The seventeenth government of Israel was formed by
Yitzhak Rabin
Yitzhak Rabin (; he, יִצְחָק רַבִּין, ; 1 March 1922 – 4 November 1995) was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–77, and from 1992 until h ...
on 3 June 1974, following the resignation of
Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...
Golda Meir
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on 11 April and Rabin's election as
Labor Party leader on 26 April. It was the first time an Israeli government had been led by a
native-born Israeli (although Rabin was born in the
British Mandate for Palestine prior to independence).
As well as the 54-seat
Alignment (of which the Labor Party was the largest faction, alongside
Mapam and the two Labor-affiliated
Israeli Arab
The Arab citizens of Israel are the largest ethnic minority in the country. They comprise a hybrid community of Israeli citizens with a heritage of Palestinian citizenship, mixed religions (Muslim, Christian or Druze), bilingual in Arabic an ...
parties,
Progress and Development and the
Arab List for Bedouin and Villagers, which merged into the
United Arab List
The United Arab List ( he, הַרְשִׁימָה הַעֲרָבִית הַמְאוּחֶדֶת, ''HaReshima HaAravit HaMe'uhedet''; ar, القائمة العربية الموحدة, ''al-Qā'ima al-'Arabiyya al-Muwaḥḥada''), commonly kn ...
towards the end of the Knesset term), Rabin also included the
Independent Liberals, who held four seats, and
Ratz, which had three. The coalition had only a one-seat majority, with just 61 of the 120 seats in the
Knesset
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, and was the first in Israeli political history to not contain a religious party. This status lasted until 30 October when the
National Religious Party
The National Religious Party ( he, מִפְלָגָה דָּתִית לְאֻומִּית, ''Miflaga Datit Leumit'', commonly known in Israel by its Hebrew acronym Mafdal, ) was a political party in Israel representing the religious Zionist moveme ...
(NRP) joined the coalition, taking the number of seats up to 71, although Ratz left on 6 November,
reducing the number by three. In forming the government, Rabin dropped the
development
Development or developing may refer to:
Arts
*Development hell, when a project is stuck in development
*Filmmaking, development phase, including finance and budgeting
*Development (music), the process thematic material is reshaped
* Photograph ...
portfolio.
The government was dissolved by Rabin on 22 December 1976, following the abstention of the NRP on a vote of no confidence regarding an apparent breach of the Sabbath during a ceremony at an
Israeli Air Force
The Israeli Air Force (IAF; he, זְרוֹעַ הָאֲוִיר וְהֶחָלָל, Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal, tl, "Air and Space Arm", commonly known as , ''Kheil HaAvir'', "Air Corps") operates as the aerial warfare branch of the Israel Defens ...
base,
[ but continued, without the NRP members, who all resigned on 22 December, as a caretaker government until the formation of the eighteenth government following the May 1977 elections. However, following the ]Dollar Account affair
The Dollar Account affair ( he, פרשת חשבון הדולרים, ''Parashat Heshbon HaDolarim'') was a political scandal in Israel in 1977, following the exposure of an illegal United States bank account held by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak R ...
in March 1977, Rabin announced on 6 April that he was resigning as head of the Labor Party, and Minister of Defense Shimon Peres was unanimously elected to succeed him. As Israeli law prohibited resignation from a caretaker government, Rabin suspended himself from his duties as Prime Minister and Peres took his place as an unofficial acting Prime Minister.Israeli Government- Legal Situation
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 6 November 1995
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National Religious Party
The National Religious Party ( he, מִפְלָגָה דָּתִית לְאֻומִּית, ''Miflaga Datit Leumit'', commonly known in Israel by its Hebrew acronym Mafdal, ) was a political party in Israel representing the religious Zionist moveme ...
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Moshe Baram
Moshe Baram ( he, משה ברעם; 17 March 1911 – 5 December 1986) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1969 and 1977, and also as Minister of Labour and Minister of Welfare.
Biography
Moshe Baram was born ...
(from 16 January 1977)
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Shulamit Aloni
Shulamit Aloni ( he, שולמית אלוני; 29 December 1928 – 24 January 2014) was an Israeli politician. She founded the Ratz party, was leader of the Meretz party, Leader of the Opposition from 1988 to 1990, and served as Minister of Edu ...
(until 6 November 1974)
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Ratz
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Yisrael Galili
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Gideon Hausner
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Jabr Muadi
Sheikh Jabr Muadi ( ar, جبر داهش معدي; he, ג'בר מועדי, born 1 April 1919, died 19 May 2009) was an Israeli Druze politician who served as a member of the Knesset for seven different parties between 1951 and 1981.
Biography
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(from 24 March 1975)
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Alignment,
Progress and Development,
United Arab List
The United Arab List ( he, הַרְשִׁימָה הַעֲרָבִית הַמְאוּחֶדֶת, ''HaReshima HaAravit HaMe'uhedet''; ar, القائمة العربية الموحدة, ''al-Qā'ima al-'Arabiyya al-Muwaḥḥada''), commonly kn ...
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Jabr Muadi
Sheikh Jabr Muadi ( ar, جبر داهش معدي; he, ג'בר מועדי, born 1 April 1919, died 19 May 2009) was an Israeli Druze politician who served as a member of the Knesset for seven different parties between 1951 and 1981.
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(until 24 March 1975)
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Eliyahu Moyal (from 24 March 1975)
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1 Although Rosen, Shem-Tov and Uzan were not members of the Knesset at the time, they had previously been MKs for the Alignment.
2 Although Bar-Lev and Rabinovitz were not MKs at the time, they were later elected to the Knesset on the Alignment list.
3 Ofer committed suicide following the
Yadlin affair.
4 Kol and Hausner had been elected to the Knesset on the Independent Liberals list, but resigned their seats after being appointed to the cabinet.
5 Hasani died in office.
References
External links
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