Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Isaac HERZOG (since 7 July 2021)
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Naftali BENNETT (since 13 June 2021)
• Assembly: Israel has a unicameral Knesset with 120 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by parliament to serve a 7-year term.
• The Prime Minister is designated by the president to serve a 4-year term. After parliamentary elections, the president will usually select a prime minister that he/she feels has the best possibility of forming a new government.
• In the Knesset 120 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms. There is a 3.25% threshold required to gain representation. All candidates run in one, nationwide district.