Assembly of Representatives

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The Assembly of Representatives was the elected legislative body of the Jewish community in Mandatory Palestine that functioned as a precursor to Israel’s modern parliament.

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Assembly of Representatives canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical parliament
legislative body
representative assembly
alsoKnownAs Asefat HaNivcharim
Zionist General Council
surface form: Elected Assembly of the Yishuv
appliesToEthnicGroup Jewish Yishuv in Mandatory Palestine
surface form: Jews in Mandatory Palestine
appliesToJurisdiction Yishuv
composedOf elected representatives of Jewish political parties and lists
country Mandatory Palestine
dissolved 1949
electorate Jewish residents of Mandatory Palestine
firstElectionDate April 1920
followedBy Knesset
Provisional State Council
foundedBy Zionism
surface form: Zionist movement in Palestine

leaders of the Yishuv
hasIdeology Zionism
hasJurisdictionOver internal affairs of the Jewish community in Palestine
hasPart Jewish National Council
surface form: National Council (Vaad Leumi)
hasRole legislative authority for internal Jewish community affairs
representation of the Yishuv before the British authorities
self‑government of the Jewish community in Palestine
historicalPeriod British Mandate for Palestine
inception 1920
languageOfWorkOrName Hebrew
lastElectionDate August 1944
legalBasis autonomous community arrangements under the British Mandate
legislativeBodyFor Jewish Yishuv in Mandatory Palestine
surface form: Jewish community in Mandatory Palestine
location Jerusalem
nativeLabel אספת הנבחרים
numberOfElectionsHeld 4
organizes elections of the Vaad Leumi
partOf Jewish National Home framework in Palestine
Yishuv
surface form: Yishuv institutions
precededBy World Zionist Congress
surface form: Zionist Congress (as main representative body of the Zionist movement)
reasonForDissolution replacement by state institutions of Israel
replacedBy Knesset
Provisional State Council
significance key institution in the development of Israeli parliamentary democracy
precursor to the parliament of the State of Israel
significantEvent adoption of internal regulations for the Yishuv
coordination of Jewish community response to British Mandate policies
election of the Vaad Leumi as executive body
preparation of institutional framework for the future State of Israel

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Knesset precededBy Assembly of Representatives
Jewish Yishuv in Mandatory Palestine hasLegislativeBody Assembly of Representatives