The Knesset speaker, Avraham Burg, who had been considering a run, was caught wrong-footed.
In its first election in 1999, the party won four seats in Israel's parliament, the Knesset.
Israeli elections will be held March 28 to choose a new Knesset and a prime minister.
During the Knesset session, another lawmaker asked Israel's justice minister about the case, point blank.
In the 22 January elections, Likud-Beitenu won 31 of the 120 seats in the Knesset.
Mr Barak's coalition still has a 68-seat majority in the 120-seat Knesset, but it is fragile.
Mr. Sharansky, a member of Israel's Knesset, was minister of the interior in the Barak government.
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Before he set out for Washington on December 14th, he asked the Knesset for its blessing.
He was first elected to Israel's parliament, the Knesset, in 1974, serving in several ministerial roles.
Thirty-two parties were competing under a system of proportional representation for the 120-member Knesset.
The test will come in October, when the Knesset comes back from its summer recess.
When Netanyahu brought her into the Knesset in 1999, she was a super hawk.
It featured an interview with retired far-left Knesset member Yossi Sarid who opposed the withdrawal.
Would a member of the Knesset be enjoined from paraphrasing Mr. Rabin in today's context?
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The process can begin only when the Knesset reconvenes towards the end of October.
When he departed for Camp David, he had the support of the overwhelming majority of the Knesset.
In fact, Mr Barak, political neophyte that he is, underestimated the Knesset's own capacity for cynical conduct.
Key figures, including Israel's president, Shimon Peres, and the Knesset's speaker, Dalia Itzik, are now in Kadima.
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Polls predicted more than 40, perhaps as many as 50 seats in the Knesset of 120 members.
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Either way, his statements are simply more reason for the Knesset to move ahead with the probe.
Four days before his showdown at the White House with the American leader, Netanyahu addressed the Knesset.
And if Labor leaves the coalition, Netanyahu would still be far from losing his majority in Knesset.
Wednesday the Knesset voted to form a commission of inquiry to examine these groups' sources of funding.
There is talk of the Knesset speaker, Avraham Burg, running against Mr Barak in the Labour Party primaries.
Today, campaign-watchers complain, politicians go to parlour meetings to talk to 20 to 30 members of the Knesset.
The ruling Kadima Party won the most seats in the Knesset, Israel's parliament.
His Likud-Beitenu alliance lost a quarter of its seats in the Knesset but remains the largest grouping with 31.
The websites for Israel's Knesset and elections agency appeared to be down Sunday.
His heartfelt speech was followed by the Israeli national anthem, sung by the male members of the Knesset choir.
Their bill would have required Supreme Court nominees to present their judicial philosophies to the public through Knesset hearings.
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