Eight-party 'change coalition' spanning the widest ideological range in Israeli parliamentary history — right (Yamina, New Hope, Yisrael Beiteinu), centre (Yesh Atid, Blue-White), left (Labor, Meretz) and Ra'am (United Arab List, first Arab-Islamist party ever in an Israeli government). Broke Benjamin Netanyahu's continuous 12-year run (2009–2021). Economic posture: centrist-liberal reformist under Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman — core content was the Arrangements Law package attached to the November 2021 budget (Israel's first passed budget since 2018) that raised the statutory retirement age for women from 62 to 65 gradually, cut red tape on imports ("what's good for Europe is good for Israel" parallel-import standards reform), reformed agricultural tariffs, and advanced kashrut liberalisation. Fiscal stance: let the pandemic-era 1pp VAT cut expire back to 17%, shrank the cyclical deficit sharply (FY2022 deficit 0.6% of GDP on strong post-COVID rebound), raised the sugary-drinks and disposable-ware taxes. Left-right: centrist-technocratic coalition held together by opposition to Netanyahu rather than a unified economic doctrine; Meretz / Labor pulled transfer and climate policy leftward, Liberman / New Hope pulled regulatory and fiscal policy rightward. Coalition collapsed June 2022 when right-wing defections (Idit Silman, Nir Orbach) cost it a majority; Knesset dissolved 30 June 2022. Seats: 61-59 razor majority. Approval: Bennett peaked ~45% early, fell to ~25% by collapse. Coherence line: 'anti-Netanyahu technocratic centrism with first-ever Arab coalition partner — reform by narrow consensus'.
Policy-content fingerprint — how the framework codes this movement on its axes
Independence of the judiciary from executive and legislative encroachment. Specifically captures court-packing, selective prosecution, judicial reshuffles.
unchanged · weak
No major judicial legislation; explicit holding pattern vs Netanyahu-era proposals.