Knesset

knesset English Etymology en he כְּנֶסֶת k'néset assembly. Pronunciation en /kəˈnɛs.ət/ /kəˈnɛs.ɛt/ Hebraized /ˈknɛs-/ rare /ˈnɛs-/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-JutishMale-Knesset.wav US Proper noun ~ The Israeli parliament, located in Jerusalem. en w:Oren Liebermann Silvan Shalom, Israel’s interior minister, quitting amid harassment accusations w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2015/12/20/middleeast/israel-silvan-shalom-quitting 2015-12-20 Shalom has been a member of Knesset since 1992, serving in a number of different ministries, including science and technology, finance, foreign affairs, and most recently, the interior. https://web.archive.org/web/20260213071923/https://www.cnn.com/2015/12/20/middleeast/israel-silvan-shalom-quitting en-GB Peter Beaumont Israeli troops encircle Gaza City and expected to enter in force within 48 hours w:The Guardian 2023-11-06 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/06/israel-hamas-war-blinken-turkey-gaza-us-submarine-ankara-talks-hakan-fidan 0261-3077 Bethan McKernan On Tuesday, a month since they were abducted, families of those kidnapped are expected to protest at the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem, the holiest site in Judaism, as well as at the Knesset, over what they say are inadequate efforts to reach a deal with Hamas to release their loved ones. https://web.archive.org/web/20240201081237/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/06/israel-hamas-war-blinken-turkey-gaza-us-submarine-ankara-talks-hakan-fidan Usage notes Much predominantly used with the definite article, but occasionally without it. Translations the Israeli parliament Arabic: ar كنيست الْكِنِيسِت m, ar كِنِيسِت m indefinite Armenian: hy Քնեսեթ Belarusian: be Кнэ́сет m, be Кнэ́сэт m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 以色列國會 Dutch: nl Knesset m f Finnish: fi knesset French: fr Knesset f Georgian: ka ქნესეთი German: de Knesset f Greek: el Κνέσετ Hebrew: he כְּנֶסֶת f knéset Hindi: hi क्नेसेट Japanese: ja クネセト kuneseto Korean: ko 크네세트 Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira کِنِسِت Polish: pl Kneset m Russian: ru Кне́ссет m Knɛ́ssɛt, ru кне́ссет m knɛ́ssɛt Ukrainian: uk Кне́сет m Urdu: ur کِنیسِت en Israel Politics German Alternative forms de Knesseth Etymology de he כְּנֶסֶת k'néset. Pronunciation de /ˈknɛ.sət/ less often /-sɛt/ de De-Knesset.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun f.article or de archaic 1 m,-:s.article the en Knesset Further reading de Israel Politics Italian Alternative forms it knesset Etymology it he כְּנֶסֶת k'néset. Pronunciation Knèsset<r:DiPI> Proper noun f - the en Knesset References Further reading knesset it Israel