17th Knesset

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The 17th Knesset was the seventeenth session of Israel’s national legislature, serving as the country’s parliament during the mid-2000s.

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17th Knesset canonical 2
הכנסת ה-17 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Knesset
unicameral legislature
coalitionGovernmentHead Ehud Olmert
coalitionPartnerParty Gil (Pensioners Party)
linked to: Pensioners Party

Shas
Yisrael Beiteinu
country Israel
deputySpeaker Yuli-Yoel Edelstein
linked to: Yuli Edelstein
dissolutionYear 2009
electionDate 2006-03-28
enactedLegislation various social and economic reforms in Israel 2006–2009
followedBy 18th Knesset
governmentNumber 31st Government of Israel
32nd Government of Israel
inceptionYear 2006
jurisdiction State of Israel
linked to: Israel
languageOfProceedings Hebrew
legislativeBodyOf Israeli government system
legislatureOf State of Israel
linked to: Israel
locatedIn Jerusalem
mainGoverningParty Israeli Labor Party
Kadima
meetingPlace Knesset building, Jerusalem
notableEvent 2008–2009 Gaza War (Operation Cast Lead) debates
Annapolis process debates
Second Lebanon War oversight and debates
Winograd Commission discussions
numberOfMembers 120
numberOfParliamentaryGroups 12
oppositionParty Balad
Hadash
Likud
linked to: Likud party

Meretz
National Union–National Religious Party
United Arab List–Ta'al
United Torah Judaism
linked to: Agudat Yisrael
parliamentNumber 17
partOf history of the Knesset
precededBy 16th Knesset
presidentDuringTerm Moshe Katsav
Shimon Peres
primeMinisterDuringTerm Ehud Olmert
speaker Dalia Itzik
Reuven Rivlin
termContext mid-2000s Israeli politics
termEnd 2009-02-24
termStart 2006-04-17
votingSystem party-list proportional representation
website https://www.knesset.gov.il

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18th Knesset precededBy 17th Knesset
יצחק הרצוג כנסת הכנסת ה-17
linked to: 17th Knesset