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Voting booths are made available on Israeli ships. Elections are overseen by the Central Elections Committee, and are held according to the Knesset Elections Law. Israel was ranked 47th most electoral democratic country in the world and the most electoral democratic country in the Middle East according to V-Dem Democracy indices in 2023. [4] [5]
The extended period of political deadlock that led up to the election was the result of four inconclusive elections (April 2019, September 2019, 2020, and 2021).In April and September 2019, neither incumbent Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, nor leader of the main opposition party Blue and White, Benny Gantz, was able to muster a 61-seat governing majority, leading to fresh elections.
On 5 January, incumbent Jewish Home party leader Rafi Peretz stated that he would not head the party and would not stand for re-election, but did not rule out a return to politics in the future. [19] Nir Orbach announced he would run for the leadership slot. [20] Hagit Moshe also ran (at Netanyahu's request). [21]
The death toll from Israel's military operation in the West Bank increases to 50, with three people killed after a drone strike in Tulkarm. [274] The U.S. State Department approves $165 million in weapons sales to Israel to fund tank transporters along with spare parts, tool kits, and technical and logistics support. The parts are expected to ...
Illustration of municipal ballot papers set to be used in 2023. Yellow ballots will be used to elect the authority's leader while white ones will be used to elect its council Election ballots for the mayor of Nesher and the city council of Nesher. Municipal elections in Israel took place on 27 February 2024 amidst the ongoing Israel–Hamas war ...
The party "maintains that Israel was founded as the nation-state of the Jewish people and must remain a state with a Jewish majority, with defensible borders". [43] The party suggested that a multilateral approach involving Israel's neighbors would allow for Israel's long-term security as well as a Palestinian state.
Ihud Bnei HaBrit (Hebrew: איחוד בני הברית; Arabic: اتحاد أبناء العهد; [1] English: United Allies) is an Israeli political party that participated in the April 2019 Israeli legislative election. [2] It is mostly an Arab Christian party, with some Jewish and Muslim support. [3]
Early legislative elections were held in Israel on 9 April 2019 to elect the 120 members of the 21st Knesset.Elections had been due in November 2019, but were brought forward following a dispute between members of the current government over a bill on national service for the ultra-Orthodox population, as well as impending corruption charges against incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.