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The prime minister of Israel is the head of government and chief executive of the State of Israel.. Since the adoption of the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948, 14 people have served as the prime minister of Israel, five of whom have served on two or three non-consecutive occasions.
Amir Ohana, first openly gay right-wing member of the Knesset; Asher Ohana, former minister of religious affairs; Ehud Olmert, former Prime Minister, May 2006–2009; Zevulun Orlev, former minister of welfare, leader of the National Religious Party; Haim Oron, former minister of agriculture and rural development
Eleven people have served as President of Israel, four of whom have served two consecutive terms. Another, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, was elected to three consecutive terms, although he died in office soon after the beginning of his third term. Isaac Herzog has been serving as the 11th President of Israel since 2021.
The airstrike also killed 25 other leaders, Israel had claimed. Hezbollah said it was mourning the death of Safieddine, who was a "great leader and a great martyr" and lived an "honourable life".
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 ...
The top four congressional leaders have formally invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint meeting of Congress.
“Given the range of threats and challenges confronting Israel right now, it doesn’t make sense for Israeli leaders to rush this – the focus should be on pulling people together and finding ...
The president's most important power, in practice, is to lead the process of forming a Government. Israel's electoral system and fractured political landscape make it all but impossible for one party to govern alone, let alone win an outright majority of Knesset seats. After each election, the president consults with party leaders to determine ...