the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem) in which they served (place on Likud list There have been Israeli Arab members of the Knesset since the first Knesset elections in 1949

Dictionary

Knesset

-proper noun

  1. The Israeli parliament, located in Jerusalem.
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