The third government of Israel was formed by

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on 8 October 1951, more than two months after the

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. His

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party formed a coalition with Mizrachi,

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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 ...

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and the three

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parties, the

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and

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. There were 15 ministers. Agudat Yisrael and Poalei Agudat Yisrael left the coalition on 23 September 1952 (though

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remained a deputy minister) shortly after disagreements over the conscription of women into the IDF. This left the government with only 60 of the 120 seats in the Knesset.1952 timeline
Jewish Agency for Israel The government resigned on 19 December 1952 due to a dispute with the religious parties over

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. Two ministers,

Eliezer Kaplan Eliezer Kaplan (; ; 27 January 1891 – 13 July 1952) was a Zionism, Zionist activist, Israeli politician, one of the signatories of the Declaration of Independence (Israel), Israeli declaration of independence and the country's first Finance M ...

and David-Zvi Pinkas died in office.

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