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Judah. Aristobulus I. King and High Priest of Judaea. The first leader from the Hasmonean lineage to call himself king, and also the first of any Judean king to claim both the high priesthoodand kingship title. 103–76 BCE. Jonathan Yannai. Alexander Jannaeus. King and High Priest of Judaea. 76–67 BCE.
Israel is located in a region known as the Land of Israel in Jewish tradition as well as Canaan, Palestine, and the Holy Land. In antiquity, it was home to Canaanite city-states followed by the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Situated at a continental crossroad, the region was then ruled by various empires. [ 25]
Ariel Sharon: 5 years and 39 days [a] Golda Meir: 5 years and 19 days. Ehud Olmert: 2 years and 351 days [b] Shimon Peres: 2 years and 264 days (first term: 2 years and 37 days; second term: 227 days) Moshe Sharett: 1 year and 281 days. Ehud Barak: 1 year and 245 days. Naftali Bennett: 1 year and 17 days.
30 June. The Israeli Knesset voted to dissolve itself, triggering the fifth election in less than four years. 1 November. Israel held its fifth election in less than four years, resulting in a victory for Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party, which led to the formation of a controversial right-wing government.
v. t. e. The history of ancient Israel and Judah spans from the early appearance of the Israelites in Canaan 's hill country during the late second millennium BCE, to the establishment and subsequent downfall of the two Israelite kingdoms in the mid-first millennium BCE. This history unfolds within the Southern Levant during the Iron Age.
t. e. The history of Israel covers an area of the Southern Levant also known as Canaan, Palestine or the Holy Land, which is the geographical location of the modern states of Israel and Palestine. From a prehistory as part of the critical Levantine corridor, which witnessed waves of early humans out of Africa, to the emergence of Natufian ...
v. t. e. Political system of Israel. The Israeli system of government is based on parliamentary democracy. [1] The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of government and leader of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government (also known as the cabinet). Legislative power is vested in the Knesset.
Eleven people have served as President of Israel, four of whom have served two consecutive terms and one, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, was elected to three consecutive terms, although he died in office soon after the beginning of his third term. Isaac Herzog has been serving as the 11th President of Israel since 2021.