In prior three elections, the anti-Netanyahu bloc was unable to form a coalition entirely excluding the prime minister. But this election looks different.
The announcement by Israeli opposition politicians that they had secured enough seats in the Knesset, or Israeli parliament, to form a coalition to oust sitting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu represents a potential sea change in that country’s politics. Netanyahu is the longest-serving prime minister in Israel’s history — holding that position continuously since 2009, after an earlier stint from 1996 to 1999 — and has deeply imprinted his ideology and leadership style on the country.
In Israel’s electoral system, voters cast their ballots for parties in one nationwide district. Once a party crosses a threshold in the total popular vote, its members can enter the Knesset. The larger percentage of the vote garnered, the more members of that party’s preselected list are seated.
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