18th Knesset

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The 18th Knesset was the term of Israel’s national legislature that convened following the 2009 parliamentary elections and served as the country’s primary lawmaking body during that period.

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18th Knesset canonical 6
הכנסת ה-18 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Knesset
legislative term
coalitionGovernmentHead Benjamin Netanyahu
constitutionalBasis Basic Laws of Israel
country Israel
deputySpeaker Ahmed Tibi
Avraham Michaeli
Danny Danon
Fouad Ben-Eliezer
Lea Nass
Majalli Wahabi
Michael Eitan
Moshe Matalon
Orly Levy
Otniel Schneller
Yitzhak Vaknin
Yoel Hasson
election 2009 Israeli legislative election
electoralThreshold 2 percent
endDate 2013-02-05
followedBy 19th Knesset
governmentFormed Second Netanyahu Government
hasJurisdiction Israel
languageUsed Hebrew
largestParty Likud
linked to: Likud party
legislativeBodyType national legislature
legislatureOf State of Israel
linked to: Israel
locatedIn Givat Ram
Jerusalem
mainFunction approval of the state budget
approving the government
electing the President of Israel
lawmaking
oversight of the executive branch
meetingPlace Knesset building
numberOfMembers 120
otherMajorParty Balad
Hadash
Jewish Home
Labor Party
Meretz
Shas
United Arab List–Ta'al
United Torah Judaism
linked to: Agudat Yisrael

Yisrael Beiteinu
parliamentNumber 18
partOf Parliament of Israel
linked to: Knesset
precededBy 17th Knesset
primeMinisterDuringTerm Benjamin Netanyahu
rulingPartyLeader Benjamin Netanyahu
secondLargestParty Kadima
speaker Reuven Rivlin
startDate 2009-02-24
typeOfLegislature unicameral legislature
votingSystem party-list proportional representation

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Benny Begin servedInKnessetTerm 18th Knesset
17th Knesset followedBy 18th Knesset
19th Knesset precededBy 18th Knesset
יצחק הרצוג כנסת הכנסת ה-18
linked to: 18th Knesset