Knesset committees

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parliamentary committee system

Knesset committees are specialized working groups within Israel’s parliament that review legislation, oversee government activities, and handle detailed policy discussions in specific subject areas.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Knesset Finance Committee	1
Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee	1
Knesset Labor, Welfare and Health Committee	1
Knesset committees (ex officio, as relevant)	1
Knesset committees on agriculture	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	parliamentary committee system ⓘ
canHold	closed meetings ⓘ public meetings ⓘ
chairperson	Knesset member ⓘ
chairSelectionMethod	elected by committee members ⓘ
composition	Knesset members NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	State of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
function	approve secondary legislation ⓘ conduct detailed policy discussions ⓘ exercise parliamentary oversight ⓘ hold hearings ⓘ oversee government activities ⓘ prepare bills for plenary readings ⓘ review legislation ⓘ summon ministers and officials ⓘ
hasStandingCommittee	Constitution, Law and Justice Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ Economy Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ Education, Culture and Sports Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ Finance Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ House Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ Internal Affairs and Environment Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ Labor, Welfare and Health Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ Public Petitions Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ Science and Technology Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ Special Committee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse NERFINISHED ⓘ State Control Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ Status of Women and Gender Equality Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasType	joint committees ⓘ special committees ⓘ standing committees ⓘ subcommittees ⓘ temporary committees ⓘ
jurisdiction	Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWork	Hebrew ⓘ
legalBasis	Basic Laws of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ Knesset Rules of Procedure NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislativeBody	Knesset NERFINISHED ⓘ
meetingLocation	Knesset building in Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ
oversightArea	constitutional and legal affairs ⓘ defense and foreign policy ⓘ education and welfare ⓘ state budget ⓘ
partOf	Knesset NERFINISHED ⓘ
power	initiate committee bills ⓘ invite experts and civil society representatives ⓘ propose amendments to bills ⓘ request documents from government ministries ⓘ
reportsTo	Knesset plenum NERFINISHED ⓘ
selectionMethod	appointed by Knesset House Committee according to factional strength ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Ministerial Committee for Legislation → interactsWith → Knesset committees ⓘ

Israeli civil service → cooperatesWith → Knesset committees ⓘ

IDF → overseenBy → Knesset committees ⓘ

subject surface form: Israel Defense Forces

this entity surface form: Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee

Shelly Yachimovich → memberOf → Knesset committees ⓘ

this entity surface form: Knesset Finance Committee

Shelly Yachimovich → memberOf → Knesset committees ⓘ

this entity surface form: Knesset Labor, Welfare and Health Committee

Minister without Portfolio of Israel → associatedWithBody → Knesset committees ⓘ

Minister of Agriculture of Israel → worksWith → Knesset committees ⓘ

this entity surface form: Knesset committees on agriculture

Minister of Housing and Construction of Israel → memberOf → Knesset committees ⓘ

this entity surface form: Knesset committees (ex officio, as relevant)

Member of the Knesset → canServeOn → Knesset committees ⓘ

6th Knesset → hasPart → Knesset committees ⓘ