Roi Zur

“We see it in how people think about political parties or voting in general in Israel. When you ask people, ‘Who are you voting for?’, they say, ‘I vote for Netanyahu, I vote for Bennett, I vote for Eisenkot,’ whilst in the past it was ‘I vote for Likud, I vote for Labor,’ and so on.”

Roi Zur · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-12

Zur noted that Israeli voters now identify with individual leaders by name rather than party names, a shift from past voting behavior.

“Netanyahu Americanised the party system in Israel and made Likud a populist party,”

Roi Zur · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-12

Zur described how Netanyahu transformed Israel's party system and his own Likud party into a populist movement.

“It is a clear case in Israel that the person at the head of the list or the head of the party is very important, and politics evolve around the head of the party,”

Roi Zur · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-12

Zur explained that Israeli politics revolve around the head of the party rather than the party itself.