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The Modern State of Israel has always had a parliamentary democracy. However, this is fundamentally different governmental form than Ancient Israel which vasselated between local chiefdoms, centralized monarchies, and theocratic states.

The Modern State of Israel has has a consistent form of government since the Declaration of Independence in 1948 and the First Meeting of the Knesset in 1949. This has been a Parliamentary Democracy.

In terms of the region of Israel/Palestine throughout history, they are, in chronological order:

Tribal Sheikhdoms: Canaanites and early Israelite Settlements

Absolute Monarchies: United Kingdom of Israel, Northern Kingdom of Israel, Kingdom of Judah, Assyria, Babylonia, Persia, Seleucid Greeks

Theocratic Monarchies: Hasmonean Dynasty

Imperial Governate: Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire

Arab Caliphate: Rashidun Caliphate, Umayyad Caliphate, Abbassid Caliphate, Fatimid Caliphate

Christian Crusader City-States: Kingdom of Jerusalem, Tripoli

Turkish Governate (Vilayet): Seljuk Sultanate, Ottoman Sultanate

British Mandate: Empire of the United Kingdom

Parliamentary Democracy: Israel

Puppet Government: Egyptian Gaza

Authoritarianism: Palestinian Authority (in West Bank)

Theocratic Authoritarianism: Hamas Gaza

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