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The 120 members of the sixteenth
Knesset were
elected on 28 January 2003. The breakdown by party was as follows:
List of members
Party
|
MK
|
Notes
|
Likud |
Ariel Sharon |
Left the party to join
Kadima
|
Likud |
Binyamin Netanyahu
|
Likud |
Tzachi Hanegbi |
Left the party to join
Kadima, replaced by
Pnina Rosenblum (
Likud) on 10 December 2005
|
Likud |
Silvan Shalom
|
Likud |
Dan Naveh
|
Likud |
Limor Livnat
|
Likud |
Yisrael Katz
|
Likud |
Gideon Ezra |
Left the party to join
Kadima
|
Likud |
Naomi Blumenthal
|
Likud |
Uzi Landau
|
Likud |
Gila Gamliel
|
Likud |
Yuval Steinitz
|
Likud |
Tzipi Livni |
Left the party to join
Kadima
|
Likud |
Michael Eitan
|
Likud |
Meir Sheetrit |
Left the party to join
Kadima
|
Likud |
David Levy
|
Likud |
Ruhama Avraham |
Left the party to join
Kadima
|
Likud |
Gideon Sa'ar
|
Likud |
Daniel Benlulu
|
Likud |
Michael Ratzon
|
Likud |
Majalli Wahabi |
Left the party to join
Kadima
|
Likud |
Yaakov Edri |
Left the party to join
Kadima
|
Likud |
Ehud Yatom
|
Likud |
Eli Aflalo |
Left the party to join
Kadima
|
Likud |
Moshe Kahlon
|
Likud |
Omri Sharon |
Replaced by
David Mena (
Likud) on 5 January 2006
|
Likud |
Michael Gorlovsky
|
Likud |
Inbal Gavrieli
|
Likud |
Gilad Erdan
|
Likud |
Roni Bar-On |
Left the party to join
Kadima
|
Likud |
Yehiel Hazan
|
Likud |
Ehud Olmert |
Left the party to join
Kadima
|
Likud |
Leah Ness
|
Likud |
Ze'ev Boim |
Left the party to join
Kadima
|
Likud |
Avraham Hirschson |
Left the party to join
Kadima
|
Likud |
Reuven Rivlin
|
Likud |
Haim Katz
|
Likud |
Ayoob Kara
|
Labor Party-
Meimad |
Amram Mitzna |
Replaced by
Salah Tarif on 23 February 2005
|
Labor Party-
Meimad |
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer
|
Labor Party-
Meimad |
Shimon Peres |
Replaced by
Wizman Shiry on 17 January 2006 when he left to join
Kadima
|
Labor Party-
Meimad |
Matan Vilnai
|
Labor Party-
Meimad |
Avraham Burg |
Replaced by
Raleb Majadele on 28 June 2004
|
Labor Party-
Meimad |
Dalia Itzik |
Replaced by
Avi Yehezkel on 17 January 2006 when she left to join
Kadima
|
Labor Party-
Meimad |
Ophir Pines-Paz
|
Labor Party-
Meimad |
Efraim Sneh
|
Labor Party-
Meimad |
Yuli Tamir
|
Labor Party-
Meimad |
Michael Melchior
|
Labor Party-
Meimad |
Isaac Herzog
|
Labor Party-
Meimad |
Haim Ramon |
Replaced by
Efi Oshaya on 18 January 2006 when he left to join
Kadima
|
Labor Party-
Meimad |
Danny Yatom
|
Labor Party-
Meimad |
Eitan Cabel
|
Labor Party-
Meimad |
Avraham Shochat
|
Labor Party-
Meimad |
Colette Avital
|
Labor Party-
Meimad |
Shalom Simhon
|
Labor Party-
Meimad |
Orit Noked
|
Labor Party-
Meimad |
Eli Ben-Menachem
|
Shinui |
Tommy Lapid |
Left party to join the
Secular Faction on 26 January 2006
|
Shinui |
Avraham Poraz |
Left party to join the
Secular Faction on 26 January 2006
|
Shinui |
Yehudit Naot |
Replaced by
Erela Golan on 16 December 2004
|
Shinui |
Yosef Paritzky |
Left party to form
Tzalash
|
Shinui |
Eliezer Sandberg |
Left party to join the
Secular Faction on 26 January 2006, then split to form
National Home
|
Shinui |
Victor Brailovsky |
Left party to join the
Secular Faction on 26 January 2006
|
Shinui |
Ilan Shalgi |
Left party to join the
Secular Faction on 26 January 2006
|
Shinui |
Meli Polishook-Bloch |
Left party to join the
Secular Faction on 26 January 2006
|
Shinui |
Reshef Hen |
Left party to join the
Secular Faction on 26 January 2006
|
Shinui |
Roni Brizon |
Left party to join the
Secular Faction on 26 January 2006
|
Shinui |
Ehud Rassabi
|
Shinui |
Eti Livni |
Left party to join the
Secular Faction on 26 January 2006
|
Shinui |
Ilan Leibovitch
|
Shinui |
Hemi Doron |
Left party to join the
Secular Faction on 26 January 2006, then split to form
National Home
|
Shinui |
Yigal Yasinov |
Left to form
HaOlim, which merged into the
Yisrael Beiteinu faction of the
National Union (Yisrael Beiteinu later broke away)
|
Shas |
Eli Yishai
|
Shas |
Shlomo Benizri
|
Shas |
Nissim Dahan
|
Shas |
Amnon Cohen
|
Shas |
Yitzhak Cohen
|
Shas |
David Azulai
|
Shas |
Meshulam Nahari
|
Shas |
Yitzhak Vaknin
|
Shas |
Yair Peretz |
Replaced by
Ofer Hugi on 25 March 2006
|
Shas |
Nissim Ze'ev
|
Shas |
Ya'akov Margi
|
National Union |
Avigdor Lieberman |
Replaced by
Eliezer Cohen on 26 March 2003
|
National Union |
Binyamin Elon
|
National Union |
Yuri Stern |
Yisrael Beiteinu broke away from National Union
|
National Union |
Zvi Hendel
|
National Union |
Michael Nudelman |
Left the party to sit as an independent, replaced by
Esterina Tartman (
Yisrael Beiteinu) on 8 February 2006
|
National Union |
Uri Ariel
|
National Union |
Aryeh Eldad
|
Meretz-Yachad |
Yossi Sarid
|
Meretz-Yachad |
Haim Oron
|
Meretz-Yachad |
Ran Cohen
|
Meretz-Yachad |
Zehava Gal-On
|
Meretz-Yachad |
Roman Bronfman
|
Meretz-Yachad |
Avshalom Vilan
|
National Religious Party |
Effi Eitam |
Broke away to form the
Renewed National Religious Zionism Party
|
National Religious Party |
Zevulun Orlev
|
National Religious Party |
Shaul Yahalom
|
National Religious Party |
Yitzhak Levy |
Broke away to form the
Renewed National Religious Zionism Party
|
National Religious Party |
Gila Finkelstein
|
National Religious Party |
Nissan Slomiansky
|
United Torah Judaism |
Ya'akov Litzman |
Party split, stayed in
Agudat Yisrael faction
|
United Torah Judaism |
Avraham Ravitz |
Party split, stayed in
Degel HaTorah faction
|
United Torah Judaism |
Meir Porush |
Party split, stayed in
Agudat Yisrael faction
|
United Torah Judaism |
Moshe Gafni |
Party split, stayed in
Degel HaTorah faction
|
United Torah Judaism |
Yisrael Eichler |
Party split, stayed in
Agudat Yisrael faction, replaced by
Shmuel Halpert on 23 February 2005
|
Hadash |
Mohammad Barakeh
|
Hadash |
Issam Makhoul
|
Hadash |
Ahmad Tibi |
Split from party to have
Ta'al as an independent party
|
One Nation |
Amir Peretz |
Party merged into
Labor Party-
Meimad
|
One Nation |
Ilana Cohen |
Party merged into
Labor Party-
Meimad
|
One Nation |
David Tal |
Split to form
Noy, then merged into
Kadima
|
Balad |
Azmi Bishara
|
Balad |
Jamal Zahalka
|
Balad |
Wasil Taha
|
Yisrael BaAliyah |
Marina Solodkin |
Party merged into
Likud
|
Yisrael BaAliyah |
Yuli-Yoel Edelstein |
Party merged into
Likud
|
United Arab List |
Abdulmalik Dehamshe
|
United Arab List |
Taleb el-Sana
|
Replacements
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