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Movements·israel_netanyahu_likud_second_term_2009_2013

Netanyahu II Likud government (Israel)

ISR·2009 – 2013·Likud-led coalition with Yisrael Beiteinu, Labor (until 2011), Shas, Habayit Hayehudi, Independence; Netanyahu second premiership
Leaders: Benjamin Netanyahu (Prime Minister 31 Mar 2009 - 18 Mar 2013) · Yuval Steinitz (Finance Minister) · Stanley Fischer (Bank of Israel Governor until Jun 2013) · Avigdor Lieberman (Foreign Minister) · Ehud Barak (Defence Minister)
positionsclassical_liberalnew_keynesian

Doctrine — stated goals and content

Likud market-liberal continuation of Netanyahu-2003 stabilisation with macroeconomic orthodoxy, CBI-centered stabilisation, and gas-resource institutionalisation. Economic school: market-liberal-continuity — Fischer-led CBI ran 2009-2011 rate-hike cycle, 2010 Bank of Israel Law enacted, Sheshinski-I natural-gas royalty framework enacted Mar 2011 after Leviathan (2010) and Tamar (2009) discoveries, and Trajtenberg Committee response to Summer 2011 Cottage-Cheese/Rothschild tent protests recommended tax-progressivity tweaks and childcare expansion. Dated policies: Bank of Israel Law enacted 12 Mar 2010; Sheshinski gas royalty law enacted 30 Mar 2011; Trajtenberg Committee report 26 Sep 2011; 2011 social-justice protests peaked ~450,000 demonstrators 3 Sep 2011. Plus Operation Pillar of Defense Gaza Nov 2012. Left-right: centre-right, economically market-liberal with progressive-response concessions; security hawkish, Iran-deal-opposition pre-JCPOA. Popularity: 2009 election Likud 27/120 seats but formed coalition; 2013 election (22 Jan 2013) Likud-Beiteinu 31 seats vs Yesh Atid 19 (surprise), returning Netanyahu for a third term. Coherence: high on economic-continuity pillar, strained by 2011 protest-driven mid-course tax concessions and Trajtenberg implementation gaps.

Policy-content fingerprint — how the framework codes this movement on its axes

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central bank independence
monetary.central_bank_independence
De jure and de facto independence of the central bank from fiscal authority. Per D.1.5 scope, one of the framework's defensible monetary positions.
increased · strong
greater independence (legal, operational, personnel)
Bank of Israel Law 2010 codified operational independence, dual mandate, monetary committee.
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tax progressivity
fiscal.tax_progressivity
Progressivity of the personal income tax schedule, including top marginal rates, bracket spread, and targeted credits (EITC-equivalents).
increased · weak
more progressive (higher top rates, wider spread, larger targeted credits)
Trajtenberg package raised top marginal rates and capital-gains rate modestly post-2011 protests.
↓
sectoral subsidy
fiscal.sectoral_subsidy
Targeted industrial and sectoral subsidies (renewable energy, chip manufacturing, agriculture, green hydrogen, etc).
decreased · weak
reduced sectoral subsidies
Sheshinski raised government share of gas rents from ~30% to ~52-62%.
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product market competition
regulatory.product_market_competition
Product-market regulation, entry barriers, licensing burdens, network-industry regulation, price controls.
increased · weak
more competition-friendly (lower entry barriers)
2012 Concentration Committee (Ben-Haim) recommendations on pyramidal ownership.

Policies enacted

What the data says — linked outcome hypotheses

The movement's outcome claims are tied to these hypotheses. Verdicts update as models run.

not yet written
resource_taxation_and_growth

Schools of thought aligned or opposed

aligned
classical_liberal
Continuation of Netanyahu-2003 liberal reform programme; CBI-anchor macro orthodoxy.
partial
new_keynesian
Fischer-led inflation-targeting regime institutionalised.

References

Notes

Olmert-Netanyahu II transition was continuity on macro-policy; Fischer served both governments.