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16th Knesset Central Election Committee Chairman: Supreme Court Justice Mishael Heshin Substitute: Supreme Court Justice Dalia Dorner Committee Member Substitute Labor-Meimad MK Efi Oshaaya Mr. Elie Goldschmidt Mr. Shimon Ziv Mr. Daniel Recanati Mr. Haim Avraham Adv. Shalom Fadida Mr. Yeshayahu Etgar Adv. Eyal Yaffe Mr. Amnon Lorch Adv. Aviad Hacohen Mr. Arye Tosiya-Cohen Mr. Reuven Peri illegible Mr. Richard Peres + 1 name unavailable Likud MK. Michael Eitan Ms. Aliza Berashi Mr. Matityahu Drobles Mr. Yakov Dekel Mr. Adi Halperin Mr. Sami Nizri Mr. Victor Sharabani Mr. Shaul Adam Mr. Moyan Barisro Adv. Yisrael Maymon +1 name unavailable Shas Mr. Yehuda Avidan Mr. Asher Ohana Rabbi Shalom Eliashiv Mr. Zvi Yakobson Mr. Shlomo Ben-Ezra Mr. Moshe Eidan Adv. Nadav Asael Adv. Shlomo Deri +1 name unavailable Meretz – Democratic Israel MK Zehava Gal’on Mr. Yosef Elul Mr. Gabi Deus Ms. Ronit Haiken-Yakovi Mr. Henri Elkasalsi Ms. Sara Sasson Yisrael B’Aliyah MK Yuli Edelstein MK Gennady Riger Shinui MK Avraham Poraz Mr. Tiberiu Rabinovich MK Eliezer Zandberg Ms. Rachel Cohen Center Party Mr. Yoav Ruth Mr. Shimon Moshe Mr. Moshe Hanegbi Mr. Yoav Tzukerman National Union – Israel Beitenu Adv. Edna Haroti Mr. Natan Natanzon Adv. Nir Rotenberg Mr. Sagiv Rotenberg National Religious Party Adv. David Rotem Mr. Asher Mibevski United Torah Judaism Mr. Avraham Veber Mr. Moshe Shifman Rabbi Yehoshua Polk United Arab List MK Mohammad Kanan MK Tawfik Khatib Hadash Mr. Yoram Gozanski Mr. Nazem Bader One Nation Mr. Raphael Fredi-Cohen Mr. Amos Bernholtz Balad Mr. Sherbel Hreish Mr. Musa Diab Democratic Choice MK Alexander Tsinker Mr. Yevgeni Malmud Herut – National Movement MK Michael Kleiner Mr. Moshe Peretz Ta’al Adv. Osama Sadi Mr. Moasem Tibi National Arab Party Mr. Hassan Gawy Mr. Ziad Mamer Gesher MK Mordechai Mishani Adv. Yossi Cohen .

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