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The members of the 20th Knesset were elected on 17 March 2015 and sworn in on 31 March 2015.
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The members of the 20th Knesset were elected on 17 March 2015 and sworn in on 31 March 2015.
The twentieth Knesset had the highest number of replacements in Israeli history, with at least 27 members leaving mid-term. Eleven of those left due to the Norwegian Law. [1]
| Date | Replacement | Party | Replacing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Robert Ilatov | Yisrael Beiteinu | Ilan Shohat | Shohat gave up his seat before the Knesset was sworn in. [2] As such, Shohat did not become a member. |
| 27 August 2015 | Sharren Haskel | Likud | Danny Danon | Danon was appointed Israel's representative to the United Nations. [3] |
| 4 September 2015 | Elazar Stern | Yesh Atid | Shai Piron | Piron resigned to return to teaching. [4] |
| 4 September 2015 | Oded Forer | Yisrael Beiteinu | Sharon Gal | Gal resigned to focus on journalism. [4] |
| 9 October 2015 | Shuli Mualem | The Jewish Home | Naftali Bennett | Bennett resigned (but remained a minister) to allow Mualem to enter the Knesset. [5] |
| 25 November 2015 | Yael Cohen Paran | Zionist Union | Danny Atar | Atar was elected head of the Jewish National Fund. [6] |
| 3 December 2015 | Avi Wortzman | The Jewish Home | Yinon Magal | Magal resigned after sexual harassment allegations against him. [7] |
| 6 December 2015 | Naftali Bennett | The Jewish Home | Avi Wortzman | Bennett returned to the Knesset after Wortzman decided to remain working at Aleh Negev. [8] |
| 27 December 2015 | Amir Ohana | Likud | Silvan Shalom | Shalom resigned from the Knesset after a sexual harassment scandal. [9] |
| 24 January 2016 | Yigal Guetta | Shas | Meshulam Nahari | Nahari resigned (but remained a deputy minister) to allow Guetta to enter the Knesset. [10] |
| 29 January 2016 | Akram Hasson | Kulanu | Moshe Kahlon | Kahlon resigned (but remained a minister) to allow Hasson to enter the Knesset. |
| 23 May 2016 | Yehuda Glick | Likud | Moshe Ya'alon | Ya'alon resigned from the Knesset after resigning as Defense Minister. |
| 24 May 2016 | Ya'akov Asher | United Torah Judaism | Meir Porush | Porush stood down as part of a rotation agreement within United Torah Judaism. [11] |
| 30 May 2016 | Yulia Malinovsky | Yisrael Beiteinu | Avigdor Lieberman | Lieberman resigned (but remained a minister) to allow Malinovsky to enter the Knesset |
| 2 November 2016 | Michael Malchieli | Shas | Aryeh Deri | Deri resigned (but remained a minister) to allow Malchieli to enter the Knesset [12] |
| 21 March 2017 | Juma Azbarga | Joint List | Basel Ghattas | Ghattas resigned after being jailed for smuggling notes and phones to Palestinian terrorists in Israeli jails. [13] |
| 11 August 2017 | Said al-Harumi | Joint List | Abdullah Abu Ma'aruf | Abu Ma'aruf resigned as part of a rotation agreement within the Joint List. [14] |
| 19 September 2017 | Danny Saida | Shas | Yigal Guetta | Guetta resigned after publicly revealing that he had attended a same-sex wedding. [15] |
| 20 September 2017 | Ibrahim Hijazi | Joint List | Osama Saadi | Saadi resigned as part of a rotation agreement within the Joint List. [16] |
| 20 September 2017 | Meshulam Nahari | Shas | Danny Saida | Nahari returned to the Knesset after resigning his ministerial post. [17] |
| 3 October 2017 | Saleh Saad | Zionist Union | Manuel Trajtenberg | Trajtenberg decided to retire from politics. [18] |
| 6 October 2017 | Leah Fadida | Zionist Union | Erel Margalit | Margalit resigned to return to working in business. [19] |
| 22 October 2017 | Mossi Raz | Meretz | Zehava Gal-On | Gal-On resigned from the Knesset. [20] |
| 25 October 2017 | Youssef Atauna | Joint List | Ibrahim Hijazi | Hijazi resigned from the Knesset. [21] |
| 8 February 2018 | Pnina Tamano-Shata | Yesh Atid | Yaakov Peri | Peri resigned from the Knesset after allegations that he leaked sensitive information when he was head of Shin Bet. [22] |
| 8 February 2018 | Wael Younis | Joint List | Youssef Atauna | Atauna resigned as part of a rotation agreement within the Joint List. [22] |
| 22 February 2018 | Danny Saida | Shas | Yitzhak Cohen | Cohen resigned under the Norwegian Law. [23] |
| 14 March 2018 | Yinon Azulai | Shas | David Azulai | David Azulai resigned under the Norwegian Law. [24] |
| 31 July 2018 | Robert Tiviaev | Zionist Union | Isaac Herzog | Herzog resigned from the Knesset after being elected Chairman of the Jewish Agency. [25] |
| 10 August 2018 | Niven Abu Rahmoun | Joint List | Wael Younis | Younis resigned as part of the rotation agreement within the Joint List. [26] |
| 18 October 2018 | Moshe Mizrahi | Zionist Union | Zouheir Bahloul | Bahloul resigned from the Knesset in protest at the nation-state law. [27] |
| 18 November 2018 | Osnat Mark | Likud | Jackie Levy | Levy left the Knesset after being elected mayor of Beit She'an. [28] |
| 18 November 2018 | Avigdor Lieberman | Yisrael Beiteinu | Yulia Malinovsky | Malinovsky left the Knesset after Lieberman's resignation as Defense Minister. [29] |
| 2 January 2019 | Fentahun Seyoum | Kulanu | Yoav Gallant | Gallant left the Knesset after joining Likud. |
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