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The Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) is an independent, nonpartisan, center of research and action dedicated to strengthening the foundations of Israeli democracy.

A year after Merav Michaeli took over the slumping outfit that ruled the country in its early decades, young people are joining as the new team focuses on gender issues, the environment and peace

Get email notification for articles from Ariela Karmel Follow Jun. 3, 2021 7:40 PM In the final hours of Wednesday evening, Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid announced that he had managed to form a coalition after a series of marathon negotiations with the various leaders of the anti-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu camp. This government has yet to be formally sworn in, and much could happen until it is. However, should Lapid succeed in establishing it, it will be the most politically diverse one in Israeli history. The proposed government, led first by Yamina’s Naftali Bennett and then Lapid,...

Naftali Bennett of the right-wing Yamina party announced late Sunday his intention to team up with the centrist Yair Lapid, leader of the Yesh Atid party, to form what aims to be a unity coalition. This would be a diverse collection of parties with little in common except the goal of unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been in power for more than 12 years. If successful, it would end the complex political deadlock that has seen Israel hold four elections in less than two years. Lapid's government-formation challenge is one that Netanyahu himself failed to achieve by a previou...

There is no international precedent for more than two people splitting the leadership of a country, but it was only one of many plans Netanyahu floated over the past few months