# Netanyahu's Bloc Wins the 2022 Election (1 November 2022)

URL: https://allhistories.com/israel/timeline/2022-netanyahu-s-bloc-wins-the-2022-election
Themes: Rulers & Successions

In the Knesset election of 1 November 2022, the fifth in under four years, the right-wing bloc led by former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu won 64 of the 120 seats, against 51 for the parties of the outgoing coalition led by Prime Minister Yair Lapid. Left-wing and Arab parties lost ground, and the far-right Religious Zionist list made large gains. Lapid conceded and congratulated Netanyahu. President Isaac Herzog gave Netanyahu the mandate on 13 November, and after negotiations he announced a coalition on 21 December. The thirty-seventh government was sworn in on 29 December 2022, with Netanyahu taking office as prime minister for the sixth time. The coalition comprised Likud, Shas, United Torah Judaism, the Religious Zionist Party, Otzma Yehudit and Noam. It was widely described as the most right-wing and most religious government in Israel's history, and included far-right figures such as Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich. Its early plans for a sweeping reform of the judiciary triggered mass protests in early 2023.

## Why it matters
The election ended the political crisis of 2019–2022 and brought to power a government whose policies deeply divided Israeli society.

Ruler at the Time: [Isaac Herzog](https://allhistories.com/israel/rulers/isaac-herzog)

Prime Minister: Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia — 2022 Israeli legislative election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Israeli_legislative_election)
- [Wikipedia — Thirty-seventh government of Israel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-seventh_government_of_Israel)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Benjamin Netanyahu](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Benjamin+Netanyahu)