Eighth Knesset

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The Eighth Knesset was the Israeli parliament elected in 1973, serving during a turbulent period marked by the aftermath of the Yom Kippur War and significant political realignments.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Knesset
unicameral legislature
appliesToJurisdiction Israel NERFINISHED
coalitionGovernment Alignment-led coalition
country Israel
election 1973 Israeli legislative election
electorate citizens of Israel
endTime 1977
followedBy Ninth Knesset NERFINISHED
hasMember Alignment NERFINISHED
Arab List for Bedouins and Villagers NERFINISHED
Independent Liberals NERFINISHED
Likud NERFINISHED
Moked NERFINISHED
National Religious Party NERFINISHED
Poalei Agudat Yisrael NERFINISHED
Progress and Development NERFINISHED
Rakah NERFINISHED
Ratz NERFINISHED
Religious Torah Front NERFINISHED
hasPart Knesset committees NERFINISHED
headOfGovernmentDuringTerm Golda Meir NERFINISHED
Yitzhak Rabin NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName Hebrew
legislativeBodyOf State of Israel NERFINISHED
legislativePeriod 1974–1977
locatedIn Jerusalem
meetsIn Knesset building NERFINISHED
notableIssue civil-military relations in Israel
economic challenges after Yom Kippur War
post-war security policy
settlement policy debates
numberOfMembers 120
parliamentNumber 8
partOf history of the Knesset
political history of Israel in the 1970s
precededBy Seventh Knesset NERFINISHED
significantEvent Agranat Commission proceedings
Yom Kippur War aftermath
decline of Alignment dominance
political realignment in Israel
rise of Likud as major opposition
startTime 1974
votingSystem party-list proportional representation

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Mapam (as separate party) representedIn Eighth Knesset
subject surface form: Mapam
First Rabin Government legislativeTerm Eighth Knesset