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The Impact of Israeli Electoral System on the Continued Political Fragmentation

accounting for the continued political cleavages in Israel since its establishment has been its electoral system, which encourages smaller parties and undermines bigger parties. Despite the presence of numerous parties in Israel reflects social, economic, and ideological cleavages, the electoral system has exacerbated these cleavages as well. In societies with numerous cleavages, a low quorum for partiesʹ entry to the parliament is set in order to encourage peopleʹs political participation. The entry of several smaller parties to the Knesset has made coalition-building among parties more difficult, forming fragile coalition cabinets. In 1991, with Knessetʹs approval, it was decided that the prime minister would be elected by peopleʹs direct vote since 1996, but unexpected results caused a return of the electoral law to the previous form from 2001.