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Definition of Knesset
1. Noun. The Israeli unicameral parliament.
Definition of Knesset
1. Proper noun. The Israeli parliament, located in Jerusalem. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Knesset
1. the Israeli parliament [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knesset
Literary usage of Knesset
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Eizenstat Report and Related Issues Concerning United States and Allied edited by James A. Leach (1999)
"... a member of the Israeli Knesset and Chairman of the Knesset's Committee on
Restitution. ... CHAIRMAN, ISRAELI Knesset RESTITUTION COMMITTEE Mr. ..."
2. 40 Km Into Lebanon: Israel's 1982 Invasion by H. Thomas Davis (1995)
"The supreme power in Israel is the country's Parliament, known as the Knesset,
a 120-member body elected for a four-year term unless it votes to dissolve ..."
3. Images of Israel by Hanan Isachar, Danny Ben-Tal, Hedva Isachar Canetti (1994)
"In October 1992 the building was inaugurated, located close to the parliament of
Israel, the Knesset. The combinations of straight lines, symbolizing law, ..."
4. Land Or Peace: Whither Israel? by Yael Yishai (1987)
"Eshkol, a member of a pragmatic party and a known dove, displayed the joy and
exhilaration shared by the majority of Knesset members. ..."
5. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"Knesset for the simultaneous translation ot all speeches into Arabic. ... There ha
Cabinet and a single- chamber Parliament (Knesset Israel) of xao members. ..."
6. For the Land and the Lord: Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel by Ian Lustick (1988)
"Gershon Shafat, another Gush Emunim stalwart and also religious, was the fifth
candidate elected to the Knesset that year. Tehiya received 23 percent of the ..."