On this day: First ever election to the Knesset held in 1949
David Ben-Gurion won the elections and became Israel's first prime minister and Chaim Weizmann became Israel's first president.
The Knesset building, home of Israel's legislature, in Jerusalem, on November 14, 2022 (Illustrative).(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)Updated: 
