List of members of the twelfth Knesset

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The 120 members of the twelfth Knesset were elected on 1 November 1988. The breakdown by party was as follows:

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List of members

MemberPartyNotes
Aharon Abuhatzira Likud
Shaul Amor Likud
Moshe Arens Likud
Benny Begin Likud
Eliyahu Ben-Elissar Likud
Yigal Cohen Likud
Haim Corfu Likud
Sarah Doron Likud
Michael Eitan Likud
Ovadia Eli Likud
Gideon Gadot Likud
Yosef Goldberg Likud Left party to establish the New Liberal Party, but later returned to Likud
Pinchas Goldstein Likud Left party to establish the New Liberal Party
Pesach Grupper Likud Left party to establish the New Liberal Party
Tzachi Hanegbi Likud
Yigal Hurvitz Likud
Moshe Katsav Likud
Uzi Landau Likud
David Levy Likud
Uriel Lynn Likud
David Magen Likud
Joshua Matza Likud
Dan Meridor Likud
Roni Milo Likud
Yitzhak Moda'i Likud Left party to establish the New Liberal Party
Benjamin Netanyahu Likud
Moshe Nissim Likud
Ehud Olmert Likud
Gideon Patt Likud
Yehuda Perah Likud
Reuven Rivlin Likud
Yehoshua Saguy Likud
Ya'akov Shamai Likud
Yitzhak Shamir Likud
Avraham Sharir Likud Left party to establish the New Liberal Party, but later returned to Likud
Ariel Sharon Likud
Dov Shilansky Likud
Zalman Shoval Likud
Dan Tichon Likud
Ariel Weinstein Likud
Nava Arad Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Shoshana Arbeli-Almozlino Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Haim Bar-Lev Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Michael Bar-Zohar Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Uzi Baram Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Yossi Beilin Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Eli Ben-Menachem Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Avraham Burg Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Ra'anan Cohen Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Eli Dayan Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Rafael Edri Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Aryeh Eliav Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Gedalia Gal Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Micha Goldman Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Efraim Gur Alignment Left party to establish the Unity for Peace and Immigration, which merged into Likud
Mordechai Gur Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Michael Harish Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Shlomo Hillel Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Avraham Katz-Oz Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Israel Kessar Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
David Libai Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Nawaf Massalha Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Hagai Meirom Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Ora Namir Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Yitzhak Navon Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Shimon Peres Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Amir Peretz Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Yitzhak Rabin Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Haim Ramon Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Moshe Shahal Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Shimon Shetreet Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Avraham Shochat Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Edna Solodar Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Ya'akov Tzur Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Shevah Weiss Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Ezer Weizman Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Gad Yaacobi Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Emanuel Zisman Alignment Faction dissolved and renamed Labor Party
Yosef Azran Shas
Shlomo Dayan Shas
Aryeh Gamliel Shas
Yair Levy Shas
Yitzhak Peretz Shas Left party to establish Moria
Rafael Pinhasi Shas
Moshe Ze'ev Feldman Agudat Yisrael
Shmuel Halpert Agudat Yisrael
Eliezer Mizrahi Agudat Yisrael Left party to establish Geulat Yisrael
Menachem Porush Agudat Yisrael
Avraham Verdiger Agudat Yisrael
Shulamit Aloni Ratz Party merged into Meretz
Ran Cohen Ratz Party merged into Meretz
Yossi Sarid Ratz Party merged into Meretz
Mordechai Virshubski Ratz Party merged into Meretz
David Zucker Ratz Party merged into Meretz
Yigal Bibi National Religious Party
Zevulun Hammer National Religious Party
Yitzhak Levy National Religious Party
Hanan Porat National Religious Party
Avner Shaki National Religious Party
Charlie Biton Hadash Left party to sit as an independent, before establishing the Black Panthers
Tawfik Toubi Hadash
Meir Vilner Hadash
Tawfiq Ziad Hadash
Geula Cohen Tehiya
Yuval Ne'eman Tehiya
Eliezer Waldman Tehiya
Hussein Faris Mapam Party merged into Meretz
Haim Oron Mapam Party merged into Meretz
Yair Tzaban Mapam Party merged into Meretz
Rafael Eitan Tzomet
Yoash Tzidon Tzomet
Yair Sprinzak Moledet
Rehavam Ze'evi Moledet
Avraham Poraz Shinui Party merged into Meretz
Amnon Rubinstein Shinui Party merged into Meretz
Moshe Gafni Degel HaTorah
Avraham Ravitz Degel HaTorah
Mohammed Miari Progressive List for Peace
Abdulwahab Darawshe Arab Democratic Party

Replacements

MKReplacedDatePartyNotes
Michael Kleiner Yigal Cohen 6 December 1988 Likud
Hashem Mahameed Meir Vilner 10 January 1990 Hadash
Gershon Shafat Yuval Ne'eman 30 January 1990 Tehiya
Elyakim Haetzni Eliezer Waldman 31 January 1990 Tehiya
Mohamed Nafa Tawfiq Ziad 14 February 1990 Hadash
Tamar Gozansky Tawfik Toubi 4 July 1990 Hadash
Haim Kaufman Zalman Shoval 8 October 1990 Likud
Salah Tarif Ezer Weizman 3 February 1992 Labor Party
Limor Livnat Haim Corfu 14 April 1992 Likud

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