Ineligibility Thresholds, Coalitions: Inside Israel’s Electoral System
Israel’s general election on October 27 will determine whether the country’s longest-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, will remain in power. Here are the main features of Israel’s electoral system. Single Nationwide Constituency Israel’s legislature consists of a single body, the Knesset, with 120 members elected for a four-year term. The law stipulates that elections must be…