Israel’s 37th Government
The 37th government of Israel is the current cabinet of Israel, formed on 29 December 2022 following the Knesset election on 1 November 2022.
The government is headed by the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who serving in the role for the sixth time.
The coalition government consists 64 mandates of six parties:
Likud (32), Shas (11), United Torah Judaism (7) Religious Zionist (7) , Otzma Yehudit (6) , and Noam (1) . (*)
The opposition consists 56 mandates of six parties :Yesh Atid (24), the National Unity Party (12), Yisrael Beiteinu (6) , Ra’am (5) , the Hadash–Ta'al (5) Labor party (4).
*On October 2023 the National Unity Party joined the government and coalition for a limited time.
*On march 2024 the New Hope—The United Right party (4) break away from the National Unity Party (8)
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Prime Minister's Office
The Prime Minister's Office in Israel is the central and leading office in the Israeli government. The office is responsible for implementing the political, economic, social, and administrative vision of the incumbent Prime Minister, and deals with outlining, planning, promoting, and implementing the government's and the Prime Minister's policies on the main issues on the government's agenda.
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Ministry of Defense
The Ministry of Defense is responsible for the security of the state at the political, military, and civilian levels. It addresses security issues by building the strength of the IDF (Israel Defense Forces), advancing research and development in technological and security fields, encouraging defense exports, and supporting local industries and social involvement. The ministry publishes guidelines for emergency situations and provides services to the public, including rehabilitation of IDF-disabled veterans, memorial projects, support for bereaved families, and assistance to discharged soldiers.
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is responsible for formulating, implementing, and explaining the foreign policy of the Government of Israel. It works to ensure the national resilience of the State of Israel through the continuous expansion and deepening of its international relations and securing worldwide support for Israel and its positions. The ministry is in charge of planning, managing, and coordinating the activities of over 100 Israeli diplomatic missions worldwide, as well as managing the government's relations with foreign governments and international organizations, both domestically and abroad. The ministry cultivates relationships with Jewish communities in the diaspora and bears the state responsibility for protecting the rights of Israeli citizens abroad.
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Ministry of Finance
The Ministry of Finance is responsible for establishing the government's economic policy. Its main functions are: planning and implementing the economic and fiscal policy of the State of Israel, regulating economic and business activities in the economy, determining the state's annual budget for government operations and its distribution among the various government ministries, and managing the state's revenues and the collection of direct and indirect taxes. The ministry is also in charge of the activities of all government companies, setting wage policies and labor agreements in the public sector, and managing state assets. Additionally, the ministry oversees key bodies in the capital market.
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Ministry of Justice
The Ministry of Justice works to administer justice and serve the public in the legal field in accordance with government policy while protecting the rule of law, human rights, and the fundamental values of the State of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state where all are equal before the law. Its main functions include: organizing the court systems, religious courts, and the enforcement authority, preparing government legislation drafts, and accompanying private legislation. Legal advising to the government and its ministries. Enforcement of criminal law. Representing the state in judicial and quasi-judicial forums. Implementation of laws that the Minister of Justice is responsible for executing
Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
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The Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure is responsible for Israel's energy sectors and natural resources: electricity, fuel, cooking gas, natural gas, energy efficiency, oil exploration, mining, scientific research of the earth and sea, and more. The ministry oversees public and private entities involved in these areas and works to ensure a fitting response to the changing energy and infrastructure needs of the economy, today and in the future, at high levels of reliability, availability, efficiency, and quality, while regulating the market, protecting consumers, and preserving the environment.
The ministry promotes the smart and efficient utilization of natural resources, ensuring sustainability over time and proper preparedness against natural risks, through long-term planning and sustainable development, by creating and implementing an appropriate scientific and technological base.
Ministry of Transport and Road Safety
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The Ministry of Transportation and Road Safety is responsible for managing and setting policy in the transportation sector, as well as for transportation system services by sea, air, and land. The ministry is responsible for planning, developing, and regulating integrated transportation infrastructures and systems that promote the mobility and logistics of Israeli citizens and those entering its gates, as well as of the entire Israeli economy. These efforts contribute to economic and social growth in Israel while maintaining safety and environmental quality
The Ministry of Construction and Housing
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The Ministry of Construction and Housing is responsible for initiating and implementing the government's policy in the fields of housing and construction for residences. The ministry focuses on finding housing solutions for the entire population, engaging in urban renewal, new and rural construction, neighborhood rehabilitation, mortgages, and providing housing assistance to vulnerable populations. The ministry works to accelerate construction and improve building quality in Israel, and in this context, encourages business entrepreneurship, and the integration of modern construction technologies, and enforces building standards to prevent construction failures.
Ministry of Economy and Industry
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The Ministry of Economy centralizes the tools for encouraging Israel's economic growth. The ministry provides services and information on topics such as import and export, development and investment, foreign trade, regulation and enforcement, domestic trade, and standards. The ministry works to assist in developing and establishing an efficient and profitable industry with competitive capacity, which can be a leading factor in the accelerated growth of the Israeli economy. This includes developing activities for Israel's international economic development, especially tools to increase exports with the aim of securing massive foreign investments in Israel and enhancing the interest and attractiveness of the Israeli economy.
The Ministry of Economy works on expanding economic cooperation and trade with regional countries to maximize the relative advantages of each country. It focuses on human capital development to increase the human infrastructure according to the needs of the industry and the economy. The ministry encourages public consumer awareness and adherence to fair trade rules, ensuring individual welfare and increasing market competitiveness. It also develops extra-budgetary financing tools – making intelligent use of the state budget to create incentives for capital market participation in financing development and industrial projects.
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
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The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is responsible for the development of Israeli agriculture and ensuring its existence and prosperity; the continuity of food supply coming from agricultural production. Food security and ensuring quality, healthy, and safe food for the public, strict supervision of all stages from cultivation in the field to the plate (Farm to Fork); supervision of the prices of dairy products and eggs, economic research in the agricultural sectors, regulation and reduction of the cost of living; encouragement of sustainable agricultural development, protection of trees and a green environment; protection of the welfare of animals (farm and pet animals), development of rural-agricultural settlement in the geographical periphery.
Ministry of Tourism
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The Ministry of Tourism is responsible for the policy planning, development, and marketing of the tourism industry in Israel, assisting in the establishment of tourism projects and supporting organizations to encourage tourism. The Ministry operates in three main areas: marketing domestic and incoming tourism through support policies, advertising, sales promotion, and public relations including online activities and developing marketing tools, air routes, and existing and new marketing channels.
In public infrastructure development, statutory planning, and encouraging capital investment through an annually published development budget procedure, encouraging capital investments in tourism infrastructure (attractions, small businesses, lodging facilities) through the Capital Investment Encouragement Law, and through support procedures and calls for proposals. And in diversifying, developing, and enhancing the tourist experience – by developing new products and experiences, controlling tourism services, and developing human resources for the tourism industry through training courses, and supporting tourism students, and tour guides.
Ministry of Communications
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The Ministry of Communications is responsible for setting the policy, opening the communications market to competition, and developing communication infrastructures. The Ministry is in charge of managing and setting policies in the communication and postal sector in Israel. It is responsible for planning, developing, and regulating communication infrastructures, which promote the use of advanced digital means in employment, education, health, culture, and more, helping Israel to be a leading country in knowledge-intensive industries.
Additionally, the Ministry is involved in licensing and supervision of communication infrastructure owners and service providers, supervision of the Postal Company and Postal Bank, setting control policies and tariffs for various communication services, managing the frequency spectrum, and overseeing cable television services and the approval of end-user devices for the Bezeq system.
Ministry of Environmental Protection
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The Ministry of Environmental Protection works to protect the environment and public health through the promotion of laws, regulations, and standards, and supervision and enforcement of their implementation
The Ministry also operates under the authority of international treaties. Its areas of responsibility include air quality management, waste management, supervision of hazardous materials, protection of natural resources, and the marine environment, among others.
Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology
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The Ministry of Innovation, Science, and Technology is responsible for investing in scientific research in the State of Israel in nationally prioritized fields and acts as a connecting link between academic research and industrial development. Additionally, the ministry is engaged in creating foreign relations and international collaborations.
Ministry of Health
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The Ministry of Health is responsible for public health and systems aimed at preventing and diagnosing diseases, treating patients, and promoting health. The ministry's activities focus on legislation, licensing of services and professionals, setting standards for medications, food, and devices, and public information dissemination. The ministry provides health services in the areas of hospitalization and preventive medicine, mental health, geriatrics, public health, and rehabilitation devices.
Ministry of Interior
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The Ministry of the Interior deals with local government matters, including local and regional council elections, assisting local authorities in emergency preparedness, business licensing, property tax, managing the biometric database, religious communities, bathing beaches, and the transition to and from daylight saving time.
Ministry of Religious Services
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The Ministry of Religious Services provides religious services to the Jewish community in Israel. Its main activities include registering marriages and conducting weddings, supervising kashrut (Jewish dietary laws), developing religious buildings and synagogues, cemeteries and, burial solutions, and fostering connections with the Jewish diaspora. The ministry also oversees religious councils and burial societies.
Ministry Of Labor
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The Ministry of Labor works to promote employment in the economy through regulation of the labor market, formulation of governmental employment policies, development and management of employment programs to increase participation of unique populations in the labor market, organization of occupations in the economy, regulation and enforcement of labor laws, professional training, supervision of daycares for children, and the consolidation of research knowledge in the field.
The Ministry of National Security
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The Ministry of Public Security is a combined headquarters responsible for law enforcement, maintaining public order, and internal security activities in the country through various agencies. These include the Israel Police, the Prison Service, the National Fire and Rescue Authority, the National Headquarters for the Protection of Children on the Internet, the National Authority for Community Security, the Authority for Witness Protection, and the Firearms Licensing Division.
Ministry of Education
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The Ministry of Education is responsible for educational institutions, including kindergartens, schools, higher education, and informal education. The ministry's activities focus on legislation and planning of educational and higher education services, as well as licensing professionals in the fields of education and teaching.
The Ministry of Welfare and Social Affairs
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The Ministry of Welfare and Social Security serves as a central component in the Israeli welfare state. Its mission, in collaboration with other ministries and bodies, involves identifying, preventing, treating, protecting, rehabilitating, and assisting every individual, family, and community-facing temporary or prolonged crises due to disability, poverty, social exclusion, functional difficulties, age, unemployment, neglect, discrimination, exploitation, and social deviation.
Ministry of Culture and Sports
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The Ministry of Culture and Sports promotes the following areas: In culture: Strengthening and encouraging cultural and artistic creation to ensure its continued growth and boosting cultural consumption and participation in cultural activities, particularly in the social and geographical periphery as well as Promoting activities for documenting cultural endeavors, preserving cultural assets, and heritage sites. In sports, the ministry is responsible for increasing the number of citizens engaged in physical activity, including children and youth. Additionally, the Ministry of Sports and Culture promotes women, girls, and female youth in sports, and improves the achievements of high-performance athletes at the international level.
Ministry of Strategic Affairs
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The ministry of strategic affairs deals with strategic issues including the threat from Iran, strengthening the Abraham Accords, expanding the circle of peace, and reinforcing the alliance with the United States, all while coordinating with all relevant government ministries and security bodies.
Ministry of Regional Cooperation
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The Ministry for Regional Cooperation in Israel plays a crucial role in enhancing and fostering cooperative relationships with neighboring countries in the Middle East region and with the Palestinian Authority
Ministry of Aliyah and Integration
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The Ministry of Aliyah and Integration is responsible for the assistance provided by the State of Israel to immigrants and returning residents who come to the country. The Ministry establishes policies and procedures, allocates assistance budgets for immigrants, and provides special services in the areas of housing, employment, and culture.
The Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism
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The Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and the Fight Against Antisemitism is responsible for maintaining the connection between world Jewry and the State of Israel. It bridges three significant national missions: the first involves strengthening Jewish identity and the connection to the State of Israel within the diaspora, the second focuses on combating the rising antisemitism around the world, and the third is engaged in fighting against the delegitimization of the State of Israel across various fronts.
Ministry for Social Equality and for the Advancement of the Status of Women
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The Ministry for Social Equality is a government executive body in Israel, aimed at promoting social equality within the country. Its activities encompass various areas, including the promotion of the senior citizen population in Israel, including Holocaust survivors, advancing women's status, economic development of minority sectors, and the advancement of the youth population.
Ministry of Jerusalem Affairs and Jewish Heritage
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The Jerusalem and Heritage Ministry is responsible for the development of the city of Jerusalem and for promoting its growth and prosperity in all aspects and areas, including in the fields of economy, tourism, society, welfare, and infrastructure.
Ministry of the Negev, Galilee and National Resilience
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The Ministry of the Negev, Galilee and National Resilience in Israel plays a pivotal role in regional development and national resilience. Its primary objectives are to provide assistance to the Negev, the Galilee, and to authorities and neighborhoods defined as social peripheries, through the strengthening of national and social resilience, economic development, leisure and community activities, non-formal education, and health enhancement.
Ministry for Settlement and National Missions
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The Ministry of National Missions deals with the core of settlement in the State of Israel and in the following areas: pre-military academies, mission-oriented nuclear issues, civilian national service, and the settlement branch as an executive arm.
Ministry of Heritage
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The Ministry of Heritage is responsible for the development, strengthening, and empowerment of the national heritage, both tangible and intangible, and for imparting this heritage to the public.