IMEU Institute for Middle East Understanding
Election date: Tuesday, November 1, 2022 Number of seats in the Israeli Knesset (parliament): 120 To qualify for a Knesset seat, a party or electoral list must win at least 3.25% of the popular vote. After reaching that threshold, the party/list receives four Knesset seats, with additional seats allotted based on the percentage of overall votes obtained.
on October 20, 2022
The IMEU shares a guide to the 2020 Israeli elections and the candidates involved.
on February 26, 2020
Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics revealed a figure on Monday that will concern the country's nationalistic right wing: As many Muslims (6.5 million) now live alongside Jews (6.44 million) between the River Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea. But for one man in the midst of the Israeli-Palestinian quagmire, that number is full of encouragement.
on March 28, 2018
Fact Sheets
The IMEU's latest fact sheet summarizes the views of senior officials in the new extreme Israeli right-wing government towards the Palestinians, in their own words.
on May 27, 2015
In a New York Times op-ed, American Jewish leader Henry Siegman says Israel's far-right victory is an opening for America's peace policy in the region. He joins to discuss what the U.S. can do to pave the way for Palestinian statehood.
on May 19, 2015
Fact Sheets
As Israel forms its new coalition government, this IMEU fact sheet provides an overview of the parties and notable ministers in the new government and their views towards the Palestinians.
on May 11, 2015
Hours after a new Israeli government was formed, U.S. President Barack Obama issued an obligatory statement saying he “looks forward to working with” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his slender coalition of conservative parties.
on May 7, 2015
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to form a new coalition government with a far-right ultranationalist party. Jewish Home advocates annexation of parts of occupied territory that the Palestinians seek for their own nation state. The coalition, which also includes United Torah Judaism, Shas and Kulanu, will have the slimmest of majorities with 61 out of the parliament’s 120 MPs.
on May 6, 2015
n you imagine reading an editorial in a respected newspaper today discussing the rights of "Negroes" or "Chinamen"? Probably not. And yet, like other newspapers in this country, The Times continues to use the generic term "Arabs" or "Israeli Arabs" to refer to the Palestinians who live inside Israel, falsely distinguishing them from the Palestinians who live in the territories occupied by Israel in 1967 or those who were driven into exile during the destruction of Palestine in 1948.
on March 27, 2015