Knesset

The Knesset

הכנסת

*HaKnesset*
The Knesset ; הכנסת; HaKnesset
25th Knesset
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Speaker	Amir Ohana, Likud ; since 29 December 2022
Prime Minister	Benjamin Netanyahu, Likud ; since 29 December 2022
Leader of the Opposition	Yair Lapid, Yesh Atid ; since 29 December 2022
Structure
Seats	120
Political groups	Government (64) Likud (32); Shas (11); Religious Zionist (7); United Torah Judaism (7) Agudat Yisrael (4); Degel HaTorah (3); ; Otzma Yehudit (6); Noam (1); Opposition (56) Yesh Atid (24); National Unity (12) Blue and White (6) Israel Resilience (6); ; New Hope (4); Independents (2); ; Yisrael Beiteinu (6); United Arab List (5); Hadash–Ta'al (5) Hadash (4) Maki (3); Independents (1); ; Ta'al (1); ; Labor (4);
Elections
Voting system	Closed list proportional representation; D'Hondt method
Last election	1 November 2022
Next election	TBD
Meeting place
	Knesset, Givat Ram, Jerusalem
Website
	www.knesset.gov.il

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 office and to call new elections. The Knesset has de jure authority to make and change any laws without being overturned. It can pass any law by a simple majority. There are 120 members in the Knesset.

The Knesset is in Givat Ram, a western central neighbourhood of Jerusalem.

The current Knesset is the 25th Knesset, elected on November 1, 2022 and sworn in on November 15, 2022.^[2]

↑ The Oxford Dictionary of English, Oxford University Press, 2005
↑ "תוצאות ארציות" [National Results]. Central Election Committee for the 25th Knesset (in Hebrew).

[1] The Oxford Dictionary of English, Oxford University Press, 2005

[2] "תוצאות ארציות" [National Results]. Central Election Committee for the 25th Knesset (in Hebrew).

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