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| | Israel - The Knesset |
 | | The Knesset is a unicameral parliament and the supreme authority of the state. | | | The legislative authority of the Knesset is unlimited, and legislative enactments cannot be vetoed by either the president or the prime minister nor can such enactments be nullified by the Supreme Court. | | | Exceptions to this rule apply in the election or removal of the president of the state, removal of the state comptroller, changes to the system of proportional elections, and changes to or repeal of Basic Laws; in these instances, required majorities are specified by law. |
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http://countrystudies.us/israel/82.htm
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| | Politics of Israel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | As the legislative branch of the Israeli government, the Knesset enacts laws, supervises government activities, and is empowered to remove the President of the State or State Comptroller from office. | | | Israel's electoral law is based on a Basic Law (The Knesset) and the 1969 Knesset Elections Law. | | | After losing a Knesset motion of confidence early in 1984, Shamir was forced to call for new elections, held in July of that year. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Israel
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| | The Knesset |
| | The Knesset took its name and fixed its membership at 120 from the Knesset Hagedolah (Great Assembly), the representative Jewish council convened in Jerusalem by Ezra and Nehemiah in the 5th century B.C.E. Members of Knesset (MKs) are elected every four years within the framework of parties that compete for the electorate's votes. | | | Finally, the state seal is placed on it by the minister of justice, and the bill becomes law. | | | In the first session, Knesset members declare their allegiance, and the Knesset speaker and deputy speakers are elected. |
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http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Politics/knesset.html
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| | JLSA Resources: Basic Law - the Knesset |
| | If a member of the Knesset is elected or appointed to one of the posts the holders of which are debarred from being candidates for the Knesset, his membership of the Knesset shall cease upon the election or appointment. | | | Where the Chairman of the Knesset has called upon a member of the Knesset to make his declaration of allegiance and the member has not done so, the member shall not enjoy the rights of a member of the Knesset so long as he has not made the declaration. | | | (b) Where a Knesset Member has been convicted of a criminal offence and sentenced to imprisonment, the House Committee may, upon the proposal of any Knesset Member, suspend him from his office as a Knesset Member for the period during which he is undergoing his penalty of imprisonment. |
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http://wings.buffalo.edu/academic/department/law/jlsa/resources/knesset.htm
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| | Israeli Elections to the 16th Knesset - Jan 28, 2003 Special Update |
| | Like the Knesset, the government usually serves for four years, but its tenure may be shortened if the prime minister is unable to continue in office due to death, resignation or impeachment, when the government appoints one of its members (who is a Knesset member) as acting prime minister. | | | The Central Elections Committee, headed by a justice of the Supreme Court and including representatives of the parties holding seats in the Knesset, is responsible for conducting and supervising the elections. | | | The Knesset members declare their allegiance, and the speaker of the Knesset and his deputies are elected. |
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/830368/posts
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| | Knesset votes to lift Azmi Bishara |
| | The Knesset’s decision is an act of political oppression, and reflects the racism inherent within the Israeli government. | | | Knesset votes to lift Azmi Bishara’s diplomatic immunity | | | We urge you to uphold the right to freedom of speech and political thought, by protesting against the decision of the Knesset. |
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http://www.palestinemonitor.org/updates/knesset_votes_to_lift_azmi_bisha.htm
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| | Knesset |
| | Knesset member Avraham Shochat (Labor) is expected to announce his resignation from the Knesset and retirement from politics at the beginning of next week. | | | The immediate effect of such a law would be to force Labor party Knesset member Amir Peretz to choose between his chairmanship of the Histadrut and his position in parliament. | | | By The Knesset intends to rush a bill through its three readings in the next week to allow ministers' aides and political appointments in ministerial offices to serve as members of party central committees. |
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http://boarc.com/Politics/Knesset.html
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| | Document: Special Session of Knesset |
| | The Knesset calls on the President of the State, the Prime Minister and cabinet Ministers to redouble their efforts at all meetings with members of Congress or the US Administration to increase pressure for Pollard's release. | | | The Knesset resolves to send a delegation of Faction Heads to meet with individuals in the administration and in the US Congress in an effort to advance the Pollard's release. | | | On November 21, 2001, Jonathan Pollard marked the completion of his 16th year in an American prison for his activities on behalf of the State of Israel, and began his 17th year of incarceration with no end in sight. |
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http://www.jonathanpollard.org/2002/012902.htm
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| | Knesset |
| | It is the Knesset that elects the president of Israel, and then it is the president that shall call upon the leader of the largest opposition group to form the government. | | | 1992: The threshold for parties elected for the Knesset is raised from 1% to 1,5%. | | | There is a threshold limit for parties to be represented at 1,5%, but beyond this, all seats are distributed proportionally according to number of votes. |
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http://lexicorient.com/e.o/knesset.htm
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| | Israel - Free Encyclopedia |
| | Another of the few powers granted to the president is the ability to appoint justices to the supreme court who serve for life. | | | Israel has no official written constitution; its government functions are based on the laws of the Knesset, especially by the "Basic Laws", which are special laws the Knesset legislate, (currently there are 15 of them), which will become together the future official constitution. | | | The President selects the leader of the majority party or ruling coalition in the Knesset as the Prime Minister, who serves as head of government. |
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http://www.wacklepedia.com/i/is/israel.html
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| | Constitution for Israel - Home |
| | Prepared by the Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee of the Knesset, and presented to the Knesset on February 13th, 2006 (Tu Bishvat, 5766) | | | The purpose of this website is to inform the public of the continuous work of the Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee of the Knesset towards drafting a constitution for the State of Israel. | | | Click here for the official website of the Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee (Hebrew) |
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http://www.cfisrael.org
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| | By law, the Knesset may decide (not via legislative process) to postpone elections for ten extra days if the prospective dates for elections fall on memorial days or religious holidays. | | | Ynetnews - Opinion - My decision to disband the Knesset | | | This difference did not justify a clash between the executive and legislative branches. |
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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3177705,00.html
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| | The Knesset Must Act Now! |
| | In addition, it must be recognized that, under the Supreme Court Judge Aaron Barak, the Court has developed the reputation as being politically biased to the Left in numerous decisions. | | | As for bringing the Supreme Court into the picture, that can be a mistake. | | | MK Elon said he would take this matter to the Supreme Court for adjudication if Burg continues to interfere in Knesset business. |
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http://www.gamla.org.il/english/article/2000/sept/win1.htm
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| | ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Urgent Action: Israeli Knesset set to vote on law to deny Palestinians ... |
| | PCHR has become aware that the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee is set to vote on a significant amendment to Israeli& Civil Wrongs Law next Monday, 25 July 2005. | | | We have appeared before the Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee to tell how Palestinians will be affected by the amendment and cut off from their rights. | | | Amendment No. 5 has already passed its first reading in the Knesset plenary and is currently being debated before the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee. |
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http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-6EJ3U2?OpenDocument
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| | IN THEIR OWN WORDS: THE ARAB MEMBERS OF ISRAEL'S KNESSET SPEAK |
| | The health system also received the highest degree of confidence from those questioned (74%), followed by the Supreme Court (61%), the Hebrew-language media (28%), the police (24%), and the Knesset (19%). | | | MK Zvi Hendel (National Union) asked Knesset Speaker Avraham Burg to oust Dahamshe from the Knesset presidium of factions for his "letter of incitement." Deputy Infrastructure Minister Naomi Blumenthal (Likud) said she intends to ask Attorney-General Elyakim Rubinstein to examine whether a person who "engages in wild incitement" against | | | The runner-up for abject, contemptible commentary was Hadash whip MK Mohammed Barakeh, who called Prime Minister Ariel Sharon a war criminal. |
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http://www.rosenblit.com/Arab_MK.htm
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| | President Chaim Weizmann Opens the First Knesset |
| | On 8 November 1948--in the midst of war--the first census was carried out in the new state; the resultant number of eligible voters was 506,507. | | | While negotiations for the formation of a coalition were still under way, the Constituent Assembly held its inaugural sitting on 14 February 1949, the 15th of Shevat--according to the Hebrew calendar the New Year for trees--which henceforward came to be celebrated also as the birthday of the Knesset. | | | The First Knesset of the State of Israel is convened. |
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http://www.jcpa.org/art/knesset1.htm
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| | Knesset - Uncyclopedia |
| | There are exactly 120 seats in the main hall of the Knesset, allowing up to 40 participants in each vote, since every voter sometimes enjoy pressing up to 3 voting buttons, and there were some legal issues in the past... | | | Failing it will result in the nominee's terrible death on the kitchen table of the cafeteria. | | | The members of the Knesset are all coming from one and only party, the good ol' party for the benefit of Israel and all other nations we care about. |
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http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Knesset
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| | In recent weeks have born witness to the wheeling-and-dealing between parties striving for the crown. | | | But voters will testify beyond any doubt that the public wants to see more women in the Knesset. | | | Erela Golan is a member of Knesset for the Shinui party |
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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3181664,00.html
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| | Transferring the Knesset and Cabinet to Jerusalem |
| | The Knesset declares that Israel does not recognize the rule of King Abdullah, the British agent, in the Old City of Jerusalem and the rest of Palestine. | | | In a mood of defiance, the Knesset approved the Government's proposal to transfer the Knesset and the Cabinet to Jerusalem. | | | The Speaker, J. Sprinzak: Knesset members, the House has heard the Prime Minister's statement and those of the factions. |
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http://www.jcpa.org/art/knesset5.htm
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| | My Israel Source - Singing My Song |
| | At the Declaration of the State on May 14th, 1948, it was sung by the assembly at the opening of the ceremony and played by members of the Palestine symphony orchestra at its conclusion. | | | It was sung at the ceremony of the Declaration of the State on May 14, 1948. | | | However, it has not been given official status as Israel's national anthem, which would require an act of Knesset. |
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http://www.myisraelsource.com/content/Activities/singingmysong
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| | IMRA - Thursday, February 27, 2003 Biographies of Cabinet |
| | Member, House Committee; Constitution, Law and Justice Committee; The State | | | Member, House Committee; Economics Committee; Constitution, Law and Justice | | | Chairman, Committee for the Computerization of the Knesset |
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http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=15979
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| | The Head Heeb: The Arab Representatives: First Knesset |
| | Arab representatives have sat in every Knesset since 1948, but until Ariel Sharon appointed Saleh Tarif as the first non-Jewish minister in 2001, the unwritten rules of Israeli politics kept them out of government. | | | Toubi, who was 26 when he was elected to the First Knesset, was a civil servant who joined the Palestine Communist Party in 1940 and became a member of the Central Committee of the Israeli Communist Party after independence. | | | One who did not refrain was Tawfik Toubi, a Communist who was one of the longest-serving Knesset members of any nationality, resigning in 1990. |
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| | BBC NEWS Middle East Knesset backs Sharon on roadmap |
| | Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has won a vote in the country's parliament, the Knesset, backing his handling of the US-backed Middle East peace plan. | | | The prime minister stressed that the Knesset vote, which he won by 57 votes to 42, was not on the roadmap itself, but on his handling of the current situation. | | | Others criticized the policy of targeting the leaders of Hamas, questioning Mr Sharon's commitment to the roadmap. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2995886.stm
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| | Arutz Sheva - Israel National News |
| | Prime Minister Ariel Sharon also addressed the Knesset prior to the German President’s speech. | | | Rivlin urged the German President to use his platform to condemn such hate-filled parties in German from the Knesset podium. | | | Much controversy surrounded the Knesset address, with some Knesset Members boycotting the occasion and protesters loudly decrying the event outside. |
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http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=76317
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| | Knesset Shaken By Earthquake |
| | Rivlin, who opened the session after an hour-and-a-half delay, said he had feared that the beams could have been a "guillotine" for the ministers table and seats of senior MKs. | | | MK Ayoub Kara (Likud) was especially shaken by the tremor, which he said was his first. | | | Kara, who fled from the Knesset Finance Committee, complained to Rivlin that there are no emergency exists in the Knesset to evacuate MKs. |
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| | Ynetnews - News - Knesset Speaker: Vote for more decent MKs | | | The Knesset also approved with a majority of 76 votes a bill by Balad MK Azmi Bishara to compensate victims of Polio despite government opposition. | | | Attempts to pass the Polio compensation law over the last 11 years were unsuccessful. |
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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3188077,00.html
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| | About Major Knesset Debates, 1948-1981 |
| | 5 -- Seventh Knesset (1969-1973), Eighth Knesset (1974-1977); Vol. | | | He served as Secretary General of the Knesset from 1972 to 1983, following a distinguished career in both the Israel Defense Forces and the diplomatic corps. | | | 1 -- The Knesset: Israel's Parliament, People's Council and Provisional Council of State (1948-1949); Vol. |
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| | Israel to cede control of Egypt-Gaza border to Egypt. 01/09/2005. ABC News Online |
| | The deal was approved by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's cabinet on Sunday and brought to Parliament after months of discussions, in which ministers demanded assurances Egypt would not allow weapons to move in and out of Gaza. | | | The Israeli Parliament has approved a deal to hand control of a buffer zone along the Gaza-Egypt border to Egyptian security forces after Israel completes its pullout from the territory. | | | The agreement, sanctioning the deployment of 750 Egyptian border police on the Egyptian side of the Gaza frontier to replace Israeli troops stationed in the volatile "Philadelphi Corridor", passed by a vote of 53-28, the Knesset said. |
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| | israelinsider: politics: Arab construction workers at Knesset "marked" with red X |
| | Someone has made a terrible mistake and tarnished the Knesset's name," Tibi said. | | | MK Mohammad Barakeh (Hadash-Ta'al) announced that he would raise the subject during a meeting of the Knesset Presidium today. | | | The instructions were issued even though many of the workers were cleared by the General Security Service within the last month, the paper said. |
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http://web.israelinsider.com/bin/en.jsp?enPage=ArticlePage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enDispWho=Article^l3402&enZone=Politics&enVersion=0&
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| | Home / Headlines / Jewish World Knesset of Israel - Media Monitors Network (MMN) |
| | World will see that 11 Jewish senators of the United States are also the member of the Jewish Israeli Knesset, representing Jewish Israeli State in the U.S. Senate and representing U.S. in the Jewish Israeli Knesset. | | | And who knows that one day a Jewish president of the United States will also be the president of the Jewish state called Israel. | | | Special meeting was held at the official residence of the President Moshe Katzav. |
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http://usa.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/12501
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| | Document: Historic Knesset Petition to Free Pollard |
| | Prime Minister Ariel Sharon hand-delivered the Knesset petition to President Bush when they met on February 7, 2002. | | | The petition which was signed by 110 Members of Knesset - every single member of every Jewish political faction (including Arab members) - is representative of the entire population of the Jewish State. | | | Never before in the history of the State of Israel has any issue received the support and signatures of 110 Knesset members. |
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http://www.jonathanpollard.org/2002/022402.htm
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| | English Gateway to the Knesset Website |
| | With the approach of the elections for the 17th Knesset, the Knesset Website in conjunction with the Central Elections Committee presents this informative elections site. | | | The Knesset building will house the counting of the elections votes and will therefore be closed from March 26, 2006 through April 3, 2006. | | | Here, one can find the names of the lists running for elections, important notices for the public, and general information about elections in Israel. |
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http://www.knesset.gov.il/main/eng/home.asp
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| | ISN Security Watch - Knesset approves unilateral Gaza withdrawal |
| | Public Security Minister Uzi Landau and Deputy Minister Michael Ratzon, both members of Sharonâs Likud party, voted against the plan. | | | Sharonâs proposal was backed by a majority of 65 Members of the Knesset (MK) - including 23 votes from Likud MKs, 21 from the Labour party, 14 Shinui MKs, six Yahad MKs, two United Arab List members, and one National Union MK. | | | The bill drafted by the Knesset mandates compensation and evacuation procedures for settlements in Gaza and the West Bank. |
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http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=10031
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| | KNESSET Update |
| | Political parties gear up for final two days of election campaigns. | | | He is a brilliant intellectual and thinker, not only in comparison to the rest of his colleagues in the Knesset's Arab parties. | | | Ezra had claimed in the media that he did not prevent the officers from testifying and it was they who did want to do so. |
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| | ADL Welcomes Knesset Approval of Hate Crimes Law Penalty Enhancement Amendment | | |
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) hailed Knesset approval of a penalty enhancement law for Hate Crimes. | | | Penalty enhancement statutes such as the one the Knesset passed this week have been an important component of hate crimes legislation in the |
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| | Technorati Tag: knesset |
| | Yizhak Katz "shows the Kadima party winning 52 Knesset seats. | | | Here's a bizarre story: Rivera says he was ready to relocate to Israel a few years ago and run for a seat in the Knesset in order to advance his... | | | Globes has some new polling data: "The decline in support for the Kadima party is continuing, and this week it is seen winning 34-35 Knesset seats... |
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| | Jerusalem Post: Knesset slammed for irregularities in hiring workers, building new wing@ HighBeam Research |
| | Thursday, May 6, 2004 -- The Knesset has failed to be an equal-opportunity employer and "deviated from the norms" of state administration, State Comptroller Eliezer Goldberg found in the first audit of the Knesset made public since its establishment. | | | This material is published under license from the publisher through ProQuest Information and Learning Company, Ann Arbor, Michigan. | | | The probe, conducted in 2002 and 2003, also found that the Knesset has been giving irregular benefits and salary increases to its workers. |
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| | Knesset |
| | Blossoming Rose was one of the groups that worked in the gardens and was, for a few years, the caretaker of the United States section of this international garden. | | | Tour groups from the United States, under the direction of Blossoming Rose, spent several days each year planting roses and maintaining the USA section. | | | Many nations sponsor a section of the gardens that are located next to the Knesset building. |
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http://www.blossomingrose.org/restore/Knesset/Knesset.htm
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| | Knesset El Shaddai |
| | This page is maintained by Knesset El Shaddai. | | | Knesset El Shaddai has sparked many ministries and helped many lives in the past. | | | Because of logistics however, we will no longer meet as an organized group in Bethlehem, PA. We encourage all who come here to seek out a place to worship with a comunity of faith in their own location. |
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| | The Knesset Forum |
| | The Knesset Forum on the Middle East is a non-partisan parliamentary group representing a broad range of political opinion that addresses the information gap in Israel's parliament (Knesset) and in the international community about the situation in the Middle East. | | | knesset forum on the middle east, peace process, jerusalem, refugees, palestinian, palestinians, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Israel, international relations, dialogue, my name, israeli parliament, non-partisan |
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| | The Knesset Table of Contents |
| | Members of the 15th Knesset (In alphabetical order) | | | Knesset Resolution on the Limitation of Nazi Crimes |
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| | Think-Israel |
| | Please e-mail your concerns to Prime Minister Sharon and Members of Knesset: | | | Moreover, an Israeli withdrawal would include the forced mass expulsion of Jews from their homes and communities for no other reason than that they are Jews an action that would be deemed immoral and racist if it were applied to any other minority group in any other country. | | | It will also become an arsenal for independent development and production of arms. |
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| | Sadat before the Knesset |
| | Or, return to the beginning of the exhibit. | | | Speaker of the Knesset, ladies and gentlemen, allow me first to thank deeply the Speaker of the Knesset for affording me this opportunity to address you.... | | | I come to you today on solid ground to shape a new life and to establish peace. |
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