Committees Within the Knesset

The Knesset’s committees deal with bills, supervises the work of the Government Ministries, and they hold debates on issues that are related to the committees. Committees maintain direct contact with the Government Ministries, and the public. The committees receive information from Ministers or their representatives as to what the public wants.

The Knesset has 15 committees:
• The House Committee
• The Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
• The Economic Affairs Committee
• The Finance Committee
• The Internal Affairs and Environment Committee
• The Education and Culture Committee
• The Labor, Social Welfare and Health Committee
• The Constitution, Law and Justice Committee
• The Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee
• The State Control Committee
• The Anti-Drug Abuse Committee
• The Committee on the Status of Women
• The Committee on Science and Technology
• The Committee on the Status of the Child
• The Committee on Foreign Workers