Knesset

HaKnesset
‎הכנסת
الكنيست
HaKnesset ; ‎הכנסת; الكنيست
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Speaker	Yuli Edelstein, HaLikud ; Since March 18, 2013
Leader of the Opposition	Yitzhak Herzog, HaAvoda-The Zionist Union ; Since November 25, 2013
Structure
Seats	120
Political groups	Coalition parties (66): HaLikud (30); Kulanu (10); HaBayit HaYehudi (8); Shas (7); United Torah Judaism (6); Yisrael Beiteinu (5); Opposition parties (54): The Zionist Union (24) HaAvoda / The Labor (19); HaTnu'a (4); HaTnu'a HaYeruqa (1); ; The Joint List (13) Hadash (5); Balad (3); Ra'am (3); Ta'al (2); ; Yesh Atid (11); Meretz (5); Independent (1) ;
Meeting place
	Knesset, Jerusalem
Website
	www.knesset.gov.il

The Knesset (Hebrew: הכנסת‎ - lit. HaKnesset; meaning the gathering^[2] or assembly; Arabic: الكنيست‎) is the legislative branch of the government of Israel. It makes laws, elects the president and prime minister, supervises the work of the government, and has the power to remove the President and the State Comptroller from office and to call new elections. The Knesset has de jure authority to make and change any laws without being overturned. It can pass any law by a simple majority. There are 120 members in the Knesset.