With the upcoming Israeli elections taking up so much airtime, it's as good a time as any to wind back the clock and take a look at 5 Israeli parties that most people wouldn't believe existed- from the quirky to the extremes to the comedic parties- this list seeks to offer an incomplete, yet comprehensive peak into some of the intricacies of Israeli society.

Today’s political camps in Israel appear to be driven by a series of ironies. A loose coalition of parties who are ambivalent to the state’s existence sit in a coalition with the most nationalist parties.

Socialist Zionism - also known as Labor Zionism - emerged in the late 19th century as one of the driving forces of the Jewish national movement. It developed in Eastern Europe between the 1880s and 1900s, fueled by three major tensions: the rise of antisemitism across the continent, the limits of Jewish emancipation in modern states, and the economic precariousness of Jewish communities in Eastern Europe.

Israel is one of only two democracies in the world that has not enacted a formal constitution, despite a clear decision by the Constituent Assembly to do so. This raises fundamental questions: Why has a constitution not been established? What are the consequences of this ongoing absence? And most importantly, can this be changed?

The text describes Joel's experiences with the Sadovski family in Jerusalem's Beit Hakerem neighborhood during the 1980s. Joel, who had always admired Morris Sadovski, a wealthy French investor, and his son Amir, finds himself entangled in the local community’s complex social dynamics.

The Motto of the Universal Israelite Alliance. Hebrew translation: All Jews are responsible for one another.

The Herut movement was founded in 1948 and succeeded the Irgun organization, the military arm of the Revisionist movement (created by Jabotinsky) during the Yishuv period. It opposed Mapai in its vision for the Land of Israel.

Also called, Ha-Irgun. The Etzel was an underground military organization that operated in the Yishuv from 1931 to 1948.

Translated into: Kfiah Datit. Kfiah: coercion/force Datit: Religious. Israel was founded with the unique challenge of integrating diverse...

Yitzhak Rabin was Israel's former IDF Chief of Staff, the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.