List of members of the fifth Knesset

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

Members of the Fifth Knesset[]

Party Name
Mapai (42) Yosef Almogi (until 1965)
Zalman Aran
Meir Argov
Ami Assaf
David Bar-Rav-Hai
Moshe Baram
Aharon Becker
David Ben-Gurion (until 1965)
Herzl Berger
Menachem Cohen
Yitzhak Coren
Moshe Dayan (until 1965)
Amos Degani (until 1965)
Abba Eban
Yosef Efrati
Levi Eshkol
Yosef Fischer
Akiva Govrin
Yisrael Guri
David Hacohen
Asher Hassin
Avraham Herzfeld
Beba Idelson
Yisrael Kargman
Yona Kesse (until 1964)
Kadish Luz
Golda Meir
Mordechai Namir
Dvora Netzer
Baruch Osnia
Shimon Peres (until 1965)
David Petel
Pinchas Sapir
Moshe Sardines
Moshe Sharett
Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit
Shmuel Shoresh
Yizhar Smilansky (until 1965)
Rachel Tzabari
Yisrael Yeshayahu
Giora Yoseftal
Haim Yosef Zadok
Herut (17) Aryeh Altman
Binyamin Arditi
Binyamin Avniel
Yohanan Bader
Menachem Begin
Aryeh Ben-Eliezer
Haim Cohen-Meguri
Avraham Drori
Haim Landau
Nahum Levin
Eliyahu Meridor
Ya'akov Meridor
Esther Raziel-Naor
Shabtai Shikhman
Yosef Shofman
Eliezer Shostak
Avraham Tiar
Liberal Party (17) Zalman Abramov
Peretz Bernstein
Benno Cohen (until 1965)
Idov Cohen
Rachel Cohen-Kagan (until 1965)
Yitzhak Golan (until 1965)
Yizhar Harari (until 1965)
Yitzhak Klinghoffer
Moshe Kol (until 1965)
Shlomo Perlstein
Elimelekh Rimalt
Pinchas Rosen (until 1965)
Yosef Sapir
Yosef Serlin
Yehuda Sha'ari (until 1965)
Baruch Uziel
Zvi Zimmerman
National Religious Party (12) Shlomo-Yisrael Ben-Meir
Yosef Burg
Michael Hasani
Aharon-Ya'akov Greenberg
Mordechai Nurock
Yitzhak Rafael
Tova Sanhadray
Binyamin Shahor
Haim-Moshe Shapira
Moshe Unna
Zerach Warhaftig
Frija Zoaretz
Mapam (9) Yisrael Barzilai
Mordechai Bentov
Ya'akov Hazan
Yussuf Hamis
Ya'akov Riftin
Hanan Rubin
Victor Shem-Tov
Emma Talmi
Meir Ya'ari
Ahdut HaAvoda (8) Yigal Allon
Yisrael Bar-Yehuda
Yitzhak Ben-Aharon
Mordechai Bibi
Moshe Carmel
Yisrael Galili
Ruth Haktin
Nahum Nir
Rafi (8) Yosef Almogi (after 1965)
Gideon Ben-Yisrael
David Ben-Gurion (after 1965)
Moshe Dayan (after 1965)
Amos Degani (after 1965)
Hannah Lamdan
Shimon Peres (after 1965)
Yizhar Smilansky (after 1965)
Independent Liberals (7) Benno Cohen (after 1965)
Rachel Cohen-Kagan (after 1965)
Yitzhak Golan (after 1965)
Yizhar Harari (after 1965)
Moshe Kol (after 1965)
Pinchas Rosen (after 1965)
Yehuda Sha'ari (after 1965)
Maki (5) Shmuel Mikunis
Moshe Sneh
Esther Vilenska
Meir Vilner (until 1965)
Tawfik Toubi (until 1965)
Agudat Yisrael (4) Shlomo-Ya'akov Gross
Yitzhak-Meir Levin
Shlomo Lorincz
Menachem Porush
Poalei Agudat Yisrael (2) Kalman Kahana
Ya'akov Katz
Rakah (2) Meir Vilner (after 1965)
Tawfik Toubi (after 1965)
Cooperation and Brotherhood (2) Jabr Muadi
Diyab Obeid
Progress and Development (2) Ahmed A-Dahar
Elias Nakhleh

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 Tversky Meir Argov Mapai 24 November 1963
Aharon Yadlin Jenia Tversky 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 Ankorion Moshe Sharett Mapai 7 July 1965

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