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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Assembly of Representatives canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical parliament ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
representative assembly ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Asefat HaNivcharim ⓘ
Elected Assembly of the Yishuv ⓘ
appliesToEthnicGroup 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 Zionist movement in Palestine ⓘ
linked to: Zionism

leaders of the Yishuv ⓘ
hasIdeology Zionism ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver internal affairs of the Jewish community in Palestine ⓘ
hasPart 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 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 institutions ⓘ
linked to: Yishuv
precededBy 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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Referenced by (2)

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

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