The law creates the constitutional-legal regime of the Knesset and defines the location of its seat (Jerusalem), the number of its members (120), their term of office (four years), the electoral system (proportional at the national level), rules (such as the absolute requirement to pledge "allegiance to the State of Israel"), and procedures (voting, committees).
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