Legislative elections were held in Israel on 1 November 2022 to elect the 120 members of the 25th Knesset. The results saw the right-wing national camp of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu win a parliamentary majority, amid losses for left-wing and Arab parties, as well as gains by the far-right.
President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal Herzog voting in the election
Ballot papers in the election
The swearing-in ceremony of the members of the newly elected 25th Knesset, 15 November 2022.
President Herzog consulting with MKs Orit Strook, Ohad Tal and Moshe Solomon ahead of nominating a prime minister-designate, 10 November 2022.
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Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu is an Israeli politician who has been serving as the prime minister of Israel since 2022, having previously held the office from 1996 to 1999 and again from 2009 to 2021. He is the chairman of the Likud party. Netanyahu is the longest-serving prime minister in the country's history, having served for a total of over 16 years. He is also the first prime minister to have been born in Israel after its establishment.
1967 photograph of Netanyahu by the Israel Defense Forces
Netanyahu studied at MIT between 1972 and 1976, earning SB and SM degrees.
Netanyahu (right) with Sorin Hershko, a soldier wounded and permanently paralyzed in Operation Entebbe, 2 July 1986