Israel: Background and U.S. Relations in Brief

Abstract

Domestic issues: March 2021 election. After the collapse of its power-sharing government in December 2020, Israel is scheduled to hold another election for its Knesset (parliament) on March 23, 2021. The election will be Israels fourth in the past two yearsa frequency without parallel in the countrys history. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has managed to maintain power despite an ongoing criminal trial on corruption charges that is set to resume in February 2021. Netanyahu apparently hopes to create a coalition government that will grant him legal immunity or to remain indefinitely as caretaker prime minister (as he did from December 2018 to May 2020) by preventing anyone from forming a coalition without him and his Likud party.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 27, 2021
Accession Number
AD1132684

Entities

People

  • Jim Zanotti

Organizations

  • Congressional Research Service

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of State
  • Foreign Aid
  • Foreign Policy
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • International Law
  • Law
  • Middle East
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Terrorists
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United States
  • United States Central Command

Readers

  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution