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The '''Knesset''' is the legislature or [[parliament]] of the [[Israel|State of Israel]]; the [[Hebrew]] term ''knesset'' means 'assembly'. The first Knesset was elected on 20 January 1949 and first met on 14 February the same year. It is a unicameral (single chamber) body and has 120 elected members. The present Knesset building in [[Jerusalem]] was inaugurated in 1966.
The '''Knesset''' is the legislature or [[parliament]] of the [[Israel|State of Israel]]; the [[Hebrew]] term ''knesset'' means 'assembly'. The first Knesset was elected on 20 January 1949 and first met on 14 February the same year. It is a unicameral (single chamber) body and has 120 elected members. The present Knesset building in [[Jerusalem]] was inaugurated in 1966.
==Current composition (2013 - Present)==
*[[Likud]]-[[Yisrael Beiteinu]] - 31 seats
*[[Yesh Atid]] - 19 seats
*[[Labour Party (Israel)|Labor Party]] - 15 seats
*[[The Jewish Home]] - 12 seats
*[[Shas]] - 11 seats
*[[United Torah Judaism]] - 7 seats
*[[Hatnuah]] - 6 seats
*[[Meretz]] - 6 seats
*[[United Arab List]] (along with [[Ta'al]]) - 4 seats
*[[Hadash]] - 4 seats
*[[Balad]] - 3 seats
*[[Kadima]] - 2 seats
Source: [http://www.bechirot.gov.il/elections19/heb/list/ResultsAppendix.pdf Government of Israel]
[[category:Israeli Politics]]
[[category:Israeli Politics]]