International Education Week 2022: Analyzing Israel's Election Results

Following Israel's general election, Israeli public opinion expert and strategic consultant, Dahlia Scheindlin, and Director of the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, Professor Dov Waxman, will analyze the results of Israel's fifth national election in under four years.

This event is organized by Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, Political Science.

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Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel during the Session "A Conversation with Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel" at the Annual Meeting 2018 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 25, 2018.
Copyright by World Economic Forum / Manuel Lopez

About the Discussion

Please join us on November 9th for this special webinar, which is part of UCLA's 2022 International Education Week! Public opinion expert Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin and Director of the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, Professor Dov Waxman, will analyze Israel's election and discuss what the results may entail for the future of the Knesset and the State of Israel.

If you're thinking to yourself, "Didn't Israel just have a round of elections?" you would be correct. On November 1st, 2022, Israel is set to have their 5th round of elections in just four years. Although rapid-fire Israeli elections are not unprecedented due to the Knesset's (the unicameral legislature of Israel) unique structure, which encourages, if not necessitates, the creation of coalition blocs from a range of political parties to establish and maintain a Knesset majority. However, the recent batch of elections are especially unique in that they are a result of the State of Israel's recent wave of political turbulence, which culminated in the ousting of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2021 by a coalition bloc first led by Naftali Bennett and, more recently, Yair Lapid.

With allegations of bribery, fraud and breach of trust plaguing Netanyahu over the last few years, the Leader of the Opposition and Chairman of the Likud Party is once again trying to assume control of the Knesset. Now, in the aftermath of the election, Netanyahu appears set to take back his previous position as Israel's Prime Minister. How will this change in power affect Israel's approach to the country's most-pressing concerns, most notably the Iran nuclear crisis and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict?

DISCLAIMER: The views or opinions of our guest speakers and the content of their presentations do not necessarily reflect the views of the UCLA Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies. Hosting speakers does not constitute an endorsement of the speaker's views or opinions.