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What is the Knesset?
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.


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


How is the Knesset formed?
The Knesset, Israel's parliament, is composed of 120 members.


Ze'ev Jabotinsky
1880 - 1940. Ze'ev Jabotinsky was a Zionist leader, writer, orator, soldier, and journalist. He strongly advocated for the creation of a Jewish State in the Land of Israel. Zeev Jabotinsky in 1925. Source: Wikipedia, public domain. The impact he had on the State of Israel was profound, and his legacy is still considered within the current political framework. He grew up in a traditional Jewish family. He considered himself a Zionist atheist and said that the question of Jews


Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day
Memorial Day for the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is a national day of remembrance commemorated every year on the 12th of Cheshvan in the Hebrew calendar.


David-Zvi Pinkas
David Zvi Pinkas was a signatory of the Declaration of Independence (out of 37 signers), and the third Minister of Transport of the State of Israel.
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