Half of the Knesset’s 120 members should be chosen through direct regional elections, a new bill proposes.
WATCH: Knesset bill proposes direct elections for half of parliament
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) Israel's Minister of Internal Affairs Gideon Saar (L) and Israel's Minister for Regional Development, Minister for the Development of the Negev and Galilee and Minister of Energy and Water Silvan Shalom (R), attend a special session marking a year since the passing of former Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Shamir, at the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem, on July 9, 2013. Photo by Flash 90