Constituent Assembly elections were held in newly independent Israel on 25 January 1949. Voter turnout was 86.9%. Two days after its first meeting on 14 February 1949, legislators voted to change the
David Ben-Gurion campaigning for Mapai before the election of the Israeli Constituent Assembly, 20 January 1949
Mapai posters comparing Herut leader Menachem Begin to Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.
Israeli election posters, 1949
Voting in Nazareth 1949
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The Knesset is the unicameral legislature of Israel.
1949 Israeli Constituent Assembly election
…January 1949. Voter turnout was 86.9%. Two days after its first meeting on 14 February 1949, legislators voted to change the name of the body to the Knesset (Hebrew: כנסת, translated as Assembly). It is known today as the First Knesset. During the establishment of the state of Israel in May 1948, Israel's…
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The Knesset in winter
Historic engraving on the Froumine House, King George St., Jerusalem
Knesset building (2007)