The Israeli Institute for Democracy (IDI) said Wednesday that Jews have held more elections than any other liberal democracy in the world since 1996.
The vote will take place on March 23, 2021, as Israel’s eleventh election for the Israeli Parliament (Knesset) since the May 1996 vote in which Benjamin Netanyahu first became prime minister.
Prime Minister Netanyahu is not going through legislation to extend budget deadline encourages new elections Monday
(Photo: Knesset Speaker)
The research group said as a result, Israel holds an election every 2.3 years on average, with the IDI noting that other liberal parliamentary democracies have not gone to the polls as often.
The IDI also published a graph comparing Israel with 20 other countries, with Greece coming in second with an average of 2.5 years between elections.
Prime Minister Netanyahu is not going through legislation to extend budget deadline encourages new elections Monday
(Photo: Knesset Speaker)
Spain and Japan continue to have an average election gap of 3 years, while Italy holds elections every 4.4 years.
As a result, IDI researcher Professor Ofer Kenig, author of the recently published report, suggested that urgent new reforms should be undertaken to help shake up the political system. To stabilize Israel.
“This political instability has reaffirmed the importance of electoral reform for Israel,” he said.
The report comes a day after lawmakers failed a budget that led to the dissolution of parliament, with new elections set for March 2021, marking Israel’s fourth contest in just two years.