Netanyahu is sworn in heading a coalition that includes Otzma Yehudit and Religious Zionism
On 29 December 2022 Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn in as prime minister of the 37th government, a coalition including Likud, Shas, UTJ, Religious Zionism, Otzma Yehudit, and Noam. In the causal graph this event strengthens Political Polarization, a driver that weakens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.
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On 29 December 2022 Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn in as prime minister of the 37th government, a coalition including Likud, Shas, UTJ, Religious Zionism, Otzma Yehudit, and Noam.
Context
It was widely described as Israel’s most right-wing government. Neighbouring judicial overhaul began days later. He did not write every partner manifesto.
Judicial overhaul 4 January 2023 is a child instrument. Smotrich’s Civil Administration powers are neighbouring.
The Prime Minister of Israel chairs the cabinet, is the political principal of the IDF, and can table Knesset bills. He does not write a Hamas military order, an ICC judgment, a US presidential proclamation, or a UN Security Council resolution.
Why it matters
The path is political polarisation and minority rights: seating Otzma Yehudit and Religious Zionism in cabinet is a completed coalition instrument.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Benjamin Netanyahu
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.7 · verified
He formed and headed the coalition. Partner leaders took specific ministries. The Knesset invested the government.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactNetanyahu is sworn in heading a coalition that includes Otzma Yehudit and Religious Zionism
- strengthensDriverPolitical Polarization
- weakensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
impact weight 0.55 · Effect from 29 December 2022 · verified
Seating the farthest-right partners in cabinet polarised Israeli politics before the war.
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.25 (weight 0.55 × strength 0.45)
Observed
29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)
Worse than normalTwo readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).
20212023 Above normal = better
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.25 (weight 0.55 × strength 0.45)
Observed
43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.
Normal is zero · any amount = worse
- FactNetanyahu is sworn in heading a coalition that includes Otzma Yehudit and Religious Zionism
- weakensDriverProtection of Minority Rights
- strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
impact weight 0.45 · Effect from 29 December 2022 · verified
A completed coalition with Otzma Yehudit and Religious Zionism raised expected costs for Palestinian citizens and West Bank civilians.
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.2 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.45)
Observed
29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)
Worse than normalTwo readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).
20212023 Above normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.2 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.45)
Observed
43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.
Normal is zero · any amount = worse
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.Reuters — Netanyahu sworn in heading Israel’s new far-right governmentReuters · High credibility · verified
- 2.Prime Minister’s Office — statements after 7 October 2023Prime Minister's Office of Israel · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Prime Minister's Office of Israel carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently.
Established: 29 December 2022 swearing-in of the 37th government including those parties, independently reported.
Not established: that every later settler attack was this oath, or a unique later Arab-citizen coefficient from the ceremony.
Partner leaders took specific ministries. The Knesset invested the government.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Netanyahu is sworn in heading a coalition that includes Otzma Yehudit and Religious Zionism, not a later speech about Netanyahu is sworn in heading a coalition that includes Otzma Yehudit and Religious Zionism.
Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to He formed and headed the coalition. The Knesset invested the government. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorBenjamin Netanyahu
- contributed toFactNetanyahu is sworn in heading a coalition that includes Otzma Yehudit and Religious Zionism
- strengthensDrivers (2)Political Polarization
- weakensIndicatorHaving a say in government
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Factrail. (2026). Netanyahu is sworn in heading a coalition that includes Otzma Yehudit and Religious Zionism. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/il-coalition-2022
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Accessed 16 October 2026.
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