When the new Knesset is sworn in Tuesday, 46 of its 120 members will take their seats as first-time lawmakers. The incoming class cuts across party lines, from former defense officials to political commentators. But a striking number also have a personal connection to Hamas’s October 7, 2023, onslaught and the war that followed.
Among them are bereaved parents and siblings, reservists, hostage advocates, and a former general who raced to rescue his family from terrorists near the Gaza border.
Their presence gives the new parliament an unusually direct link to the attack and its aftermath: relatives of those killed or taken hostage will sit alongside lawmakers who were in office when their loved ones were abducted or killed.
Though shaped by the same national trauma, these newcomers have joined parties across the political spectrum, bringing a wide range of views with them.
Read more: timesofisrael.com/crop-of-knesse…
Among them are bereaved parents and siblings, reservists, hostage advocates, and a former general who raced to rescue his family from terrorists near the Gaza border.
Their presence gives the new parliament an unusually direct link to the attack and its aftermath: relatives of those killed or taken hostage will sit alongside lawmakers who were in office when their loved ones were abducted or killed.
Though shaped by the same national trauma, these newcomers have joined parties across the political spectrum, bringing a wide range of views with them.
Read more: timesofisrael.com/crop-of-knesse…
