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Benjamin Netanyahu

Historical and international

Photo: Avi Ohayon, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Position estimated from: Israeli premierships: security hawk, judicial overhaul push (2023), free-market reforms, alliance with religious parties.

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Political compass placement

Map dimensionScore (0–100)PositionReading
Economic
Collective / planned ↔ Market
73toward market
Social
Progressive ↔ Traditional
69toward traditional
Authority
Libertarian ↔ Authoritarian
55near the center
National identity
Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist
91strongly toward nationalist
Foreign policy
Non-intervention ↔ Intervention
91strongly toward intervention
All nine underlying dimensions
DimensionScoreReading
Economic ownership
Collective ownership ↔ Private ownership
81toward private ownership
Civil liberties
Civil liberty ↔ State restrictions
59near the center
National identity
Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist
91strongly toward nationalist
Social and cultural values
Progressive ↔ Traditionalist
71toward traditionalist
Political governance
Democratic ↔ Autocratic
51near the center
Equality and hierarchy
Egalitarian ↔ Hierarchical
68toward hierarchical
Economic management
Free market ↔ State planning
39near the center
Military intervention
Non-intervention ↔ Intervention
91strongly toward intervention
Religion and government
Secular state ↔ Religious authority
65near the center

These positions are estimates on the Atlas’s nine-dimension scale, produced by running the available evidence through the same questions and scoring used for test-takers. They are interpretations for comparison, not objective measurements. How scores are made.

Key positions

StatementPositionBasis
The means of production should ultimately be owned collectively.Strongly disagreesestimated
Central economic planning is preferable to decentralized market decisions.Strongly disagreesestimated
Opposition parties should be free to compete in elections.Strongly agreesestimated
A national religious authority should have the power to veto legislation.Strongly disagreesestimated
National borders should become less important over time.Strongly disagreesestimated
Foreign wars should be avoided unless national territory is directly threatened.Strongly disagreesestimated
Class distinctions should gradually disappear.Strongly disagreesestimated
Medical gender transition should not be available to minors.Strongly agreesestimated
National security can justify restrictions on what journalists publish.Agreesestimated
The state should be able to restrict public gatherings during political unrest.Agreesestimated

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Sources

Profile last reviewed October 11, 2026.