Sentence examples for or knesset from inspiring English sources

On Monday, Mr. Barak, Israel's most decorated soldier, assumed his combat-ready posture when he faced down a Parliament, or Knesset, in revolt against him.

The bill was introduced in the Israeli parliament, or Knesset, yesterday with the support of at least 17 MPs from different parties.

Mr. Barak is expected get through one more rancorous session of the Parliament, or Knesset, on Wednesday before it adjourns for its regular three-month vacation.

Fifty-seven members of the parliament, or Knesset, voted Wednesday to approve the draft legislation in the first of three readings, while 51 were against it.

He now has only a minority of 42 seats in the 120-member Parliament, or Knesset, after the walkout by Shas, the party of Sephardic Jews (17 seats), the orthodox National Religious Party (5) and Natan Sharansky's party of recent Russian immigrants (5).

But not since the 2009 general election, when Mr Netanyahu - as leader of Likud, the second largest party in the 120-seat parliament or Knesset - put together a right-wing coalition which, up until this week, looked strong, focused and relatively popular.

A heated debate erupted as soon as the holiday was over, even though it was — and still is— unclear whether the bill would strengthen the court or the Knesset.

Why would I want to serve an Israeli flag or vote for the Knesset or serve in the Israeli Army?" One evening, I met with Rivlin's predecessor, Shimon Peres, who, at ninety-one, presides at a peace center named for him in Jaffa.

Glick fails to understand or distinguish for her readership the difference between actual government policy and a public threat or statement levied by a government minister or member of Knesset.

Mitterlehner had tried to relocate the meeting to the Israeli Knesset or the King David Hotel, both in West Jerusalem, or in Tel Aviv.

Mr. Barak's Labor Party has 24 votes in the Knesset, or Parliament, but can gather from allied parties a dozen or more of the total of 120.