List of members of the eighth Knesset

The 120 members of the eighth Knesset were elected on 31 December 1973. The breakdown by party was as follows:

List of members

Member Party Notes
Yigal Allon Alignment
Yosef Almogi Alignment
Adiel Amorai Alignment
Ari Ankorin Alignment
Shoshana Arbeli-Almozlino Alignment
Moshe Baram Alignment
Yitzhak Ben-Aharon Alignment
Mordechai Ben-Porat Alignment Left party to sit as an independent
Moshe Carmel Alignment
David Coren Alignment
Moshe Dayan Alignment
Yehuda Dranitzki Alignment Briefly broke away with Mapam, but later returned to the Alignment
Abd el-Aziz el-Zoubi Alignment
Abba Eban Alignment
Aharon Efrat Alignment Briefly broke away with Mapam, but later returned to the Alignment
Aryeh Eliav Alignment Left party to sit as an independent, before establishing Ya'ad – Civil Rights Movement and then forming the Independent Socialist Faction
Uzi Feinerman Alignment
Yisrael Galili Alignment
Avraham Givelber Alignment
Haika Grossman Alignment Briefly broke away with Mapam, but later returned to the Alignment
Zvi Guershoni Alignment
Mathilda Guez Alignment
Menachem Hacohen Alignment
Ben-Zion Halfon Alignment
Michael Harish Alignment
Esther Herlitz Alignment
Shlomo Hillel Alignment
Yisrael Kargman Alignment
Nuzhat Katzav Alignment
Shalom Levin Alignment
Golda Meir Alignment
Eliyahu Moyal Alignment
Ora Namir Alignment
Yitzhak Navon Alignment
Avraham Ofer Alignment
Shimon Peres Alignment
Yitzhak Rabin Alignment
Eliezer Ronen Alignment Briefly broke away with Mapam, but later returned to the Alignment
Pinchas Sapir Alignment
Yossi Sarid Alignment
Moshe Shahal Alignment
Meir Talmi Alignment Briefly broke away with Mapam, but later returned to the Alignment
Moshe Wertman Alignment
Gad Yaacobi Alignment
Aharon Yadlin Alignment
Aviad Yafeh Alignment
Aharon Yariv Alignment
Yisrael Yeshayahu Alignment
Haim Yosef Zadok Alignment
Dov Zakin Alignment Briefly broke away with Mapam, but later returned to the Alignment
Avraham Zilberberg Alignment
Zalman Abramov Likud
Moshe Arens Likud
Yoram Aridor Likud
Yohanan Bader Likud
Yedidia Be'eri Likud
Menachem Begin Likud
Meir Cohen-Avidov Likud
Geula Cohen Likud
Haim Corfu Likud
Matityahu Drobles Likud
Leon Dycian Likud
Simha Erlich Likud
Yehezkel Flomin Likud
Pesah Grupper Likud
Binyamin Halevi Likud Left party to sit as an independent
Yigal Hurvitz Likud
Avraham Katz Likud
Ben-Zion Keshet Likud
Yosef Kremerman Likud
Haim Landau Likud
David Levy Likud
Amnon Linn Likud
Eitan Livni Likud
Yitzhak Moda'i Likud
Moshe Nissim Likud
Akiva Nof Likud Left party to establish the Free Centre
Ehud Olmert Likud
Gideon Patt Likud
Yitzhak Peretz Likud
Elimelekh Rimalt Likud
Yitzhak Shamir Likud
Ariel Sharon Likud
Avraham Shekhterman Likud
Eliezer Shostak Likud
Zalman Shoval Likud
Shmuel Tamir Likud Left party to establish the Free Centre
Yosef Tamir Likud
Menachem Yedid Likud
Avraham Yoffe Likud
Aharon Abuhatzira National Religious Party
Eliezer Avtabi National Religious Party
Yehuda Ben-Meir National Religious Party
Yosef Burg National Religious Party
Michael Hasani National Religious Party
Zevulun Hammer National Religious Party
Avraham Melamed National Religious Party
Yitzhak Rafael National Religious Party
Pinhas Scheinman National Religious Party
Zerach Warhaftig National Religious Party
Yehuda Meir Abramowicz Religious Torah Front When party split, represented Agudat Yisrael
Kalman Kahana Religious Torah Front When party split, represented Poalei Agudat Yisrael
Shlomo Lorincz Religious Torah Front When party split, represented Agudat Yisrael
Menachem Porush Religious Torah Front
Avraham Verdiger Religious Torah Front When party split, represented Poalei Agudat Yisrael
Gideon Hausner Independent Liberals
Moshe Kol Independent Liberals
Hillel Seidel Independent Liberals Left party and joined Likud
Yehuda Sha'ari Independent Liberals
Avraham Levenbraun Rakah Party merged into Hadash
Tawfik Toubi Rakah Party merged into Hadash
Meir Vilner Rakah Party merged into Hadash
Tawfiq Ziad Rakah Party merged into Hadash
Shulamit Aloni Ratz Party briefly merged into Ya'ad – Civil Rights Movement before becoming independent again
Marcia Freedman Ratz Party merged into Ya'ad – Civil Rights Movement. When it split, Freedman joined the Independent Socialist Faction.
Boaz Moav Ratz Party briefly merged into Ya'ad – Civil Rights Movement before becoming independent again
Seif el-Din el-Zoubi Progress and Development Party merged into the Alignment, before leaving and later establishing the United Arab List
Jabr Muadi Progress and Development Party merged into the Alignment, before leaving and later establishing the United Arab List
Meir Pa'il Moked
Hamad Abu Rabia Arab List for Bedouins and Villagers Party merged into the Alignment, before leaving and later merging into the United Arab List

Replacements

MK Replaced Date Party Notes
Haviv Shimoni Abd el-Aziz el-Zoubi 14 February 1974 Alignment
Nissim Eliad Moshe Kol 10 March 1974 Independent Liberals
Yitzhak Golan Gideon Hausner 10 March 1974 Independent Liberals
Amos Hadar Uzi Feinerman 8 April 1974 Alignment
Jacques Amir Golda Meir 10 June 1974 Alignment
Yigal Cohen Ariel Sharon 23 December 1974 Likud
Simcha Friedman Michael Hasani 2 July 1975 National Religious Party
Ya'akov Frank Pinchas Sapir 12 August 1975 Alignment
Shlomo-Ya'akov Gross Menachem Porush 23 November 1975 Religious Torah Front When party split, represented Agudat Yisrael
Senetta Yoseftal Zvi Guershoni 1 September 1976 Alignment
Yehiel Leket Avraham Ofer 3 January 1977 Alignment
Haim Kaufman Binyamin Halevi 19 January 1977 Likud
Zita Linker Shmuel Tamir 21 January 1977 Likud
Amal Nasser el-Din Akiva Nof 22 January 1977 Likud
Zvi Alderoti Aharon Yariv 16 May 1977 Alignment

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