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The elections are coming! The elections are coming!
In the 28th of January, the are general elections in Israel. The people in Israel will choose the memebers of the unicameral Israeli parliament, the Knesset, which will number (as always) 120 people. Then, the president will have council with the leaders of the political parties that were elected, and will decide who will form the next government, the de-facto leader of the state of Israel.(Usually the leader of the largest party)
In the latest two weeks, great changes have been seen on the Israel's political map, with a large decay in the popularity of the leading Likud Party due to the sudden (
) emergence of multiple corruption allegations, which finally gives the labor party a realistic shot at #1, and the emergence of the Shinui party, which is strongly anti-religious, while remaining in the middle on peace and security issues. There is also a bit of a rise in the power of the religious factions.
The standing of the parties in the latest polls is:
Likud: 28 seats.
Labor: 21-22 seats
Shinui: 17 seats
Arab Parties, and communists( the ICP has joined an arab-jewish block which has no social agenda, also include arab nationalists, and muslim religious ) : 8 seats
Shas: ultra-religious 10-11
Meretz: Social democrats, peace oriented 7
The National Union (Far right) 10-11 (worrying rise from 8
)
The Judaism of Torah ultra-religious: 5 seats
Mafdal: Moderate Religious, Zionist : 5 seats
Israel ba Aliya : new immigrants: 4 seats
Am-Ehad: The Trade Union's Party: 3-4 seats
As things stand, I am voting for Shinui: http://www.shinui.org.il/elections/eng/principles.html
here comes the interesting part. I've got myself a job as a member of a commitee on one of the ballot boxes, from the meretz social democrats . This job is totally non-political, I am not a member of their party, but still...
Anyway, my function seems to be an important part of the functioning of democracy. I'll be setting the booth, sitting and checking ID numbers, and helping to count the votes.AND WILL GET PAID, so it's all very interesting, really.
So who do you thing I should vote for:
(the only ones with english pages)
or maybe it should Likud,Avoda? maybe ale-yarok, the Cannabislegalization-animalrights party?
All apolytoners are invited, though I am esp. interested in the position of our israeli members.
In the 28th of January, the are general elections in Israel. The people in Israel will choose the memebers of the unicameral Israeli parliament, the Knesset, which will number (as always) 120 people. Then, the president will have council with the leaders of the political parties that were elected, and will decide who will form the next government, the de-facto leader of the state of Israel.(Usually the leader of the largest party)
In the latest two weeks, great changes have been seen on the Israel's political map, with a large decay in the popularity of the leading Likud Party due to the sudden (
) emergence of multiple corruption allegations, which finally gives the labor party a realistic shot at #1, and the emergence of the Shinui party, which is strongly anti-religious, while remaining in the middle on peace and security issues. There is also a bit of a rise in the power of the religious factions.The standing of the parties in the latest polls is:
Likud: 28 seats.
Labor: 21-22 seats
Shinui: 17 seats
Arab Parties, and communists( the ICP has joined an arab-jewish block which has no social agenda, also include arab nationalists, and muslim religious ) : 8 seats
Shas: ultra-religious 10-11
Meretz: Social democrats, peace oriented 7
The National Union (Far right) 10-11 (worrying rise from 8
)The Judaism of Torah ultra-religious: 5 seats
Mafdal: Moderate Religious, Zionist : 5 seats
Israel ba Aliya : new immigrants: 4 seats
Am-Ehad: The Trade Union's Party: 3-4 seats
As things stand, I am voting for Shinui: http://www.shinui.org.il/elections/eng/principles.html
here comes the interesting part. I've got myself a job as a member of a commitee on one of the ballot boxes, from the meretz social democrats . This job is totally non-political, I am not a member of their party, but still...
Anyway, my function seems to be an important part of the functioning of democracy. I'll be setting the booth, sitting and checking ID numbers, and helping to count the votes.AND WILL GET PAID, so it's all very interesting, really.
So who do you thing I should vote for:
(the only ones with english pages)
or maybe it should Likud,Avoda? maybe ale-yarok, the Cannabislegalization-animalrights party?
All apolytoners are invited, though I am esp. interested in the position of our israeli members.
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