Gideon Rahat is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a Senior Fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute and an International Fellow at the Center for the Study of Democracy at the University of California, Irvine. 

His research fields are comparative politics and Israeli politics. His interests include political parties, electoral reform, the personalization of politics and candidate selection methods.  He is a co-editor (together with Shlomit Barnea, Chen Friedberg, and Ofer Kenig) of the book Reforming Israel’s Political System.

With Israeli elections less than a week away we look at the candidates, discuss the state of play with the possible result being suggested by the polls and consider the main issues that are influencing Israelis.

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