Israel
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary democracy
- CONSTITUTION
- there is no written constitution, but a set of laws approved by Parliament regulates constitutional rights and institutional activities. Since May 2003, the Constitutional Committee has been working on drafting a proper constitutional text
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on common law and, for individual rights, on Jewish, Christian, and Muslim codes
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Parliament (Knesset)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court (judges appointed by the Judicial Selection Committee. Mandatory retirement at 70 years)
RELIGIONS
76% Jews, 16% Muslims, Christians
From the country
- OCTOBER 23, 2018IsraelDEATH PENALTY
USA - Palestinian Authority. U.S Citizen Faces Death Penalty for Selling Jerusalem Land to Jews.
USA - Palestinian Authority. U.S Citizen Faces Death Penalty for Selling Jerusalem Land to Jews.
JANUARY 3, 2018IsraelDEATH PENALTYISRAEL: DEATH PENALTY BILL PASSES PRELIMINARY KNESSET VOTE
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman’s Death Penalty Bill passed its first reading in the Knesset, winning a narrow majority of 52 in favor to 49 against.
- JANUARY 1, 2018IsraelDEATH PENALTY
The country has been abolitionist for ordinary crimes since 1954.
The country has been abolitionist for ordinary crimes since 1954.
AUGUST 2, 2017IsraelDEATH PENALTYISRAEL: KNESSET TO DEBATE NEW DEATH PENALTY FOR TERRORISTS BILL
A bill proposing an amendment to the Penal Law and the Anti-Terrorism Law, allowing the court to sentence to death terrorists who murdered innocent civilians will be added to the Knesset agenda soon by MK Nava Boker (Likud), Israel Hayom reported.
- JULY 27, 2017IsraelDEATH PENALTY
NETANYAHU WANTS EXECUTION OF PALESTINIAN WHO ALLEGEDLY STABBED 3 ISRAELIS
"The death penalty for terrorists -- it's time to implement it in severe cases,” Netanyahu said in Jerusalem al-Quds.
- JANUARY 1, 2017IsraelDEATH PENALTY
The country has been abolitionist for ordinary crimes since 1954.
The country has been abolitionist for ordinary crimes since 1954.
- JANUARY 1, 2016IsraelDEATH PENALTY
The country has been abolitionist for ordinary crimes since 1954.
The country has been abolitionist for ordinary crimes since 1954.
- JULY 15, 2015IsraelDEATH PENALTY
ISRAEL: KNESSET REJECTS BILL ON DEATH PENALTY FOR TERRORISTS
The Knesset voted down a bill proposed by Yisrael Beytenu that would have enabled judges to more easily sentence a terrorist to death.
JULY 12, 2015IsraelDEATH PENALTYISRAEL: NETANYAHU BLOCKS DEATH PENALTY FOR MASS MURDERING TERRORISTS
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has blocked, at least temporarily, a bill which would require judges to
- JANUARY 1, 2015IsraelDEATH PENALTY
The country has been abolitionist for ordinary crimes since 1954.
The country has been abolitionist for ordinary crimes since 1954.
- JANUARY 1, 2014IsraelDEATH PENALTY
The country has been abolitionist for ordinary crimes since 1954.
The country has been abolitionist for ordinary crimes since 1954.
- JANUARY 1, 2013IsraelDEATH PENALTY
The country has been abolitionist for ordinary crimes since 1954.
The country has been abolitionist for ordinary crimes since 1954.