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Israel's political system is based on proportional representation and allows for a multi-party system with numerous parties represented in the 120-seat Knesset. A typical Knesset includes many factions represented.
In 1968, the Israeli Labor Party formed from three earlier left-leaning parties, but was defeated in the 1977 election by Menachem Begin's centre-to-right Revisionist Zionist Likud bloc [1] (then composed of Herut, the Liberals and the smaller La'am Party). The Likud formed a coalition with the National Religious Party, Agudat Israel, and others.
The thirty-seventh government of Israel is the current cabinet of Israel, formed on 29 December 2022, following the Knesset election on 1 November 2022. [5] [6] The coalition government consists of seven parties — Likud, United Torah Judaism, Shas, Otzma Yehudit, Religious Zionist Party, New Hope and Noam — and is led by Benjamin Netanyahu, who has taken office as the Prime Minister of ...
Israel's voting method is simplified by the fact that voters vote for a political party and not specific candidates in a closed list system. On election day, and upon entry to a polling station, the voter is given an official envelope, and shown to a voting booth. Inside the booth is a tray of slips, one for each party.
One Druze lawmaker, 29 women, 23 new MKs and three openly gay MKs were elected to the 25th Knesset. [3] The number of Arab MKs was the lowest in two decades with 10 MKs. [4] On 30 June 2024, the Israeli Labor Party announced plans to merge with Meretz to become The Democrats, [5] with Labor MKs expected to become MKs for the new party; the merger was approved on 12 July.
List of political parties in Israel; References This page was last edited on 27 November 2024, at 04:27 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Leaders of political parties in Israel (27 C, 74 P) Israeli politicians by party (144 C) A. Political party alliances in Israel (1 C, 6 P)
Peula LeYisrael (Action for Israel) (פעולה למען ישראל) Pirate Party (Piratim) (הפיראטים - כי כולנו באותה סירה והכל אותו שייט) Uncorrupted Red White (אדום לבן - לגליזציה לקנביס, שוויון לאתיופים, ערבים ומקופחים)