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The Candidates
Barak, Begin,
Mordechai, Netanyahu
Bishara

Political Blocs & Parties
The political spectrum
The party lists
The Left
The Right
The Center
Religious parties
Sephardic parties
Immigrant parties
Arab parties
Women in politics

Campaign Issues
Peace and security
Economy and social issues

The Electoral System
Knesset elections
Elections for the PM
Who can stand
Who can vote
The Parties Law

System of Government
Knesset
Constitutional law
Government

Former PMs
A thumbnail guide to Israel's past leaders

Israel's Political History
An overview of the first 50 years, period by period.

Link Center
Hot links to other election sites and resources.

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Women
There have never been more than 12 women (out of 120 MKs) in any Knesset, and a women's party, WIZO, was elected only once, to the First Knesset. Women's parties ran in the elections to the Ninth, 13th, and 14th Knessets, but did not pass the qualifying threshold.

Traditionally, more women have been elected in the left-wing parties than in the right-wing ones. Two parties -- the left-wing Ratz and the right-wing Tehiya -- were founded by women, Shulamit Aloni and Geula Cohen, respectively. Israel has had one woman prime minister, Golda Meir (1969-74), and in the second Rabin governent there were two women ministers, Ora Namir (Labor) and Shulamit Aloni (Meretz).

There were nine women in the 14th Knesset: three in the Labor Party, two in the Likud, two in Meretz, one in Hadash, and one in Yisrael Ba'aliya. The number of women in the 15th Knesset is likely to grow to 12 or more, and for the first time an Arab woman has a chance of getting into the Knesset - not within the framework of the Arab parties, but within the framework of Meretz.

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Party spectrum

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The Left
The Right
The Center
The Religious Parties

Ethnic and New Immigrant Parties
Sephardic Parties
Immigrant Parties
Arab Parties
Women

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