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Israel

Israel is a unitary parliamentary republic in Western Asia. The President of Israel serves as head of state while the Prime Minister heads the government, and the unicameral Knesset holds legislative power.

Facts
Classification
Freedom Status
Electoral Democracy 1
Founding Year
1948 2
Connections

Governed By

Benjamin Netanyahu Government, Governments
Source Politics of Israel (Wikipedia)Wikipedia contributors
David Ben-Gurion, Political Figures

Israel's first Prime Minister, serving 1948-1953.

Source Politics of Israel (Wikipedia)Wikipedia contributors

Practices

Parliamentary Democracy, Systems of Government
Source Israel (Wikipedia)
Party-List Proportional Representation, Political Mechanisms
Source Party-list proportional representation (Wikipedia)
Proportional Representation, Political Mechanisms
Source Proportional representation (Wikipedia)
Unitary State, Systems of Government
Source Israel (Wikipedia)
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Same As

Israel

Also in Geography Atlas: the same subject.

Has Member

Financial Action Task Force

Also in Economics Atlas: a member of this subject.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Also in Economics Atlas: a member of this subject.

Sources
1. Freedom House: Israel (Freedom in the World 2025)
Freedom HouseOverview, Global Freedom Score 73/100 (free)
Quote, Overview, Global Freedom Score 73/100 (free)
Israel is a parliamentary democracy with a multiparty system and independent institutions that generally guarantee political rights and civil liberties for the population within its borders.
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2. Israel (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox: established_date1
    14 May 1948
  • Practices: Unitary State, Infobox: government_type
    Unitary parliamentary republic
  • Practices: Parliamentary Democracy, Infobox: government_type
    Unitary parliamentary republic
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Politics of Israel (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Politics in Israel are based on parliamentary democracy.
  • Governed By: Benjamin Netanyahu Government, Netanyahu III (2022-present) section
    The government was sworn in on 29 December 2022.
  • Governed By: David Ben-Gurion, Prime ministers of Israel section
    Ben-Gurion (1948-1953)
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Party-list proportional representation (Wikipedia)
Practices: Party-List Proportional Representation, Lead paragraph
Quote, Practices: Party-List Proportional Representation, Lead paragraph
Voters may cast votes for parties, as in Spain, Turkey, and Israel (closed lists)
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Proportional representation (Wikipedia)
Practices: Proportional Representation, Article text
Quote, Practices: Proportional Representation, Article text
List PR systems are used in Finland (open list), Latvia (open list), Sweden (open list), Israel (national closed list)
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