For the first time in the country's history: not a single kibbutz member in the Knesset

For the first time in Israel's history, there is not a single kibbutz member in the Knesset. In the first Knesset, 26 representatives from the kibbutz movement served, three times their proportional share in the population. Over the years, their representation dwindled due to demographic changes, the 1977 political upheaval, and the weakening of left-wing parties. Now, the Labor Party did not receive enough mandates to bring in a kibbutz representative. However, several Knesset members remain with ties to a kibbutz, such as Omri Ronen (The Democrats), who was born and raised on Kibbutz Kfar Aza, and Eli Goldschmidt, who is no longer a kibbutz member and moved to Likud. In the last elections, kibbutz representatives were placed on various lists but all remained outside the Knesset.

For the first time in Israel's history, there is not a single kibbutz member in the Knesset. In the first Knesset, 26 representatives from the kibbutz movement served, three times their proportional share in the population. Over the years, their representation dwindled due to demographic changes, the 1977 political upheaval, and the weakening of left-wing parties. Now, the Labor Party did not receive enough mandates to bring in a kibbutz representative. However, several Knesset members remain with ties to a kibbutz, such as Omri Ronen (The Democrats), who was born and raised on Kibbutz Kfar Aza, and Eli Goldschmidt, who is no longer a kibbutz member and moved to Likud. In the last elections, kibbutz representatives were placed on various lists but all remained outside the Knesset.

For the first time in the country's history: not a single kibbutz member in the Knesset