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| Answer the following questions. |
| Question 1: Who is the president of Israel?* |
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| Question 2: After the 2006 election, Kadima became the largest party in the 120-seat Knesset. How many seats did Kadima hold?
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| Question 3: What is the President of Israel authorized to do?* |
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| Question 4: Dalia Itzik is the first woman to serve in her current position. What is it?* |
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| Question 5: How are Israel’s Basic Laws established?* |
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| Question 6: In a parliamentary system, a party must earn a minimum percentage of the vote to gain seats. In Norway, it is 4%. In Turkey, 10%. In, Latvia, 5%. What is it in Israel?* |
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| Question 7: Which national political figure was formerly the mayor of Sderot?* |
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| Question 8: One past Israeli election is often called “the revolution.” When was it, and what happened?* |
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| Question 9: On June 30, 2008, the Knesset passed a law requiring a national referendum or a two-thirds majority of parliament in order to do what?* |
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| Question 10: Benjamin Netanyahu was the first Israeli prime minister to do what?* |
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| Bonus: In the 2006 parliamentary elections, what party draws its most substantial base of support from immigrants from the former Soviet Union?* |
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