The ninth government of Israel was formed by

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on 17 December 1959 following the November 1959 elections. Ben-Gurion largely kept the same coalition partners as during the previous government (i.e.

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, the National Religious Party,

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, the Progressive Party and Agriculture and Development), and added the new Israeli Arab parties Progress and Development and Cooperation and Brotherhood. The government collapsed when Ben-Gurion resigned on 31 January 1961, over a motion of no-confidence brought by

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and the

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following the publication of the findings of the Committee of Seven concerning the

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. At the end of February Ben-Gurion informed

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Yitzhak Ben-Zvi Yitzhak Ben-Zvi ( ''Yitshak Ben-Tsvi''; 24 November 188423 April 1963; born Izaak Shimshelevich) was a historian, ethnologist, Labor Zionism, Labor Zionist leader and the longest-serving president of Israel. He was 1952 Israeli presidential elec ...

that he could not form a new government,1961 timeline
Jewish Agency for Israel and new elections were called after the Knesset was dissolved in March.

Cabinet members

¹ Died in office.

References

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