The mess is that neither party can form a government so they have election after election ending in stalemate.
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Israeli Elections: Round 3
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Good-Ole-Rebel
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Strange isn't it. The reasons to hate him and like him are the same due to whether one is left or right. The same is true here in the U.S. It doesn't matter what Trump does as far as the left or right or concerned. If he does it, the left hate him for it. The right support him. And religion or anti-religion divides on those same lines also.
I am right wing also. I have always liked Netanyahu. I am for no two-state solution for Israel. And I am religious. (Christian)
Good-Ole-Rebel
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Good-Ole-Rebel
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Are you saying Israel has no government? Doesn't sound right.
Or are you saying the government is not functional in your opinion due to the opposition from the other party?
Good-Ole-Rebel
There's a caretaker government without a majority to really govern.
Caretaker government - Wikipedia
Good-Ole-Rebel
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Interesting. I looked at the link you gave and it seemed to list every government under the sun except Israel. Perhaps I missed it. Or maybe they are not up to date.
Good-Ole-Rebel
Not every page on Wikipedia is kept up-to-date unfortunately.
Close enough.
Israeli journalist Sivan Rahav-Meir said today: "It's not the people that are broken, it's the politics."
The politicians are disconnected from the people. What I saw while volunteering yesterday and during the second elections was that people have no idea what they're voting for. They don't really understand who they're voting for.
So too in the US.
My fear is that Israel is fast reaching a tipping point. For years I've resisted characterizing Israel as an apartheid state. Now ...
To quote many people before me: Oom, Shmoom (או"ם שמום) - apartheid shmapartheid. And we'll leave it at that.
To quote many people before me: Oom, Shmoom (או"ם שמום) - apartheid shmapartheid. And we'll leave it at that.
Just because I disagree with you doesn't make me indifferent to the terrible conditions of the Arab people.
I'm pleased to hear that.
Excellent. Know that a lot of Israelis are like this, despite the negative light the media likes to shine on us.
Some are my relatives. Others are members of a couple of Reform congregations that I've supported over the past, and many are involved in an array of civil rights organization which I support. All good; all, in aggregate, insufficient.