IsraelBenjamin Netanyahu, born in 1949, is leader of the Likud party and Israel's longest-serving prime minister. He returned to office in December 2022 at the head of a coalition with religious and nationalist parties, and has pursued market liberalization and a hardline security policy.
In the 12 Axes register, Benjamin Netanyahu leans hardest on Planned – Markets: Markets 83%; the register median is Planned 68%.
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Where Benjamin Netanyahu sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Unitary
Unitary Israeli state
Centrist
Elected PM; coalition sought to curb judicial review in 2023
Statist
Hardline security measures during the Gaza war
Nationalist
Emphasizes Israeli security and national character
Militarist
Wars in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran; strikes in Syria
Assimilationist
Backed the 2018 Jewish nation-state law
Capitalist
Cut taxes and privatized as finance minister
Free Market
Liberalizing market reforms since 2003
Free Trade
Abraham Accords and tech-export economy
Religious
Relied on coalitions with ultra-Orthodox Shas and UTJ
Traditionalist
Expanded settlements; conservative coalition partners
Technological
Launched Israel's national cyber initiative in 2010
Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.
Planned – Markets
On Planned – Markets, Benjamin Netanyahu is at Markets 83%. The register median is Planned 68%.
Federal – Unitary
On Federal – Unitary, Benjamin Netanyahu is at Unitary 68%, almost the register median of Unitary 68%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.cidob.org
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The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
