Knesset Records Book: Politicians Who Made History, Each in Their Own Way

Channel 14 publishes a list of historical Knesset records ahead of the 2026 election day: the longest tenure (Netanyahu), the shortest (Gantz as Knesset speaker), the youngest (Nissim, 24), the oldest (Peres, 83), the longest speech (Eitan, 10 hours), party switching (Hendel, 8), the only female Knesset speaker (Itzik), and a government with 6 seats (Bennett).

Ahead of the 2026 election day, Channel 14 publishes a list of historical Knesset records. Among the records: Benjamin Netanyahu served as prime minister the longest, surpassing David Ben-Gurion in 2019. Benny Gantz holds the record for the shortest tenure as Knesset speaker – just one month and 21 days. Shimon Peres was the oldest Knesset member, at 83 years and 315 days. Moshe Nissim was elected in 1954 as the youngest Knesset member, at age 24. Michael Eitan gave the longest speech in 1992 – 10 hours and 7 minutes. Yoaz Hendel switched between 8 parties in the shortest time. Dalia Itzik is the only woman to have served as Knesset speaker. Naftali Bennett formed a government with just 6 seats and with the support of the Arab parties. The article presents the data without citing sources or exact dates for most records.