Leader of the Opposition in Israel

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The Leader of the Opposition in Israel is the head of the largest Knesset party not participating in the governing coalition, serving as the primary parliamentary challenger and alternative to the sitting government.

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf political office ⓘ
appointedBy President of Israel ⓘ
associatedWith Israeli opposition parties ⓘ
comparativeOffice Leader of the Opposition in Canada ⓘ
Leader of the Opposition in the United Kingdom ⓘ
constitutionalStatus recognized in Israeli Basic Laws ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
State of Israel ⓘ
linked to: Israel
definition head of the largest Knesset party not participating in the governing coalition ⓘ
governmentalStatus non‑executive office ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of Israel ⓘ
hasAlternativeLabel Head of the Opposition in Israel ⓘ
Israeli Leader of the Opposition ⓘ
hasPart Opposition factions in the Knesset ⓘ
inception 1949 ⓘ
jurisdiction national politics of Israel ⓘ
languageOfNativeLabel Hebrew ⓘ
legalBasis Basic Law: The Government ⓘ
Basic Law: The Knesset ⓘ
legislativeBody Knesset ⓘ
locatedIn Knesset ⓘ
meetsWith President of Israel ⓘ
Prime Minister of Israel ⓘ
nativeLabel ראש האופוזיציה ⓘ
officeHolderType member of the Knesset ⓘ
opposes Government of Israel ⓘ
parliamentaryFunction coordinates opposition parties ⓘ
leads debates against government bills ⓘ
organizes opposition activity in the Knesset ⓘ
participates in key Knesset committees ⓘ
responds to government policy statements ⓘ
privilege entitled to office in the Knesset ⓘ
entitled to official salary and staff ⓘ
entitled to regular security briefings ⓘ
residence Jerusalem ⓘ
role alternative to the sitting government ⓘ
primary parliamentary challenger to the sitting government ⓘ
seat Knesset building, Jerusalem ⓘ
selectionMethod automatic by virtue of leading the largest non‑coalition party ⓘ
supervises actions of the governing coalition ⓘ
termLength no fixed term ⓘ
serves while leading the largest opposition party ⓘ
titleHolderRequirement must be a Knesset member ⓘ
must lead the largest opposition party ⓘ
typeOf parliamentary opposition leader ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tzipi Livni → positionHeld → Leader of the Opposition in Israel ⓘ
Shelly Yachimovich → positionHeld → Leader of the Opposition in Israel ⓘ
Leader of the Opposition in Israel → hasAlternativeLabel → Israeli Leader of the Opposition ⓘ
linked to: Leader of the Opposition in Israel