List of members of the fifth Knesset

The 120 members of the fifth Knesset were elected on 1 August 1961. The breakdown by party was as follows:

List of members

Party Member Notes
Yosef Almogi Mapai Left party to form Rafi
Zalman Aran Mapai
Meir Argov Mapai
Ami Assaf Mapai
David Bar-Rav-Hai Mapai
Moshe Baram Mapai
Aharon Becker Mapai
David Ben-Gurion Mapai Left party to form Rafi
Herzl Berger Mapai
Menachem Cohen Mapai
Yitzhak Coren Mapai
Moshe Dayan Mapai Left party to form Rafi
Amos Degani Mapai Left party to form Rafi
Abba Eban Mapai
Yosef Efrati Mapai
Levi Eshkol Mapai
Yosef Fischer Mapai
Akiva Govrin Mapai
Yisrael Guri Mapai
David Hacohen Mapai
Asher Hassin Mapai
Avraham Herzfeld Mapai
Beba Idelson Mapai
Yisrael Kargman Mapai
Yona Kesse Mapai Left party to sit as an independent
Kadish Luz Mapai
Golda Meir Mapai
Mordechai Namir Mapai
Dvora Netzer Mapai
Baruch Osnia Mapai
Shimon Peres Mapai Left party to form Rafi
David Petel Mapai
Pinchas Sapir Mapai
Moshe Sardines Mapai
Moshe Sharett Mapai
Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit Mapai
Shmuel Shoresh Mapai
Yizhar Smilansky Mapai Left party to form Rafi
Rachel Tzabari Mapai
Yisrael Yeshayahu Mapai
Giora Yoseftal Mapai
Haim Yosef Zadok Mapai
Aryeh Altman Herut Party merged with the Liberal Party to form Gahal
Binyamin Arditi Herut Party merged with the Liberal Party to form Gahal
Binyamin Avniel Herut Party merged with the Liberal Party to form Gahal
Yohanan Bader Herut Party merged with the Liberal Party to form Gahal
Menachem Begin Herut Party merged with the Liberal Party to form Gahal
Aryeh Ben-Eliezer Herut Party merged with the Liberal Party to form Gahal
Haim Cohen-Meguri Herut Party merged with the Liberal Party to form Gahal
Avraham Drori Herut
Haim Landau Herut Party merged with the Liberal Party to form Gahal
Nahum Levin Herut Party merged with the Liberal Party to form Gahal
Eliyahu Meridor Herut Party merged with the Liberal Party to form Gahal
Ya'akov Meridor Herut Party merged with the Liberal Party to form Gahal
Esther Raziel-Naor Herut Party merged with the Liberal Party to form Gahal
Shabtai Shikhman Herut Party merged with the Liberal Party to form Gahal
Yosef Shofman Herut Party merged with the Liberal Party to form Gahal
Eliezer Shostak Herut Party merged with the Liberal Party to form Gahal
Avraham Tiar Herut Party merged with the Liberal Party to form Gahal
Zalman Abramov Liberal Party Party merged with Herut to form Gahal
Peretz Bernstein Liberal Party Party merged with Herut to form Gahal
Benno Cohen Liberal Party Left party to form the Independent Liberals
Idov Cohen Liberal Party
Rachel Cohen-Kagan Liberal Party Left party to form the Independent Liberals
Yitzhak Golan Liberal Party Left party to form the Independent Liberals
Yizhar Harari Liberal Party Left party to form the Independent Liberals
Yitzhak Klinghoffer Liberal Party Party merged with Herut to form Gahal
Moshe Kol Liberal Party Left party to form the Independent Liberals
Shlomo Perlstein Liberal Party Party merged with Herut to form Gahal
Elimelekh Rimalt Liberal Party Party merged with Herut to form Gahal
Pinchas Rosen Liberal Party Left party to form the Independent Liberals
Yosef Sapir Liberal Party Party merged with Herut to form Gahal
Yosef Serlin Liberal Party Party merged with Herut to form Gahal
Yehuda Sha'ari Liberal Party Left party to form the Independent Liberals
Baruch Uziel Liberal Party Party merged with Herut to form Gahal
Zvi Zimmerman Liberal Party Party merged with Herut to form Gahal
Shlomo-Yisrael Ben-Meir National Religious Party
Yosef Burg National Religious Party
Michael Hasani National Religious Party
Aharon-Ya'akov Greenberg National Religious Party
Mordechai Nurock National Religious Party
Yitzhak Rafael National Religious Party
Tova Sanhadray National Religious Party
Binyamin Shahor National Religious Party
Haim-Moshe Shapira National Religious Party
Moshe Unna National Religious Party
Zerach Warhaftig National Religious Party
Frija Zoaretz National Religious Party
Yisrael Barzilai Mapam
Mordechai Bentov Mapam
Ya'akov Hazan Mapam
Yussuf Hamis Mapam
Ya'akov Riftin Mapam
Hanan Rubin Mapam
Victor Shem-Tov Mapam
Emma Talmi Mapam
Meir Ya'ari Mapam
Yigal Allon Ahdut HaAvoda
Yisrael Bar-Yehuda Ahdut HaAvoda
Yitzhak Ben-Aharon Ahdut HaAvoda
Mordechai Bibi Ahdut HaAvoda
Moshe Carmel Ahdut HaAvoda
Yisrael Galili Ahdut HaAvoda
Ruth Haktin Ahdut HaAvoda
Nahum Nir Ahdut HaAvoda
Shmuel Mikunis Maki
Moshe Sneh Maki
Esther Vilenska Maki
Meir Vilner Maki Left party to form Rakah
Tawfik Toubi Maki Left party to form Rakah
Shlomo-Ya'akov Gross Agudat Yisrael
Yitzhak-Meir Levin Agudat Yisrael
Shlomo Lorincz Agudat Yisrael
Menachem Porush Agudat Yisrael
Kalman Kahana Poalei Agudat Yisrael
Ya'akov Katz Poalei Agudat Yisrael
Jabr Muadi Cooperation and Brotherhood
Diyab Obeid Cooperation and Brotherhood
Ahmed A-Dahar Progress and Development
Elias Nakhleh Progress and Development

Replacements

MK Replaced Party Date Notes
Emile Habibi Meir Vilner Maki 9 October 1961 Left party to form Rakah
Hannah Lamdan Giora Yoseftal Mapai 23 August 1962 Left party to form Rafi
Gideon Ben-Yisrael Herzl Berger Mapai 24 October 1962 Left party to form Rafi
Yosef Kushnir Hanan Rubin Mapam 24 October 1962
Shalom-Avraham Shaki Mordechai Nurock National Religious Party 8 November 1962
Moshe Kelmer Aharon-Ya'akov Greenberg National Religious Party 2 April 1963
Mordechai Zar Ami Assaf Mapai 17 May 1963
Aharon Goldstein Idov Cohen Liberal Party 11 November 1963 Party merged with Herut to form Gahal
Jenia Taversky Meir Argov Mapai 24 November 1963
Aharon Yadlin Jenia Taversky Mapai 4 May 1964
Halil-Salim Jabara Yitzhak Ben-Aharon Ahdut HaAvoda 11 May 1964
Yosef Kremerman Avraham Drori Herut 20 August 1964 Party merged with the Liberal Party to form Gahal
Moshe Aram Yisrael Bar-Yehuda Ahdut HaAvoda 4 May 1865
Ari Ankorin Moshe Sharett Mapai 7 July 1965

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