Elections for the 13th Knesset were held in

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on 23 June 1992. The election resulted in the formation of a Labor government, led by Yitzhak Rabin, helped by the failure of several small right wing parties to pass the

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. Voter turnout was 77.4%.

Parliament factions

The table below lists the parliamentary factions represented in the 12th Knesset.

Results

Aftermath

Labour's Yitzhak Rabin formed the twenty-fifth government on 13 July 1992, including Meretz and Shas in his coalition, which had 17 ministers. Hadash and the Arab Democratic Party also supported the government despite not being coalition members. Shas left the coalition in September 1993, and Yiud joined in January 1995. Rabin's government advanced the peace process to unprecedented levels; the Oslo Accords were signed with Yasser Arafat's PLO in 1993 and the Israel–Jordan peace treaty in 1994. The government's willingness to make peace with

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and concede the

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led to

Avigdor Kahalani Tat Aluf (Brigadier General) Avigdor Kahalani ( he, אביגדור קהלני, born 16 June 1944) is a former Israeli soldier and politician. Early life Avigdor Kahalani was born in Ness Ziona during the Mandate era. His parents, Moshe and Sa ...

and

Emanuel Zisman Emanuel Zisman ( bg, Емануел Зисман; he, עמנואל זיסמן, 11 February 1935 – 11 November 2009) was an Israeli politician and ambassador. He served as a member of the Knesset between 1988 and 1999. Biography Zisman was born ...

leaving the party to form the Third Way. After Rabin's assassination on 4 November 1995, Shimon Peres took over as

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and formed a new government on 22 November 1995. His coalition was the same as before; Labor, Meretz and Yiud. Peres called early elections in 1996 in order to seek a mandate to continue the peace process,"Memory of Rabin likely to influence Israeli elections"
CNN, 5 February 1996 in which he lost. The Knesset term saw several defections; two MKs left the Labor Party to establish the Third Way, whilst Nava Arad also left the party. Two MKs left Likud to establish Gesher, whilst Efraim Gur also left the party. Three MKs left Tzomet to establish Yiud; one MK then left Yiud to establish

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left Shas. One MK left Moldet to establish Yamin Yisrael, whilst

Yosef Ba-Gad Yosef Ba-Gad ( he, יוסף בא-גד, born 10 February 1932) is an Israeli former Rosh Yeshiva and politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1992 and 1996. Biography Ba-Gad was born in the Jerusalem neighbourhood of Motza durin ...

also left the party. United Torah Judaism split into Agudat Yisrael (two seats) and Degel HaTorah (two seats).

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