Yotam Yakir, Head of Media, Public Relations Division

Robin Treistman, Deputy Director, Knesset Website

Israel’s uniqueness as reflected on our Knesset

website

When I'm Sixty Four (64)The Beatles

When I get older losing my hair,

Many years from now.

Will you still be sending me a valentine

Birthday greetings bottle of wine.

If I'd been out till quarter to three

Would you lock the door,

Will you still need me, will you still feed me,

When I'm sixty-four.

The Knesset

•Relatively small parliament – 120 Knesset members

•13 political parties serve at the Knesset

•15 Knesset members are minorities – Arabs (Muslims and Christians) and Druze

•17 Knesset members are of Russian/former Soviet Union origin

•23 Knesset members are women

New Knesset site – what’s new ?

• Israelis are news freaks… - Updated, very news oriented website

• Live broadcast (Knesset TV channel)

• Live internet broadcast of all Knesset committee meetings

• Search engine (in stages)

• Full, detailed legislation process

• Modern graphic design, friendly web architecture

Guiding Principles

•Relevant and accessible

•Transparency – everything is open to the public eye

Committees live broadcastCommittees live broadcast

*YouTube*YouTube

Guiding Principles

•Relevant and accessible

•Transparency – everything is open to the public eye

•The Knesset – Home for the People

Open house – Tu Bishvat

Web site page on Tu Bishvat

The Kuntz family at the Knesset