Richard Melson

August 2004

KNESSET FACTS AND DATA

KNESSET

Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee

Telephone (Area Code 02):		6753123 / 6753143
Fax (Area Code 02):		6753100
Email Address:		v-bitchon@knesset.gov.il

Committee Chairman:	Knesset Member Yuval Shteinitz

Committee Members:

Alternates:

Binyamin (Fouad) Ben-Eliezer

Likud

Telephone: (02) 6753560 / 6753539
Fax: (02) 6753542

Parliamentary Group Chairman: Gideon Sa`ar

Number of Knesset Seats: 40

Current Knesset Members:

Eli Aflalo Ruhama Avraham Ronnie Bar-On Daniel Benlolo
Naomi Blumenthal Ze`ev Boim Yuli-Yoel Edelstein Jacob Edery
Michael Eitan Gilad Erdan Gideon Ezra Gila Gamliel
Inbal Gavriely Michael Gorlovsky Tzachi Hanegbi Yehiel Hazan
Abraham Hirchson Moshe Kahlon Ayoob Kara Haim Katz
Yisrael Katz Uzi Landau David Levy Limor Livnat
Tzipi Livni Lea Nass Dan Naveh Benjamin Netanyahu
Ehud Olmert Michael Ratzon Reuven Rivlin Gideon Sa`ar
Silvan Shalom Ariel Sharon Omri Sharon Meir Sheetrit
Yuval Shteinitz Marina Solodkin Majalli Whbee Ehud Yatom

Telephone and Fax Numbers of Current Parliamentary Groups

Parliamentary Group	Telephone	Fax
Ha-ichud Ha-leumi	6496119 / 6755085	6496506
Balad	6753101 / 6753171	6753182
Likud	6753560 / 6753539	6753542
Labor-Meimad	6753579 / 6753537	5663418
Hadash-Ta`al	6753505 / 6753568	6753583
Yahadut Hatorah	6753556
Yachad and the Democratic Choice	6753552 / 6753551	6753599
National Religious Party	6753445 / 6753591	5610997
One Nation	6753795	6753566
United Arab List	6753569	6753927
Shas	6753550 / 6753596	6496543
Shinui	6753601 / 6753587	6753475

United Arab List

Telephone: (02) 6753569
Fax: (02) 6753927

Parliamentary Group Chairman: Talab El-Sana

Number of Knesset Seats: 2

Current Knesset Members:
Abdulmalik Dehamshe Talab El-Sana

Current Committee Chairpersons

Colette Avital	Chair.	Committee for Immigration, Absorption, and the Diaspora Parliamentary Inquiry Committee for the Location and Restitution of Property of Holocaust Victims
Ronnie Bar-On	Chair.	House Committee
Amnon Cohen	Chair.	The State Control Committee
Ran Cohen	Chair.	The Committee for Foreign Workers
Israel Eichler	Chair.	The Committee for Public Petitions
Michael Eitan	Chair.	Constitution, Law and Justice Committee
Arieh Eldad	Chair.	Ethics Committee
Gilad Erdan	Chair.	Subcommittee for the War on Traffic Accidents The Subcommittee for Sports
Zahava Gal-On	Chair.	Parliamentary Inquiry Committee on the Trading of Women
Yehiel Hazan	Chair.	The Anti-Drug Abuse Committee
Abraham Hirchson	Chair.	Joint Committee for the Defense Budget Finance Committee
Eti Livni	Chair.	The Committee for the Advancement of the Status of Women
Michael Melchior	Chair.	The Committee for the Advancement of the Status of the Child
Lea Nass	Chair.	Subcommittee for Environmental Threats The Science and Technology Committee
Meli Polishook-Bloch	Chair.	Education and Culture Committee
Ehud Rassabi	Chair.	Subcommittee for Taxes and Hi-Tech
Yuval Shteinitz	Chair.	Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee
Yuri Shtern	Chair.	Internal Affairs and Environment Committee
Shalom Simhon	Chair.	Economics Committee
Avshalom Vilan	Chair.	Parliamentary Inquiry Committee on Violence in Sports
Shaul Yahalom	Chair.	Labor, Welfare, and Health Committee

Knesset Directory

Address:
Knesset Kiryat Ben-Gurion Jerusalem 91950
Telephone Numbers of Departments and Units
All phone numbers are preceded by Jerusalem area code (02)
Main Switchboard	6753333
Knesset Speaker	6753444, 6753442, 6496193
Secretary General	6753331, 6753351
Deputy Secretary General	6753571
Knesset Spokesman	6753339
Future Generations Commissioner	6496513
Legal Department	6753132
Security Officer	6753606
Knesset Library	6753246, 6496043
Knesset Archive	6753600
Public Relations	6753377
Knesset Post Office	6753305
Office Services	6753107
Knesset Medical Clinic	6753360
Human Resources Department	6753572
Knesset Minutes ("Divrei HaKnesset")	6753592
Accounting Department	6753535
Central Elections Committee	6753407
Research and Information Center	6496016

KNESSET

Committees Telephone Directory

All phone numbers are preceded by the Jerusalem area code (02)

Committee	Telephone	Fax
House Committee	6753116 / 6753188	6753486
Finance Committee	6753130 / 6753129	6753163
Economics Committee	6753117 / 6753148	6753490
Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee	6753123 / 6753143	6753100
Internal Affairs and Environment Committee	6753150 / 6753119	6753198
Constitution, Law and Justice Committee	6753155 / 6753115	6753199
Education and Culture Committee	6753118 / 6753149	6753158
The State Control Committee	6753258 / 6753232	6753111
The Committee for the Advancement of the Status of Women	6753662 / 6753436	6753789
The Anti-Drug Abuse Committee	6753653 / 6753657	6753779
The Science and Technology Committee	6753636 / 6753455	6496192
Ethics Committee	6753107	6496522
The Committee for Foreign Workers	6753410 / 6753413	6496500
The Committee for Public Petitions	6753427 / 6496089	6496184
The Committee for the Advancement of the Status of the Child	6496004 / 6496554	6496555
Committee for Immigration, Absorption, and the Diaspora	6753121 / 6753152	6753173
Labor, Welfare, and Health Committee	6753151 / 6753120	6753196
Joint Committee for the Defense Budget	6753422 / 6496444	6753411
Parliamentary Inquiry Committee for the Location and Restitution of Property of Holocaust Victims	6753302 / 6496639	6496589
Parliamentary Inquiry Committee on the Trading of Women	6753302 / 6496639	6496589
Parliamentary Inquiry Committee on Violence in Sports	6753118	6753158
Subcommittee for Amending the Knesset Rules of Procedure
Subcommittee for Examining the Security Measures for Knesset Members
Subcommittee for the Commissioner of Future Generations
Subcommittee for the Intention of the Defense Ministry to Cancel Free Train Rides for Soldiers
Subcommittee for Copyrights
Subcommittee for the Examination of the Status of Ichilov Hospital
Subcommittee for the Examination of the Status of Faction Administrators
Subcommittee for the Appearance of Civil Servants Before the House Committee
Subcommittee for Planning and Construction - Examination of Garbage Pits
Subcommittee for the Proposed Law Regarding the Shipping and Ports Authority
Subcommittee for the Reform of Insurance for Two-Wheeled Vehicles
Subcommittee for the Issue of the Law of Planning and Construction