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Understanding Israel & Palestine: A Current Events Resource Guide

Israeli Law

The State of Israel is governed as a parliamentary democracy with no written constitution. In place of a constitution, the Knesset (Israeli legislature) has passed a series of "Basic Laws" through supermajority. Included below are the texts of Basic Laws of Israel, the Israeli Declaration of Independence, and the Law of Return, which grants non-Israeli Jews the right to Israeli citizenship. 

Since 2009, the State of Israel has been governed by a coalition government led by Benjamin Netanyahu, the chairman of the right-wing Likud party. Netanyahu held the position of Prime Minister of Israel between 2009-2021 and again 2022-present.


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