Elections for the 13th Knesset were held in

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on 23 June 1992. The election resulted in the formation of a

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government, led by

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, helped by the failure of several small right wing parties to pass the

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. Voter turnout was 77%.

Parliament factions

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

Results

Aftermath

Labour's

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

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were signed with

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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 and Emanuel Zisman leaving the party to form the

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. After Rabin's assassination on 4 November 1995,

Shimon Peres Shimon Peres ( ; ; born Szymon Perski, ; 2 August 1923 – 28 September 2016) was an Israeli politician and statesman who served as the prime minister of Israel from 1984 to 1986 and from 1995 to 1996 and as the president of Israel from 2007 t ...

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

, 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 Atid. Yosef Azran left Shas. One MK left Moldet to establish Yamin Yisrael, whilst Yosef Ba-Gad also left the party. United Torah Judaism split into

Agudat Yisrael Agudat Yisrael (; Ashkenazi Hebrew: ''Agudas Yisroel'') is a Haredi Judaism, Haredi Jewish political party in Israel. It began as a political party representing Haredi Judaism, Haredi Jews in Poland, originating in the Agudath Israel movement ...

(two seats) and Degel HaTorah (two seats).

Notes

References

External links

Historical overview of the Thirteenth Knesset
Knesset website

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