Gaslighting Takes Center Stage in Current Elections Campaign

Netanyahu’s supporters don’t believe his involvement in the submarine affair despite overwhelming evidence, but they blindly fall for unconfirmed, far-fetched claims about an alleged sex-tape on Benny Gantz’s hacked phone; this is the definition of agnotology – intentional seeding of ignorance

BIN’s Guide to Israel’s 2019 Elections

Members of Knesset are not elected directly, but only as part of rosters of specific lists which participate in the general elections. To be represented in the Knesset, a party that takes part in the elections must pass the qualifying electoral threshold, which is currently 3.25%. Following elections to the Knesset, the lists of the parties, which passed the qualifying threshold receive a number of the 120 Knesset seats which is proportional to their electoral strength.