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Israel

Israel

PartialSovereign state

Israel

Primary executive

Complete
Benjamin Netanyahu
OriginalGovernment Press Office of Israel · Avi Ohayon · CC BY-SA · Original

Benjamin Netanyahu

Head of government Active

Prime Minister of Israel · Principal · De jure

Head of state

Isaac Herzog
Originalhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/9364837@N06/53783290977/ · U.S. Department of State · Public Domain · Original

Isaac Herzog

Head of state Active

President of the State of Israel · Principal

Editorial profile v1

Verified country brief

Versioned editorial facts take priority over database records on this country page.

completeAug 10, 2026

Latest election

Completed

2022 Israeli legislative election

Nov 1, 2022 · Parliamentary election

Electoral system
Nationwide closed-list proportional representation with a 3.25 percent threshold.
Published result
Likud · 32 Seats; Yesh Atid · 24 Seats; Religious Zionism · 14 Seats; National Unity · 12 Seats; Shas · 11 Seats; UTJ · 7 Seats
Knesset - History and results of the twenty-fifth Knesset

Current policy issues

  1. 1National security and the Iran conflictPrime Minister Office - Government meeting remarks, July 2026
  2. 2Hostages, Gaza and regional de-escalationPrime Minister Office - Government meeting remarks, July 2026, Knesset - Opposition leader and current opposition agenda
  3. 3Judicial governance and separation of powersKnesset - Constitution Committee deliberation on judicial governance
  4. 4Cost of living and public servicesKnesset - Opposition leader and current opposition agenda, Government of Israel - National digital government programme

Indexed party landscape

Parties and alliances currently indexed for this jurisdiction. Active and historical labels reflect the source dataset, not an official national register.

Partial
Tracked parties
213
Active in source
57
Historical in source
0
parties shown
100
More parties (88)

Elections

Partial

Israel — Parliamentary election — 2022-11-01

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Nov 1, 2022

Completed

Israel — Parliamentary election — 2021-03-23

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Mar 23, 2021

Completed

Israel — Parliamentary election — 2020-03-02

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Mar 2, 2020

Completed

Israel — Parliamentary election — 2019-09-17

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Sep 17, 2019

Completed

Israel — Parliamentary election — 2019-04-09

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Apr 9, 2019

Completed

Israel — Parliamentary election — 2015-03-17

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Mar 17, 2015

Completed

Israel — Parliamentary election — 2013-01-22

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Jan 22, 2013

Completed

Israel — Parliamentary election — 2009-02-10

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Feb 10, 2009

Completed

Israel — Parliamentary election — 2006-03-28

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Mar 28, 2006

Completed

Israel — Parliamentary election — 2003-01-28

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Jan 28, 2003

Completed

Israel — Parliamentary election — 1999-05-17

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

May 17, 1999

Completed

Israel — Parliamentary election — 1996-05-29

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

May 29, 1996

Completed

Israel — Parliamentary election — 1992-06-23

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Jun 23, 1992

Completed

Israel — Parliamentary election — 1988-11-01

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Nov 1, 1988

Completed

Israel — Parliamentary election — 1984-07-23

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Jul 23, 1984

Completed

Israel — Parliamentary election — 1981-06-30

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Jun 30, 1981

Completed

Israel — Parliamentary election — 1977-05-17

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

May 17, 1977

Completed

Israel — Parliamentary election — 1973-12-31

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Dec 31, 1973

Completed

Israel — Parliamentary election — 1969-10-28

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Oct 28, 1969

Completed

Israel — Parliamentary election — 1965-11-01

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Nov 1, 1965

Completed

Israel — Parliamentary election — 1961-08-15

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Aug 15, 1961

Completed

Israel — Parliamentary election — 1959-11-03

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Nov 3, 1959

Completed

Israel — Parliamentary election — 1955-07-26

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Jul 26, 1955

Completed

Israel — Parliamentary election — 1951-07-30

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Jul 30, 1951

Completed

Israel — Parliamentary election — 1949-01-25

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Jan 25, 1949

Completed

Sources

16

  1. 1Knesset - Basic Law: The Governmentcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  2. 2Knesset - Basic Law: The Knessetcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  3. 3Government of Israel - Presidents of Israelcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  4. 4Knesset - Isaac Herzog elected Presidentcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  5. 5Knesset - Current governments of Israelcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  6. 6Knesset - Confidence in the thirty-seventh Governmentcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  7. 7Knesset - Factions in the twenty-fifth Knessetcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  8. 8Knesset - History and results of the twenty-fifth Knessetcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  9. 9Knesset - Opposition leader and current opposition agendacitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  10. 10Central Elections Committee - 2026 election informationcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  11. 11Prime Minister Office - Government meeting remarks, July 2026citation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  12. 12Knesset - Constitution Committee deliberation on judicial governancecitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  13. 13Government of Israel - National digital government programmecitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  14. 14WikidataCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  15. 15Wikimedia CommonsCC BY-SA 3.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  16. 16Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode-3.0 · Aug 9, 2026

Political world map

Western Asia

Israel. Primary executive: Benjamin Netanyahu. Head of state: Isaac Herzog. PartialLebanon. Primary executive: Nawaf Salam. Head of state: Joseph Aoun. PartialPalestinian Territories. Primary executive: —. Head of state: Mahmoud Abbas. PartialJordan. Primary executive: Abdullah II of Jordan. PartialUnited Arab Emirates. Primary executive: Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. PartialQatar. Primary executive: Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. StaleKuwait. Primary executive: Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. PartialIraq. Primary executive: Ali Faleh Al-Zaidi. Head of state: Nizar Mohammed Saeed Amidi. PartialOman. Primary executive: Haitham bin Tarik. ConflictingSyria. Primary executive: Ahmed al-Sharaa. StaleArmenia. Primary executive: Nikol Pashinyan. Head of state: Vahagn Khachatryan. PartialTürkiye. Primary executive: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. ConflictingAzerbaijan. Primary executive: Ilham Aliyev. PartialGeorgia. Primary executive: Irakli Kobakhidze. Head of state: Mikheil Kavelashvili. PartialYemen. Primary executive: Rashad Mohammed Al-Alimi. PartialSaudi Arabia. Primary executive: Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. ConflictingCyprus. Primary executive: Nicos Christodoulides. Conflicting
IsraelPrimary executive: Benjamin NetanyahuHead of state: Isaac HerzogPartial
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Boundaries and names shown on this map do not imply a position by CiviOrg. Small territories without geometry remain available in the index.