Knesset

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The Royal Knesset of the Kingdom of Yisrael

ההכנסה המלכותית של ממלכת ישראל
Type
Type
Leadership
Leader of the Knesset
Structure
Seats142
Current composition of the Royal Knesset
Political groups
HRM Government (76)

Non-coalition caucusing with HRM's Government (16)

HRM Opposition (50)

Elections
First-past-the-post voting
Last election
January 17, 2018
Meeting place
Yis Knesset session room pic 1.jpg
Dervaylik, Yisrael

The Royal Knesset of Yisrael is the unicameral national legislature of the Kingdom of Yisrael. It is the legislative branch of the Kingdom and its territories. It currently has 142 members, who are elected directly by citizens who are registered voters on the 1st of Shevat on even years of the global secular calendar.

The Knesset is charged with lawmaking, declaring war or authorizing military force, the power of the purse, creating or eliminating public services, the oversight, investigation, and impeachment of sitting government officials, ratifying treaties, and providing the advise and consent for presidential appointments.

Legislation may be introduced by an individual Member of Knesset (MK) or groups of MKs. Per its parliamentary model, it elects the Leader of the Knesset from its largest or governing party after each election. The Knesset must have an election every two years. Every four years, the presidential election is run concurrently alongside the Knesset's.

The Knesset is widely-known for its unruly, polarized political atmosphere and unstable deal-making.

History

Role, powers, and duties

Members and elections

Qualifications

Officers

Legislative procedure

Current composition

Parliamentary composition since 2004

Knesset Years Knesset President Governing Majority Party Margin of Majority Control
Royalist Conservatives Constitutional Liberals Torah Achdus Action Yisrael Alliance of Greens, Seculars, and Workers League for New Judea Independents Vacan
cies
48th 2018-2020 59 42 16 12 8 5 0 0 Noah Feldman Blue-Gray-Maroon coalition +4/
+20 (with supply and confidence from Torah Achdus)
47th 2016-2018 64 39 18 7 3 11 0 2 Blue-Maroon coalition +31
46th 2014-2016 41 66 15 9 6 2 3 1 Gold-Gray-Green-White coalition +5
45th 2012-2016 64 48 16 5 42 3 2 2 Blue-Silver coalition +8
Knesset Years Knesset President Governing Majority Party Margin of Majority Control
Royalist Conservatives Constitutional Liberals Torah Achdus Action Yisrael Green Party Yisraeli Labor Party League for New Judea Yisraeli Christian Association3 Independents Vacan
cies
44th 2010-2012 58 51 16 3 2 2 5 3 2 44 Eitan Herzog Blue-Silver coalition +2

Footnotes
1. Torah Achdus neither sat in the opposition nor had a supply and confidence agreement with the ruling Conservatives.
2. The smaller Green Party and Yisraeli Labor Party merged together on February 8th, 2012, three weeks after the 2012 elections, combining their 3 seats (2 Greens, 1 Labor Party).
3. The YCA was found to have illegal ties to anti-Yisrael terrorist groups the Christian Defense League and the Free Yarden Valley Catholic Front in the aftermath of the 2011 Yericho riots. Its MKs were arrested by the YeMep and the party banned under the Domestic Subversive Organizations Act before the 2012 elections.
4. None of the vacancies resulted in a change of partisan affiliation. All the seats were filled by persons of the same party.