Knesset

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legislature parliament of Israel unicameral national parliament

The Knesset is Israel's unicameral national parliament, responsible for enacting laws, overseeing the government, and representing the country's citizens.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Knesset canonical	159
Israeli Knesset	3
First Knesset	2
Israeli parliament	2
Knesset plenum	2
Constituent Assembly of Israel	1
Knesset (for legislation)	1
Knesset Secretariat	1
Knesset committees	1
Second Knesset	1
The Knesset	1
knesset hagedolah (Great Assembly)	1
הכנסת	1
כנסת החמישית	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislature ⓘ parliament of Israel ⓘ unicameral national parliament ⓘ
appoints	President of Israel (by election) ⓘ Israel State Comptroller ⓘ surface form: State Comptroller of Israel some members of the Judicial Selection Committee ⓘ
architect	Joseph Klarwein ⓘ
buildingOpened	1966 ⓘ
canDissolve	itself ⓘ triggers new elections ⓘ
chamberCount	1 ⓘ
composition	coalition parties ⓘ opposition parties ⓘ
country	Israel ⓘ
electoralThreshold	3.25 percent (current threshold) ⓘ
firstSession	February 14, 1949 ⓘ
governmentType	parliamentary system ⓘ
hasPart	Deputy Speakers of the Knesset ⓘ surface form: Knesset Presidium Knesset self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Knesset committees plenum ⓘ
hasPosition	Deputy Speakers of the Knesset ⓘ Speaker of the Knesset ⓘ
headOfGovernmentSelection	elects Prime Minister (historically, before reforms) ⓘ
inception	1949 ⓘ
isPartOf	political system of Israel ⓘ
jurisdiction	Israel ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Hebrew ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor	Israel ⓘ surface form: State of Israel
locatedIn	Givat Ram ⓘ Jerusalem ⓘ
meetsIn	Givat Ram ⓘ surface form: Knesset building
namedAfter	Knesset self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: knesset hagedolah (Great Assembly)
numberOfMembers	120 ⓘ
officialName	Knesset self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Knesset Knesset self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: הכנסת
oversees	Israeli government ministries (through committees) ⓘ
ownedBy	Israel ⓘ surface form: State of Israel
passes	Basic Laws of Israel ⓘ ordinary legislation ⓘ
precededBy	Assembly of Representatives ⓘ
role	enacts laws ⓘ oversees the government ⓘ represents citizens of Israel ⓘ
securityProvidedBy	Israel Police ⓘ surface form: Knesset Guard
supervises	government of Israel ⓘ surface form: Government of Israel
termLength	4 years ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation	national-level representation ⓘ
votingSystem	party-list proportional representation ⓘ
website	https://www.knesset.gov.il ⓘ

Referenced by (177)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Israel → legislature → Knesset ⓘ

Jerusalem → hasPart → Knesset ⓘ

Yom HaShoah → establishedBy → Knesset ⓘ

Moetzet HaAm → replacedBy → Knesset ⓘ

Yom Ha’atzmaut → establishedBy → Knesset ⓘ

Righteous Among the Nations → establishedBy → Knesset ⓘ

this entity surface form: Israeli Knesset

Israel–Jordan peace treaty → ratifiedBy → Knesset ⓘ

Wolf Prize in Physics → presentedAt → Knesset ⓘ

Provisional State Council → followedBy → Knesset ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constituent Assembly of Israel

Provisional State Council → followedBy → Knesset ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Knesset

Provisional State Council → replacedBy → Knesset ⓘ

Prime Minister of Israel → reportsTo → Knesset ⓘ

Rafi (political party) → parliamentaryRepresentation → Knesset ⓘ

subject surface form: Rafi

Rafi → parliamentaryBody → Knesset ⓘ

Golda Meir → memberOf → Knesset ⓘ

Israel Daylight Time → governingBody → Knesset ⓘ

government of Israel → confirmedBy → Knesset ⓘ