Chapter 3 History
Once the group has entered the Knesset, they saw a big hall with marble walls with different doors.
"Wow… this place is amazing…" said Gwen
"It's beautiful…" said Ben
"Yeah it's one of the prettiest buildings around" said Michael
"If you'll follow me you'll see many doors leading to many conference rooms, each room holds a different committee like the science and technology committee, the finance committee, the foreign affairs and defense committee and many more. This building was built in 1966 and up until then the discussions were held in a building on King George St. downtown. The first Knesset was convened in February 14th 1949. As I said our system of government is of a parliament so when the elections start we vote to a certain party hoping the head of that party will become prime minister…"
"Uh excuse me? Michael?" Gwen politely interrupted raising her hand
"Does Israel also have a president or only a prime minster?"
"We have both but in our system government the president is like the vice president of the United States; he doesn't have many authorities and his jobs are mostly symbolic…" explained Michael
"Interesting" said Gwen
"Now if you'll follow me this way we'll watch a short video explaining the history of the Knesset and the state of Israel and then we'll visit the Knesset chamber where the discussions are being held" said Michael as the group followed…
Several hours later…
"That was so interesting…" said Gwen
"It was fascinating…" said Max
"Yeah even I enjoyed it" said Ben as they were leaving the Knesset and getting into Michael's car
"So where do we go now?" asked Max
"Now we go eat lunch and then we go to the Dead Sea" said Michael
"Ooh…" replied the group in excitement
To be continued…
Sorry it was so short.
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