Term limit

As Netanyahu hits 19 years in office, Israel must confront the case for term limits - editorial

Democracies place limits on majority rule not to thwart the will of the people but to preserve the system through which it is expressed. Term limits are one example.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2026|ByJPOST EDITORIAL

Pro-democracy Israelis demonstrate against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his arrival at the 81st United Nations General Assembly, at Union Square in New York, US, September 24, 2026.

FORMER US president Ronald Reagan is joined by his wife, former first lady Nancy Reagan, and daughter Maureen Reagan, in 1991, in Sacramento, California. In 2004, after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease, he died at the age of 93.

Should age or term limits be introduced? - opinion

Term limits are another oft-proposed solution, but would probably require a Constitutional amendment, and the concept has many other flaws.

JANUARY 9, 2025|ByDOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD

Former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen smiling at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 23, 2022.

Bill for term limits for Israeli prime minister fails to pass

Lapid, Liberman tell Post they're "disappointed" and "frustrated"

MAY 23, 2022|ByGIL HOFFMAN

Opposition head Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, May 18, 2022.

Multiple anti-Netanyahu bills postponed indefinitely in Knesset

A bill to enact term limits for prime ministers and another to prevent an MK under indictment from serving in the gov't still need a 61 majority to pass, something that won't be easy.

MAY 18, 2022|ByGIL HOFFMAN

Justice Minister Sa'ar begins drafting prime minister's term limit bill

Despite expectations that the bill will be retroactive and apply to former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, sources close to Sa'ar said it will be "prospective, not retroactive."

AUGUST 30, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN

New Hope leader Gideon Sa'ar votes in March 2021 elections.

Gideon Sa'ar: Likud MKs back anti-Netanyahu laws

Sa’ar proudly displayed Netanyahu’s signature on a Likud-sponsored bill during the tenure of then-prime minister Ehud Olmert that was aimed at blocking him from making a comeback.

JULY 26, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN

Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar is seen pointing at Benjamin Netanyahu's signature on a Likud-sponsored bill to stop Ehud Olmert from being able to form a government, in the Knesset on July 26, 2021.

Municipal chief rabbis to be bound by term limits

Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana intends to create a time-limited service period for municipal chief rabbis, after which they can be reelected, to ensure they stay accountable and relevant.

JULY 7, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu attends to the funeral of Rabbi Elazar Mordechai Koenig in Safed on December 31, 2018.

Another reason for term limits: Fixing problematic diplomatic ties

There is something positive about new leaders coming into office not wedded to the policies of their predecessors.

JULY 4, 2021ByHERB KEINON

PRIME MINISTER Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid – determined to show that there is more than one way to make Israel’s voice heard.

Bennett's government pushes off anti-Netanyahu bill

Michaeli: "I would rather stop thinking about Netanyahu and focus on helping the citizens of this country."

JUNE 15, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN

View of the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on February 10, 2020.

Israel's new gov't must make term limits for prime minister - editorial

If the last 25 years, of which Benjamin Netanyahu served 15 of them as prime minister, have taught us anything, it’s that unlimited terms at the helm of the country are not healthy for the country.

JUNE 14, 2021ByJPOST EDITORIAL

THE KNESSET building in Jerusalem holds one of the world’s smallest legislatures.

Bennett-Lapid gov't's first 100 days: 6 essential measures to be passed

MIDDLE ISRAEL: Like Franklin Roosevelt in 1933, the new government will have to do several things quickly and flawlessly.

JUNE 12, 2021ByAMOTZ ASA-EL

THE INCOMING government needs to present a roadmap for the first 100 days, including a two-year budget, judicial reform and a public transit overhaul. Traffic jams clog Tel Aviv’s Ayalon Highway in April (Illustrative).

Time to set term limits for municipal rabbis

The status of municipal rabbis has reached rock bottom.

JANUARY 10, 2018ByTANI FRANK