By NINA GILBERT AND LIAT COLLINS

(June 8) - Number of parties: 15.

The 14th Knesset began with 11 parties.

New MKs: 40.

Four of them have served before: Avraham Burg (Labor), Haim Druckman (NRP), Moshe Arens (Likud), and Roni Milo (Likud; now Center). Only party without new MKs is the National Union.

Men: 106

Women: 14; four of them in Meretz.

Number of women in the previous Knesset: nine.

The previous record was 12 women in the 13th Knesset.

Oldest MK: Shimon Peres - 76.

Other septuagenarians - Moshe Arens, 74; Rehavam Ze'evi, 73; and Ariel Sharon, 71

Youngest MK: Eli Yishai, 36.

Eighteen lawyers

Four kibbutznikim - three from Meretz, Haim Oron, Anat Maor, and Avshalom Vilan, and One Israel's Elie Goldschmidt.

• Barak pledges 'bold steps' for peace
  
• ANALYSIS:ONLY CATACLYSM CAN JOLT NEW GOVERNMENT
  
• Citizen Bibi leaves the spotlight
  
• 15th Knesset opens
  
• New MKs mingle, find cafeteria
  
• Knesset facts
  
• The Likud after Bibi
  
• Where is Barak headed?
  
• Weizman hosts Barak for lunch
  
• Speculation and disinformation
  
• Yisrael Ba'aliya lukewarm to Lieberman
  
• Those unsinkable Shasniks: Anatomy of a triumph
  
• Carville: This game is over, and I am outta here
  
• Disappointed Begin quits politics
  
• Yisrael Ba'aliya doesn't want 'radicals' in coalition
  
• Labor fears being swamped in coalition
  
• Rosenblum, Green Leaves and Pensioners still hope to make it
  
• Knesset to convene on June 7
  
• The tie that was broken
  
• Shas emerges stronger than ever
  
• Netanyahu: The time has come to take a break
  
• Celebrations in Kikar Rabin
  
• Infractions and delays keep the Central Elections Committee busy
  
• For Palestinian legislator, Netanyahu's downfall elicits joy
  
• Our election in their eyes
  
• National unity - it's (in)evitable
  
• Is he up to the job?
  
• Who won in front of the cameras?
  
• What's in Palestinian hearts and minds
  
• Clear vision in the desert
  
• Stumping on familiar ground
  
• What the immigrants' press is telling them
  
• Molding a mindset made in the USSR
  
• A real shift to the Left
  
• Mordechai's fateful weekend
  
• The hate motif
  
• The Kedmi conundrum
  

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