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| | Under law the Knesset will sit for four years unless it is dissolved on a vote of no confidence. This is often the case as the coalitions ultimately fall apart due to differences between the parties. In those cases an attempt may be made to create a new coalition; if not successful the Knesset dissolves and early elections are called. | | Under law the Knesset will sit for four years unless it is dissolved on a vote of no confidence. This is often the case as the coalitions ultimately fall apart due to differences between the parties. In those cases an attempt may be made to create a new coalition; if not successful the Knesset dissolves and early elections are called. |
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| − | ==Current composition (2015 - Present)== | + | ==Current composition (from 2020)== |
| − | *[[Likud]] - 30 seats (**) | + | ===Official Government=== |
| − | *[[Zionist Union]] - 24 seats | + | *[[Likud]] - 36 seats |
| − | *[[Joint List]] - 13 seats | + | *[[Blue and White]] (Resilience) - 15 seats |
| − | *[[Yesh Atid]] - 11 seats | + | *[[Shas]] - 9 seats |
| − | *[[Kulanu]] - 10 seats (**) | + | *[[United Torah Judaism]] - 7 seats (allocated 4 seats to Agudat Yisrael and 3 seats to Degel HaTorah) |
| − | *[[The Jewish Home]] - 8 seats (**) | + | *[[Labor]] - 2 seats (of 3 total, two MK's agreed to sit in the coalition) |
| − | *[[Shas]] - 7 seats (**) | + | *[[Derekh Eretz]] - 2 seats |
| − | *[[Yisrael Beiteinu]] - 5 seats | + | *[[Gesher]] - 1 seats |
| − | *[[United Torah Judaism]] - 6 seats (**)
| + | *[[Yamina]] ([[The Jewish Home]]) - 1 seat (only [[The Jewish Home]] member of the alliance agreed to sit in the coalition) |
| − | *[[Meretz]] - 5 seats
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| − | *Independent - 1 seat
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| − | (**) -- This party is part of the ruling coalition | + | ===Official Opposition=== |
| | + | *[[Yesh Atid-Telem]] - 16 seats (allocated 13 seats to Yesh Atid and 3 seats to Telem) |
| | + | *[[Joint List]] - 15 seats (allocated 5 seats to Hadash, of which 3 seats are for Maki and 2 seats for independent MK's, 4 seats to Ra'am, 3 seats to Balad and 3 seats to Ta'al) |
| | + | *[[Yisrael Beiteinu]] - 7 seats |
| | + | *[[Yamina]] (New Right and National Union) - 5 seats (these members of the alliance would not agree to sit in the coalition; allocated 3 seats to New Right and 2 seats to National Union) |
| | + | *[[Meretz]] - 3 seats |
| | + | *[[Labor]] - 1 seat (of 3 total, MK's would not agree to sit in the coalition) |
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| − | Source: [http://knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mkindex_current_eng.asp?view=1 Government of Israel]
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