what type of government does israel?
Parliamentary system Democracy
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 There is no single governing body for the Jewish community , nor a single authority with responsibility for religious doctrine . Instead , a variety of secular and religious institutions at the local , national , and international levels lead various parts of the Jewish community on a variety of issues . 

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 Israel , the Jewish nation @-@ state , is the only country in which Jews make up a majority of the citizens . Israel was established as an independent democratic and Jewish state on May 14 , 1948 . Of the 120 members in its parliament , the Knesset , as of 2016 , 14 members of the Knesset are Arab citizens of Israel ( not including the Druze ) , most representing Arab political parties . One of Israel 's Supreme Court judges is also an Arab citizen of Israel . 

neutral
 Each form of government has its own merits and failings : 

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 The Provisional People 's Assembly 's methodology gives each nation Population Seats based on a calculation that combines the Penrose method , which takes the square root of the millions of inhabitants of each country , Economic Seats equal to its portion of the world 's total gross domestic product , and classification as Free , Partially Free , or Unfree by Freedom House . 

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 In addition , it was also entirely possible that those governments had based their policies in part on public opinion . Arab governments , Pollock observed , were not indifferent to public opinion despite the absence of real democratic institutions . Officials in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states held regular informal majlises ( مجلس ) and the Egyptian government took note of what was said at neighborhood discussion centers known as " listening posts . " Some also consulted opinion polls . It was data from those that led him to believe that Jordan and Yemen both stayed out of the coalition in part because their leaders were aware that popular sentiment in their countries was strongly against participating , and they might have faced destabilizing civil unrest if they had . 
