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	Knesset - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Knesset (כנסת, Hebrew for "assembly") is the Parliament of Israel.
		The legislative branch of the Israeli government, the Knesset enacts laws, elects the prime minister (although he is ceremonially appointed by the President), supervises the work of the government, reserves the power to remove the President of the State and the State Comptroller from office and to dissolve itself and call new elections.
		The current Knesset building is located on a hilltop in the west of Jerusalem, it was paid for by James A. de Rothschild as a gift to the State of Israel.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Knesset (1028 words)

	Speaker (politics) - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The term Speaker is usually the title given to the presiding officer of a country's lower house of parliament or congress.
		Often the speaker performs his duties in a non-partisan manner, but in the United States, the Speaker is the most powerful position in the United States House of Representatives and participates in legislating.
		Speaker of the Riksdag (Speaker of the Swedish parliament)
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Speaker_(politics) (458 words)

	Constitution for Israel - The Knesset
		The list of candidates for the Knesset shall be submitted only by a party; the means of association and registering of the parties and the conditions for submitting a list of candidates shall be determined by law.
		If the speaker of the Knesset has called upon its members to make their declarations of allegiance and a member has not done so, that member shall not enjoy the rights of membership as long as he has not made the declaration.
		The meetings of the Knesset shall be held at its place of sitting; however, in special circumstances the speaker of the Knesset may, in consultation with the deputy speakers, convene the Knesset elsewhere.
	www.cfisrael.org /s263.html?rsID=278 (2138 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Knesset
		Laws passed by the Knesset may not conflict with the basic laws, which make up the de facto constitution of the country, but the Knesset also has the power to pass additional basic laws.
		Requests to disqualify Arab Knesset members on these grounds were denied by the Israeli High Court of Appeals, and the pettitioners view this as lack of symmetry in application of the law to Kach and Arab parties, favouring the latter.
		The current Knesset building is located on a hilltop in the west of Jerusalem, it was paid for by Lord James De Rothschild as a gift to the State of Israel.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Knesset (1387 words)

	The Organization of the Work of the Knesset (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Speaker conducts the affairs of the Knesset, represents it externally, preserves its dignity, the decorum of its sittings and the observance of its Rules of Procedure.
		The Speaker, or one of his deputies, presides over the sittings of the plenum, conducts them, puts resolutions to the vote and determines the results of these votes, as well as those in the elections for various state positions for which the plenum is responsible.
		The Secretary General of the Knesset, who is appointed by the Knesset Speaker and his deputies, functions as the director general of the Knesset.
	www.knesset.gov.il /description/eng/eng_work_org.htm (423 words)

	List of Knesset members - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Members of the 17th Knesset (elected 2006), upon inauguration
		Reichman has announced he intends to step down as Member of Knesset, following the agreement between Kadima and Labour, granting the latter the Ministry of Education as part of the new government.
		Reichman was previously promised this office by Ariel Sharon, a promise reiterated by Ehud Olmert.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Knesset_members (163 words)

	Welcome to Emunah of America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The law providing for the direct election of the prime minister effectively blocked the Knesset from ousting a prime minister unless the Knesset members were prepared to risk their seats by precipitating new elections in the process.
		A Knesset member is served by a poorly paid parliamentary assistant (frequently a recently graduated student) for whom the job is a stopgap.
		Knesset speakers have attempted to counteract this by insisting on greater decorum, dress codes and monitoring absenteeism.
	www.emunah.org /print_this.php?id=350_0_4_0 (1377 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/President of Israel
		The office falls vacant upon resignation or upon the decision of three-quarters of the Knesset to impeach the president on grounds of misconduct or incapacity.
		Presidential tenure is not keyed to that of the Knesset in order to assure continuity in government and the nonpartisan character of the office.
		When the president is temporarily incapacitated or the office falls vacant, the speaker of the Knesset may become acting president.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/President_of_Israel (611 words)

	Glossary of Israeli Parties and Personalities - 1948-1981
		Following the failure of its list in the elections for the First Knesset and its merger with the Irgun-based Herut (q.v.) in 1950, Altman was elected to the Knesset in 1955 and served three terms.
		Although Mapai retained a reduced plurality in the Knesset in elections of 1974, and even though the Commission of Inquiry did not find her personally responsible for the surprise at the beginning of the Yom Kippur War, she resigned from the government and from the Knesset in the wake of that war in 1974.
		Deputy Speaker throughout, he served briefly as Speaker (1959) owing to rare joining of forces of opposition parties at both ends of the House.
	www.jcpa.org /art/knesset8.htm (16693 words)

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	List of political parties in Israel: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Political parties in Israel lists political parties (political parties: a political party is a political organization that subscribes to a certain ideology and...
		The following list is of parties which ran for the 16th Knesset elections, but did not manage to pass the minimum vote share of 1.5% (recently raised to 2%) required to be represented.
		Rafi (Rafi: the rafi party (workers list) was formed in 1965 by former prime minister of israel...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/list_of_political_parties_in_israel (1186 words)

	Transferring the Knesset and Cabinet to Jerusalem
		The list of mistakes made by the official leadership, under its various names and throughout its protracted existence, regarding Jerusalem, is extremely long in comparison with the mistakes it has made regarding our political life.
		Speaker, distinguished Knesset, a week ago, from this podium, we declared our intention of not being deterred by any resolution to sever us from Jerusalem, and that any attempt to prevent us proclaiming Jerusalem as our capital would meet with the continuous and stubborn resistance of the entire nation.
		Wilner (Maki): Distinguished Knesset, it is regrettable that there is no general debate on Jerusalem and the Government's foreign policy today, because that would enable the Knesset to reveal to the nation all the reasons for Israel's complex and grave political situation in every sphere: foreign policy, the issue of Jerusalem and economic policy.
	www.jcpa.org /art/knesset5.htm (3595 words)

	Weekly Review of the Arab Press in Israel
		However, such a move, if it were to be taken, should not be expected before next month, as the Arab leadership and the investigation commission members agreed to suspend their meetings during Ramadan, which is to end by 26th December.
		In a study day organised on Sunday 26th in the Knesset, NGO activists, community leaders, and Arab political representatives reminded the audience of the appalling situation of the educational system in this region (Al-Ittihad, Wednesday).
		Speakers brought up issues such as the absence of any secondary school serving unrecognised villages, the deprivation of Arab special education services, the location of many schools and kindergartens - deliberately built far from the unrecognised communities, and the absence of transportation.
	www.arabhra.org /publications/wrap/2000/wrap13.htm (2772 words)

	Factional and Government Make-Up of the First Knesset
		The Pardess Hannah transition camp: Preparing the ground for the construction of a hut, December 1950.
		The coalition members were: Mapai, the United Religious Front, the Progressive Party, the Sephardim and Oriental Communities and the Arab minority list.
		The Government resigned on 14 February, 1951, against the background of the rejection by the Knesset of the proposals made by the Minister of Education and Culture, regarding the registration of children in schools.
	www.knesset.gov.il /history/eng/eng_hist1_s.htm (246 words)

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		Direct election based on closed party lists of candidates, with proportional distribution of seats effected according to the simple quotient and highest average system among all lists having obtained at least 2% of the valid votes cast.
		Within each list, seats won are allotted to candidates according to their order of appearance.
		- in the absence of the Speaker, one of the Deputy Speakers is appointed by resolution of the House Committee to assume his/her role and functions
	www.ipu.org /parline-e/reports/2155.htm (1997 words)

	Jerusalem Post \| Breaking News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The 17th Knesset was sworn in on Monday afternoon in the shadow of a terrorist attack in Tel Aviv that dampened spirits but did not spoil the festivities.
		Citizens have the right to oppose Knesset and government decisions but the objectors have to conduct their struggles via legal and legitimate means," said Katsav.
		The Knesset secretary read their names from a roll and called on them to fulfill their duties to the state.
	www.jpost.com /servlet/Satellite?cid=1143498864487&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/Printer (806 words)

	News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The speakers of the National Committee called for broad support of the internally displaced by all Palestinian social and political institutions, for the immediate adoption of the file of the internally displaced by the Palestinian leadership, and for a joint and intensive effort at documentation of Palestinian evictions and displacement during the 1948 Nakba.
		He drew the attention of the audience to the fact that the mosque and graveyard of Tantura were ploughed and transformed into a sea-side parking lot, a measure which strongly contradicts Israeli sensitivity to the desecration of Jewish graveyards all over the world.
		Speaking during a Democracy-day forum at the village of Kufr Nima near Ramallah, Ghazi Hananiya, deputy speaker of the Legislative Council, said the Palestinian people were duty-bound to protect the Council from the excesses and hegemony of the executive power.
	www.palestinetimes.net /issue106/news.html (4708 words)

	My Israel Source - Basic Law: The Knesset (1958)
		Note: The official translation (up to and including Amendment 10) of this basic law dated from 1987, since which time an additional 25 amendments were passed.
		(10) employees of corporations established by law of such ranks and positions as shall be determined by law; unless they have ceased to serve in that position or job, as stated, before the deadline for submitting lists of candidates for the Knesset, and unless an earlier date has been set by law.
		(a) The Knesset shall not extend its term except by passing a law by a majority of 80 members and unless special circumstances exist that prevent the holding of elections at their proper time; the extension shall not exceed the time required by
	www.myisraelsource.com /content/basic_law_knesset (2005 words)

	IsraelActivism.com -- The Website of Hasbara Fellowships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		While in Chicago, Elliot was Director of the Speakers Bureau for the Consulate General of Israel to the Midwest, and was a featured lecturer.
		During Operation Defensive Shield in April/May 2002, Mike was assigned to the National Emergency Response & Negotiation Team in Bethlehem that was tasked with handling the multifaceted and potentially explosive crisis surrounding the Church of the Nativity's abduction by terrorists.
		As a full time key note speaker, his seminars are causing a sensation, and Neil has helped train a new generation of Israeli diplomats as well as Jewish community and student leadership worldwide.
	www.israelactivism.com /campaigns/speakers.asp (2739 words)

	Royce Carlton - Avraham Burg
		The youngest speaker ever in the history of the Israeli Knesset (1999-2003) and a staunch supporter of peace in the Middle East, Burg has been referred to as “one of the best speechmakers in politics.”
		By the mid-1980s, he was Shimon Peres’ advisor on Diaspora Affairs and in 1988 was elected to the Knesset.
		In 1999, at age 44, Burg was elected Speaker of the Knesset.
	www.roycecarlton.com /speakers/burg.html (434 words)

	Review of Politics in Israel: The Second Republic (second ed.) - Middle East Quarterly - Fall 2005
		Statistical tables detail everything from basic election results, to previous professions of the Knesset (parliament) members, to public perceptions of each party's commitment to major issues.
		Rather than obfuscate with detail, Arian reveals the idiosyncrasies of the Israeli political system often unnoticed by journalists and ordinary citizens, such as how party politics functions in a system of government built around multiparty coalitions.
		He shows how the Knesset often operates with little transparency, suggesting that Israeli politics are best considered as "being of the closet and not of the caucus."
	www.meforum.org /article/803 (367 words)

	Knesset - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Several Basic Laws need special majority of at least 61 MKs, and in some cases 80 MKs, to be ammended.
		Further information: List of Members of the 1st Israeli Knesset Assembly, and [[]], and [[]], and [[]], and [[]], and [[]], and [[]], and [[]], and [[]]
		The following data is based on preliminary results from the election held on March 28, 2006, and does not represent a final or official count:
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Knesset (1102 words)

	List of Knesset speakers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		List of Speakers of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament:
		Until a new Speaker is elected following the 2006 elections, Shimon Peres will serve as Interim Speaker, being the senior member of the house.
		This page was last modified 08:06, 23 April 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Knesset_speakers (78 words)

	Speakers' Bios
		He was a Rav-Shaliach (emissary) for Bnei Akiva in Europe and the rabbi of Himmelfarb High School, Jerusalem, teaches at the Ma’aleh School for Communication and is presently the rabbi of Beit Knesset HaRamban in the Katamon neighborhood of Jerusalem.
		He has been an active academic leader at Yeshiva University where he has served as chairperson of the undergraduate faculty, is a member of the steering committee of the Orthodox Forum (a think tank devoted to issues confronting the centrist orthodox community), and also served on the presidential search committee.
		He was honored by Yeshiva College with the Revel Memorial Award in 1994 for outstanding leadership in the field of Religion and Religious Education.
	www.edah.org /febbios.htm (12224 words)

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