The State of Israel's administrative organization is based on three levels of governance: The Central Government, Districts, Local entities.

The name "Knesset" comes from the ancient Knesset HaGdola, or "Great Assembly" in Hebrew, which was a group of 120 scribes, sages, and prophets in the Jewish tradition. This assembly existed from the end of the Biblical prophets to the development of Rabbinic Judaism. This spanned two centuries until around 200 BCE.

Born in Belarus to a Chabad Hasidic family, Zalman David Levontin was one of the pioneers of the first aliyah. He was one of the founders of Rishon Lezion and the Jewish Colonial Trust.

Menachem Ussishkin was a Zionist leader born in Belarus. Starting in 1878, he developed a passion for reading contemporary Hebrew writers. This sparked his commitment to promoting the revival of the Hebrew language, which became a fundamental principle for him.

The Knesset plenum is the central and supreme authoritative body of the Knesset, made of 120 members.

The Knesset, Israel's parliament, is composed of 120 members.

1880 - 1940. Ze'ev Jabotinsky was a Zionist leader, writer, orator, soldier, and journalist. He strongly advocated for the creation of a...

Benjamin Zeev Theodor Herzl was the founder of Political Zionism and founder of the Zionist Organization.

The Law of Return was a law passed by the Knesset (Israel's parliament) on July 5th, 1950 , two years after the State of Israel was...

Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed in Israel every year on the 27th of (the Hebrew month of) Nisan. It commemorates the Holocaust. The Knesset adopted the law in 1959.