Israel Political Party Project

Israel is a Parliamentary system

"The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of government and leader of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in the Knesset. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. The political system of the State of Israel and its main principles are set out in 11 Basic Laws. Israel does not have a written constitution."

Israel's political system, based on proportional representation, allows the 120-seat Knesset.

There are currently 11 parties represented:

Likud    

Zionist Union (Labor Party)         

Zionist Union (Hatnuah)        

Joint List              

Yesh Atid            

Kulanu 

The Jewish Home           

Shas      

United Torah Judaism   

Yisrael Beiteinu

Meretz

It is a Unitary State

The two parties with the largest representation in the Israeli Knesset are Labor and Likud.

Other parties not represented are:

Ahrayut

Ale Yarok

Brit Olam

Da'am Workers Party, Organization for Democratic Action

Dor

Eretz Hadasha

Green Movement

Yachad

HaYisraelim

Holocaust Survivors and Grown-Up Green Leaf Party

Kadima (held seats from 2005 to 2015)

Koah HaKesef

Koah LeHashpi'a

Lazuz

Leader

Lehem

Lev LaOlim

Man's Rights in the Family Party

Meimad (held seats between 1999 and 2009)

Or

Otzma Yehudit (held seats between 2012 and 2013)

Sons of the New Testament

The Greens

Tzabar

Tzomet (held seats between 1987 and 1999)

U'Bizchutan— founded in 2015 as an Orthodox Jewish women's party [3]

Yisrael Hazaka

Yisrael HaMithadeshet

"The politics of Israel is dominated by Zionist parties. They traditionally fall into three camps, the first two being the largest: Labor Zionism (social democrat), Revisionist Zionism (conservative) and Religious Zionism. There are also several non-Zionist Orthodox religious parties, non-Zionist left-wing groups, as well as non-Zionist and anti-Zionist Israeli Arab parties."