Major Knesset Debates, 1948-1981
Edited by Netanel Lorch
Contents
Foreword - Daniel J. Elazar
General Introduction: The Knesset -- Israel's Parliament
PEOPLE'S COUNCIL
4-14 May 1948
Introduction
Report by Chairman of the People's Directorate on the Political
and Military Situation -- Sitting 1, 4 May 1948
Statement by the Chairman of the People's Council --
Sitting 2, 5 May 1948
Draft of Declaration of Establishment of State of
Israel --
Sitting 3, 14 May 1948
Declaration of Establishment of State of Israel -- Sitting 4, 14 May 1948
PROVISIONAL COUNCIL OF STATE
14 May 1948-10 February 1949
Introduction
Proclamation of State -- Statements; Law and Administration
Ordinance, 1948 --
Sitting 1, 16 May 1948
Prime Minister's Report; Declaration of State of Emergency;
Merchant Navy Flag; Stamp Ordinance; Questions and Answers --
Sitting 2, 19 May 1948
Prime Minister's Report -- Debate --
Sitting 3, 3 June 1948
Prime Minister's Statement; Report of Foreign Minister --
Sitting 4, 17 June 1948
Altalena Incident --
Sitting 5, 23 June 1948
Altalena Incident -- Conclusion and Vote; Situation in Jerusalem --
Sitting 6, 24 June 1948
Government's Reply to U.N. Mediator's Proposals --
Sitting 8, 5 July 1948
Flag and Emblem of State --
Sitting 10, 15 July 1948
Foreign Minister's Report --
Sitting 12, 29 July 1948
Prime Minister's Statement Following Assassination of U.N.
Mediator --
Sitting 19, 23 September 1948
U.N. Mediator's Report --
Sitting 20, 27 September 1948
Prime Minister's Report on Renewed Fighting in the Negev; State
Emblem and Flag --
Sitting 24, 28 October 1948
Political Debate Prior to Armistice Negotiations at Rhodes --
Sitting 35, 11 November 1948
Conclusions of Foreign Affairs Committee --
Sitting 36, 13 January 1949
General Amnesty Order, 1949 --
Sitting 40, 10 February 1949
FIRST KNESSET 1949-1951
Opening Sitting --
Sitting 1, 14 February 1949
Transition Act --
Sitting 4, 16 February 1949
Inauguration of President of State of Israel --
Sitting 6, 17 February 1949
Formation of Cabinet --
Sitting 7, 8 March 1949
Debate on Formation of Cabinet and its Program --
Sitting 8, 8 March 1949
American Credit Loan --
Sitting 7, 8 March 1949; Sitting 13, 17 March 1949
State Comptroller Law --
Sitting 14, 21 March 1949
Armistice Agreements with Arab Countries --
Sitting 20, 4 April 1949
Armistice Agreement with Syria --
Sitting 58, 20 July 1949;
Sitting 62, 1 August 1949
Special Sitting to Mark Reinterment of Theodor Herzl's Remains --
Sitting 69, 16 August 1949
Prime Minister's Statement Concerning Jerusalem and Holy Places --
Sitting 96, 5 December 1949
Transferring Knesset and Cabinet to Jerusalem --
Sitting 96, 13 December 1949
Annexation of West Bank by Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan --
Sitting 135, 3 May 1950
Institution for Coordinating Between Government and Zionist
Organization --
Sitting 139, 15 May 1950
Law of Return; Nationality Law --
Sitting 160, 3 July 1950;
Sitting 162, 5 July 1950
Korean Question --
Sitting 161, 4 July 1950
Judges Law --
Sitting 231, 26 February 1951
Foreign Minister's Statement on Conflict with Syria --
Sitting 251, 14 May 1951
Security Council Resolution Regarding Hula Region --
Sitting 258, 29 May 1951
Conclusion of First Knesset --
Sitting 272, 20 August 1951
SECOND KNESSET 1952-1955
Reparations from Germany --
Sitting 38, 7 January 1952
Official Language Bill --
Sitting 102, 2 July 1952
Motion of No-Confidence by Mapam --
Sitting 128, 27 August 1952
Prague Trial --
Sitting 141, 24 November 1952
Severing of Diplomatic Relations with Israel by Soviet Union --
Sitting 189, 16 February 1953
Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Act -- Yad Vashem --
Sitting 227, 12 May 1953
Trial and Execution of Dr. Moshe Marzouk and Samuel Azaar in
Cairo --
Sitting 541, 31 January 1955
Change in Composition of Government --
Sitting 554, 21 February 1955
THIRD KNESSET 1955-1959
Presentation of Government --
Sittings 19-21; 2-3 November 1955
Foreign Policy and Defense --
Sittings 50-55; 2-4, 9 January 1956
Herut's Proposal of No-Confidence --
Sitting 92, 6 March 1956
Bill to Ban Pig-Rearing in Israel --
Sitting 122, 23 May 1956
Changes in Composition of Government (Foreign Minister's
Resignation) --
Sitting 138, 18 June 1956;
Sitting 140, 19 June 1956
Diplomatic Relations with West Germany --
Sitting 146, 2 July 1956
Foreign Policy and Defense (Pre-Sinai Campaign) --
Sittings 169-173; 15-17 October 1956
Political and Military Situation --
Sittings 182-183; 7 November 1956
Implementation of U.N. Assembly Resolution --
Sitting 187, 14 November 1956
Persecution of Jews in Egypt --
Sitting 196, 25 November 1956
Incident in the Villages of the Triangle --
Sitting 203, 12 December 1956
Herut's Motion of No-Confidence --
Sitting 223, 15 January 1957
Foreign Policy and Defense --
Sitting 228, 23 January 1957
Foreign Policy and Defense --
Sittings 249-250, 252; 21-22, 25 February 1957
Political Situation --
Sittings 256-258; 5-6 March 1957
James de Rothschild's Bequest --
Sitting 331, 22 July 1957
In Memory of Colonel Nehemia Argov --
Sitting 358, 18 November 1957
Speaker's Address on Knesset's Tenth Anniversary --
Sitting 581, 26 January 1958
FOURTH KNESSET 1960-1961
Arms Sales to Germany --
Sitting 35, 20 January 1960
Questions and Answers about Nazi War Criminal Eichmann --
Sitting 60, 29 February 1960
Religious Front's Motion of No-Confidence --
Sitting 97, 18 May 1960
Prime Minister's Statement on Arrest of Eichmann --
Sitting 98, 23 May 1960
Minister of Justice's Statement to Press Regarding Eichmann Trial --
Sitting 109, 8 June 1960
Prime Minister's Review of Lavon Affair --
Sittings 156-160; 24-26 October 1960
Lavon Affair --
Sitting 180, 23 November 1960;
Sitting 205, 3 January 1961;
Sitting 212, 16 January 1961
Sinking of Immigrant Ship Off Coast of Morocco --
Sitting 214, 18 January 1961
Courts (Offenses Punishable by Death) Law, 5721-1961 --
Sitting 214, 18 January 1961
Lavon Affair (Dayan's Speech) --
Sitting 217, 24 January 1961
Motion of No-Confidence by Herut and General Zionists --
Sitting 220, 30 January 1961
Resignation of Government --
Sitting 223, 1 February 1961
Prime Minister's Application to Supreme Court Judge Regarding
Meaning of "Bias" --
Sitting 239, 27 February 1961
Security Procedures in Ministry of Defense --
Sitting 274, 17 May 1961
Israel-Diaspora Relations --
Sitting 274, 17 May 1961
FIFTH KNESSET 1961-1965
Israel's Vote at U.N. Regarding Sanctions Against South Africa --
Sitting 34, 27 November 1961
Press Reports of Israeli Weapons in Possession of Portuguese Army --
Sitting 38, 29 November 1961
Israel and the Common Market --
Sitting 48, 13 December 1961
Vote by Israel's Delegation to U.N. on Refugee Problem --
Sitting 68, 10 January 1962
Reparations for Austrian Jews who were Victims of Nazi
Persecution --
Sitting 83, 31 January 1962
Disappearance of Yossele Schumacher --
Sitting 121, 3 April 1962
U.N. Security Council Resolution (Reprisal Against Syria) --
Sitting 126, 10 April 1962
Motion of No-Confidence (Soblen Affair) --
Sitting 155, 11 July 1962
Amendment of Transition Law on International Conventions --
Sitting 204, 9 January 1963
Activities of German Scientists in Egypt --
Sitting 234, 20 March 1963
Prime Minister's Position and Resignation of Head of Security
Services --
Special Sitting, 7 April 1963
Making the Mediterranean a Nuclear-Free Zone --
Sitting 238, 12 June 1963
Human Rights Charter --
Sitting 320, 15 January 1964
Prime Minister's Resignation --
Sitting 421, 15 December 1964
Prime Minister's Statement on Establishment of Diplomatic
Relations with West Germany --
Sitting 460, 16 March 1965
SIXTH KNESSET 1965-1969
Opening Sitting (Ben-Gurion's Address) --
Sitting 1, 22 November 1965
Claim Regarding Atomic Work at Dimona Reactor --
Sitting 7, 7 December 1965
Reports of Visits to Dimona Reactor by U.S. Government
Representatives --
Sitting 79, 5 July 1966;
Sitting 81, 11 July 1966
Budget Law, 5726-1966 --
Sitting 51, 23 March 1966
New Knesset Building; Basic Law: the Government --
Special Sitting, 31 August 1966
Prime Minister's Statement on Defense and Political Situation --
Sitting 97, 17 October 1966
Proposal to Make President Head of Armed Forces --
Sitting 105, 2 November 1966
Abolition of the Military Government --
Sitting 107, 8 November 1966
Security Situation --
Sitting 137, 17 January 1967
Budget Law, 5727-1967 --
Sitting 149, 14 February 1967
Situation on Syrian Border --
Sitting 174, 12 April 1967
Political and Security Situation --
Sittings 176-177, 22-23 May 1967
Security Situation --
Sitting 179, 29 May 1967
Prime Minister's Statement on Military Situation --
Sitting 182, 5 June 1967
Commemoration of IDF Casualties and Congratulations on Victory in
Battle --
Sitting 183, 12 June 1967
Attacks on Jews in Arab Countries --
Sitting 186, 21 June 1967
Preparation of a Peace Plan --
Sitting 186, 21 June 1967
Treatment of Arab Population in Administered Areas and Fate of
Men in Sinai Desert --
Sitting 186, 21 June 1967
Statements by Prominent Persons Regarding Return of Liberated
Territory to the Enemy --
Sitting 186, 21 June 1967
Reunification of Jerusalem --
Sitting 188, 27 June 1967
Arrangements for Appropriate Behavior at Holy Places --
Sitting 191, 4 July 1967
Questions and Answers --
Sitting 258, 26 February 1968
Municipal Services in East Jerusalem --
Sitting 261, 4 March 1968
Proposal for Senior Council of State --
Sitting 304, 3 July 1968
Beginning the War of Attrition --
Sitting 329, 29 October 1968
Political Affiliations of IDF Officers --
Sitting 372, 5 February 1969
Death of Prime Minister Levi Eshkol --
Memorial Sitting, 6 March 1969
Composition and Program of New Government --
Sitting 388, 17 March 1969
Public Financing of Election Campaigns --
Sitting 351, 18 December 1968;
Sitting 369, 29 January 1969;
Sitting 426, 14 July 1969
Statement by Minister of Defense Regarding Israel's Refusal to
Withdraw from Sharm el-Sheikh Even for Peace with Egypt --
Sitting 427, 15 July 1969
Speaker's Address at Conclusion of Sixth Knesset --
Sitting 429, 17 July 1969
SEVENTH KNESSET 1970-1973
Motion of No-Confidence by Ha'Olam Hazeh-Ko'ah Hadash --
Sitting 35, 3 February 1970
Who is a Jew? --
Sittings 37-38; 9-10 February 1970
Break-up of National Unity Government --
Sitting 101, 12 August 1970
Advance of Egyptian Missiles Towards Suez Canal --
Sitting 102, 13 August 1970
Expanding and Intensifying Jewish Education in the Diaspora --
Sitting 104, 1 February 1971
Debate on Proposed Basic Law: Human and Civil Rights --
Sitting 458, 17 September 1973
Kidnapping of Soviet Jewish Immigrants in Austria --
Sitting 460, 1 October 1973
Yom Kippur War --
Sitting 461, 16 October 1973
Response to U.S. Appeal for Ceasefire --
Sitting 462, 23 October 1973
Elections to Eighth Knesset and Local Authorities (Temporary
Provision) Law, 5734-1973 --
Sitting 463, 24 October 1973
Demand for Immediate Release of Israeli Prisoners of War in Egypt
and Syria --
Sitting 465, 30 October 1973
In Honor of the Late David Ben-Gurion --
Sitting 475, 10 December 1973
Government's Decision to Participate in Geneva Conference --
Sitting 479, 20 December 1973
EIGHTH KNESSET 1974-1977
Basic Law: the Knesset (Amendment); Knesset Elections Law **Rev*
(Consolidated Version) (Amendment), 5734-1974 --
Sitting 36, 3 April 1974
Prime Minister's Resignation; Interim Report of Commission of
Inquiry into Yom Kippur War --
Sitting 37, 11 April 1974
Terrorist Attack in Ma'alot --
Sitting 47, 20 May 1974
Implementing Death Penalty for Terrorists --
Sitting 49, 22 May 1974
Disengagement of Forces Agreement with Syria --
Sitting 52, 30 May 1974
Torture of Israeli Prisoners of War in Syria --
Sitting 58, 12 June 1974
Visit to Israel of U.S. President Nixon --
Sitting 61, 19 June 1974
Basic Law: the Army; Military Justice (Amendment No. 9) Law,
5735-1975 --
Sitting 207, 30 July 1975
Interim Agreement between Israel and Egypt --
Sitting 210, 3 September 1975
U.N. "Zionism is Racism" Resolution --
Sitting 224, 11 November 1975
Israel's Responsibility for and Policy towards Diaspora Jewry --
Sitting 231, 26 November 1975
PLO Participation at U.N. Security Council --
Sitting 252, 14 January 1976
Supply of French Atomic Reactors to Iraq --
Sitting 257, 27 January 1976
Deteriorating Situation in Lebanon --
Sitting 258, 28 January 1976
Egypt's Threats of War in Violation of Interim Agreement --
Sitting 273, 3 March 1976
Dismissing Cabinet Ministers --
Sitting 306, 16 June 1976
Allon Plan --
Sitting 333, 21 September 1976
Basic Law: the Knesset (Amendment No. 6), 5736-1976 --
Sitting 344, 15 November 1976
Motion of No-Confidence by Orthodox Religious Front --
Sitting 357, 14 December 1976
Requiring a Quorum in the Knesset --
Sitting 363, 28 December 1976
Budget Law, 5737-1977 --
Sitting 374, 24 January 1977
Conclusion of Eighth Knesset --
Sitting 397, 16 March 1977
NINTH KNESSET 1977-1981
Presentation of New Government --
Sitting 3, 20 June 1977
Problems of Drafting Women into Army --
Sitting 6, 29 June 1977
Prime Minister's Statement on Visit to U.S. --
Sitting 18, 27 July 1977
Political Situation in Light of Joint U.S.-U.S.S.R. Statement --
Sitting 27, 13 October 1977
Knesset Visit of Egyptian President Sadat --
Sitting 43, 20 November 1977
Israel's Peace Plan --
Sitting 61, 28 December 1977
Political Situation and Reply to Sadat's Speech --
Sitting 71, 23 January 1978
Camp David Accords --
Sitting 145, 25 September 1978
German Statute of Limitations for Nazi War Crimes --
Sitting 156, 20 November 1978
Electoral Reform Proposal --
Sitting 178, 10 January 1979
U.S. President Carter Addresses Knesset --
Sitting 203, 12 March 1979
Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt --
Sitting 206, 20 March 1979
Proposed Change in Parliamentary Immunity Law --
Sitting 231, 6 June 1979
Proposal to Allow Prime Minister to Dismiss Ministers --
Sitting 231, 6 June 1979
Basic Law: Jerusalem the Capital of Israel --
Sitting 360, 23 July 1980
Proposal for Unilateral Autonomy in the Territories --
Sitting 399, 24 December 1980
Proposed Basic Law: Declaration of Independence --
Sitting 402, 31 December 1980
Political and Military Situation -- Sitting 442, 11 May 1981
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