Knesset

The Knesset
The Knesset ; הכנסת; HaKnesset
	23rd Knesset
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Speaker	Yariv Levin, Likud ; Since 17 May 2020
Prime Minister	Benjamin Netanyahu, Likud ; Since 31 March 2009
Opposition Leader	Yair Lapid, Yesh Atid ; Since 17 May 2020
Structure
Seats	120
Political groups	Likud faction (37) Likud (36); The Jewish Home (1); ; Yesh Atid-Telem (16) Yesh Atid (13); Telem (3); ; Blue and White (15) Resilience (15); ; Joint List (15) Hadash (5) Maki (3); Independents (2); ; Ra'am (4); Balad (3); Ta'al (3); ; Shas (9); United Torah Judaism (7) Agudat Yisrael (4); Degel HaTorah (3); ; Yisrael Beiteinu (7); Yamina (5) New Right (3); National Union (2); ; Labor (3); Meretz (3); Derekh Eretz (2); Gesher (1);
Elections
Voting system	Party-list proportional representation; D'Hondt method
Last election	2 March 2020
Meeting place
	Knesset, Givat Ram, West Jerusalem, Israel
Website
	www.knesset.gov.il

The Knesset (Hebrew: הכנסת‎ - lit. HaKnesset; meaning the gathering^[1] 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.