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
Since 1967, Israel has been establishing illegal Jewish-only colonies on stolen land in the Palestinian West Bank, including East Jerusalem, as well as in the Syrian Golan Heights.
on May 6, 2022
Expert Q&A: The Latest Escalation of Violence in Palestine/Israel
on April 13, 2022
The Gaza Strip is a small portion of the southwest of historic Palestine (approximately one percent) bordering Egypt to the south, the Mediterranean Sea to the west, and Israel to the north and east. According to the Central Intelligence Agency Factbook, it is 360 square kilometers (roughly twice the size of Washington, DC) and as of July 2021 had an estimated 1.975 million residents.
on April 7, 2022