
Elections and Parties
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Israeli Political Parties
Learn about Israel's political parties, their ideologies, prominent figures, electoral achievements and representation.
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Israeli Elections
Find out about the results of Israel's Knesset elections by year. This tool includes information about all the parties that ran in a given year, including those that did not pass the electoral threshold.
Israel's 37th Government
The results of the 2022 elections pointed to a clear victory to the "Netanyahu Bloc". The four right-wing lists associated with this bloc won a majority of 64 seats and therefore the President of Israel tasked Netanyahu with forming the government. Despite initial statements that the goal was to establish a government "within two weeks", the coalition negotiations dragged on and finally the 37th government was sworn in only on December 29, almost two months after the elections. The government includes Bezalel Smotrich as Minister of Finance (in addition to the position of a Minister in the Ministry of Defense), Yoav Galant as Minister of Defense and Eli Cohen as Minister of Foreign Affairs. In October 2023, on the background of Israel's war with Hamas, the National Unity Party joined the ruling coalition. Five of its MKs were appointed as ministers. Currently the government includes 38 ministers, and it is the biggest government ever.
Government Position | Name | Party |
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Prime Minister | Benjamin Netanyahu | Likud |
Minister of Defense | Yoav Galant | Likud |
Minister of Finance & Minister in the Ministry of Defense | Bezalel Smotrich | Religious Zionism |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Eli Cohen | Likud |
Minister of Justice | Yariv Levin | Likud |
Minister of Transportation | Miri Regev | Likud |
Minister of Interior | Moshe Arbel | Shas |
Minister of Education | Yoav Kish | Likud |
Minister of Health | Uriel Buso | Shas |
Minister in the Ministry of Education | Haim Biton | Shas |
Minister of Economy | Nir Barkat | Likud |
Minister of National Security | Itamar Ben-Gvir | Religious Zionism |
Minister of Culture & Sport | Miki Zohar | Likud |
Minister of Communications | Shlomo Karhi | Likud |
Minister of Enviromental Protection | Idit Silman | Likud |
Minister of Energy | Yisrael Katz | Likud |
Minister of Housing | Yitzchak Goldknopf | United Torah Judaism |
Minister of Agriculture | Avi Dichter | Likud |
Minister of Social Affairs | Ya'akov Margi | Shas |
Government Position | Name | Party |
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Minister of Labor | Yoav Ben-Tzur | Shas |
Minister of Tourism | Haim Katz | Likud |
Minister of Intelligence | Gila Gamliel | Likud |
Minister of Immigration & Absorption | Ofir Sofer | Religious Zionism |
Minister of Science & Technology | Ofir Akunis | Likud |
Minister of Diaspora & Minister of Social Equality | Amichai Chikli | Likud |
Minister of Religious Affairs | Michael Malchieli | Shas |
Minister of Negev and Galil | Yitzhak Wasserlauf | Religious Zionism |
Minister for National Projects | Orit Strook | Religious Zionism |
Minister of Heritage | Amichai Eliahu | Religious Zionism |
Minister without portfolio | Meir Porush | United Torah Judaism |
Minister of Strategic Affairs | Ron Dermer | |
Minister without Portfolio | May Golan | Likud |
Minister in the Ministry of Justice & Minister of Regional Cooperation | David Amsalem | Likud |
Minister without portfolio | Benny Gantz | National Unity Party |
Minister without portfolio | Gadi Eizenkot | National Unity Party |
Minister without portfolio | Gideon Sa'ar | National Unity Party |
Minister without portfolio | Hili Tropper | National Unity Party |
Minister without portfolio | Yifat Shasha-Biton | National Unity Party |