Israeli Election results: Shift to Left?

[earth_as_one]

Elections for the 19th Knesset

22 January 2013

120 members total. Coalition of 61 to gain control:

31 Likud Yisrael Beiteinu Benjamin Netanyahu 884,631 23.32% 31 (Right Wing Hawks)

19 Yesh Atid Yair Lapid 543,280 14.32% (New Political Party: Centrist)

15 Labor Party Shelly Yachimovich 432,083 11.39% (Lefty Social Democratic)

12 The Jewish Home Naftali Bennett 345,935 9.12% (Ultra-Nationalists)

11 Shas Eli Yishai 331,800 8.75% (Ultra-Orthodox)

7 United Torah Judaism Yaakov Litzman 196,038 5.17% (Ultra-Orthodox)

6 Hatnuah Tzipi Livni 189,168 4.99% (Kadima Dissadents)

6 Meretz Zahava Gal-On 172,382 4.54% (Zionist/Socialist/pro-Peace)

4 United Arab List–Ta'al Ibrahim Sarsur 138,362 3.65% (Arab Nationalist)

4 Hadash Mohammad Barakeh 113,610 3.00% (Jewish and Arab Socialist Front)

3 Balad Jamal Zahalka 96,926 2.56% (Secular/Equality)

2 Kadima Shaul Mofaz 79,487 2.09% (Centrist-Liberal)


Yesh Atid came 2nd in their first election and reflect a shift to the left.

Yesh Atid (Hebrew: יש עתיד, usually translated There is a Future or Future Party) is a centrist Israeli political party founded by former journalist Yair Lapid in 2012. Running for election in 2013, Yesh Atid placed second in the general election, winning 19 seats in the 120-seat Knesset.[1]

In the application submitted to the party registrar, Lapid listed the party's eight goals. According to this statement, the goals of the party are:[12][13]

Changing the priorities in Israel, with an emphasis on civil life - education, housing, health, transport and policing, as well as improving the condition of the middle class.
Changing the system of government.
Equality in education and the draft - all Israeli school students must be taught essential classes, all Israelis will be drafted into the Army, and all Israeli citizens will be encouraged to seek work, including the ultra-Orthodox sector and the Arab sector.
Fighting political corruption, including corruption in government in the form of institutions like “Minister without portfolio”, opting for a government of 18 ministers at most, fortifying the rule of law and protecting the status of the High Court of Justice.
Growth and economic efficiency - creating growth engines as a way of fighting poverty, combating red tape, removing barriers, improving the transportation system, reducing the cost of living and housing costs, and improving social mobility through assistance to small businesses.
Legislation of Education Law in cooperation with teachers' unions, eliminating most of the matriculation exams, raising the differential education index and increasing school autonomy.
Enact a constitution to regulate tense relations between population groups in Israel.
Striving for peace according to an outline of "two states for two peoples", while maintaining the large Israeli settlement blocs and ensuring the safety of Israel.

 

[damngrumpy]

There is a shift and perhaps the settlements on the West Bank might stop

 

[CDNBear]

The whole of Israeli politics is "Left".

 

[Goober]

Elections for the 19th Knesset

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Time to educate yourself
Learning to Live with Bibi - By Aaron David Miller | Foreign Policy

 

[earth_as_one]

Don't worry I know who Netanyahu is and what he has done. This cold blooded killer and political opportunist has no issues with slaughtering innocent civilians, stealing property, ethnic cleansing and oppressing non-Jews.. Israeli leaders like Netanyahu are the reason why the majority of people in the region are hostile towards Israel.

Hopefully, the success of the new centrist party in recent Israeli elections, marks the beginning of the end of Israelis electing war criminals as leaders. Peace is possible, if the Israelis want it bad enough, but they will have to prove their country isn't run by mass murdering war criminals first. While the people who had the misfortune of living on land Zionists believe G-d gave to Jews continue to suffer oppression and injustice, they will continue to struggle for freedom and justice. That's human nature. Israelis have deprived these people of their fundamental human rights for over 60 years now and I doubt that a new centrist party with limited political power led by a media personality has the power or the intent to address the root causes of Palestinian suffering.

 

[CDNBear]

Don't worry I know who Netanyahu is and what he has done. This cold blooded killer and political opportunist has no issues with slaughtering innocent civilians, stealing property, ethnic cleansing and oppressing non-Jews..

Where exactly is that taking place?

Certainly not in Israel.

Israeli leaders like Netanyahu are the reason why the majority of people in the region are hostile towards Israel.

Is that why they launched an attack on Israel, long before people like him ran Israel?

Hopefully, the success of the new centrist party in recent Israeli elections, marks the beginning of the end of Israelis electing war criminals as leaders.

Like Hamas?

Peace is possible, if the Israelis want it bad enough, but they will have to prove their country isn't run by mass murdering war criminals first.

Like Palestine?

While the people who had the misfortune of living on land Zionists believe G-d gave to Jews continue to suffer oppression and injustice, they will continue to struggle for freedom and justice. That's human nature. Israelis have deprived these people of their fundamental human rights for over 60 years now and I doubt that a new centrist party with limited political power led by a media personality has the power or the intent to address the root causes of Palestinian suffering.

All Israeli govts have addressed the issue of Hamas and like minded bodies.

 

[earth_as_one]

Hamas and even the PLO are effects, not causes. The root cause of this conflict has always been Zionism and ethnic cleansing.

The people who had the misfortune of living on land that Zionists believe G-d gave to Jews didn't start violently resisting Zionist oppression and injustice until the 60's, nearly 20 years after they were conquered, suffered grave injustices, ethnic cleansing, rape and murder. Over time, their struggle for freedom and justice evolved. Lack of progress by peaceful means led to violent resistance and the creation of the PLO, Hamas and other militant groups. Israelis will continue to reap what they've sown until they address the fundamental injustices and oppression created as a result of Zionism. Further injustice and oppression by war criminals like Netanyahu will not lead to peace.

If you want to know what we aren't supposed to know about this conflict, I recommend this documentary

Hart of the Matter
Palestine History - Alan Hart with Ilan Pappe
Palestine History - Alan Hart with Ilan Pappe - YouTube

Hopefully this election marks the beginning of the end of Israel being led by war criminals, which dates back to Israel's first PM, David Ben-Gurion and includes mass murderers and cold blooded killers like Netanyahu, Ariel Sharon...

 

[CDNBear]

Hamas and even the PLO are effects, not causes.

They're part of a cyclical problem.

The day you get that, is the day you can actually claim to be objective, and not be lying.

The root cause of this conflict has always been Zionism and ethnic cleansing.

No it isn't.

It's religious intolerance.

The people who had the misfortune of living on land that Zionists believe G-d gave to Jews didn't start violently resisting Zionist oppression and injustice until the 60's, nearly 20 years after they were conquered, suffered grave injustices, ethnic cleansing, rape and murder. Over time, their struggle for freedom and justice evolved. Lack of progress by peaceful means led to violent resistance and the creation of the PLO, Hamas and other militant groups. Israelis will continue to reap what they've sown. Further injustice and oppression will not lead to peace.

What a lovely expose of how little you know, or how dishonest you're willing to be.

If you want to know what we aren't supposed to know about this conflict, I recommend this documentary

I know a fair amount.

Gathered with objectivity.

Which is why I'm honest about it.

 

[Tonington]

Israeli politics looks complicated. Twelve parties in their legislature...that must be interesting for getting laws passed. Highly unlikely, but imagine a case where 12 parties split the 120 seats evenly or even very close to even...

 

[CDNBear]

Hopefully this election marks the beginning of the end of Israel being led by war criminals, which dates back to Israel's first PM, David Ben-Gurion and includes mass murderers and cold blooded killers like Netanyahu, Ariel Sharon...

Won't end until the cold blooded killers and war criminals on the other side of the borders are ousted as well.

Which only shows the level of dishonesty contained in your posts.

 

[DaSleeper]

Muslim women voting.......

 

[taxslave]

Hamas and even the PLO are effects, not causes. The root cause of this conflict has always been Zionism and ethnic cleansing.

The people who had the misfortune of living on land that Zionists believe G-d gave to Jews didn't start violently resisting Zionist oppression and injustice until the 60's, nearly 20 years after they were conquered, suffered grave injustices, ethnic cleansing, rape and murder. Over time, their struggle for freedom and justice evolved. Lack of progress by peaceful means led to violent resistance and the creation of the PLO, Hamas and other militant groups. Israelis will continue to reap what they've sown until they address the fundamental injustices and oppression created as a result of Zionism. Further injustice and oppression by war criminals like Netanyahu will not lead to peace.

If you want to know what we aren't supposed to know about this conflict, I recommend this documentary

Hart of the Matter
Palestine History - Alan Hart with Ilan Pappe
Palestine History - Alan Hart with Ilan Pappe - YouTube

Hopefully this election marks the beginning of the end of Israel being led by war criminals, which dates back to Israel's first PM, David Ben-Gurion and includes mass murderers and cold blooded killers like Netanyahu, Ariel Sharon...

Totally false but funny. The terrorists and war criminals are without exception not Israelis. But carry on in your own little wirld where right is left and black is white.

 

[Dixie Cup]

"This cold blooded killer and political opportunist has no issues with slaughtering innocent civilians, stealing property, ethnic cleansing and oppressing non-Jews.. Israeli leaders like Netanyahu are the reason why the majority of people in the region are hostile towards Israel."

First I heard of this! Hmmmm. And just where is this taking place? Not in Isreal. Of course, I guess the deaths of Isreali's don't count because there aren't as many???

And, of course, when it comes to Isreal, its all one way - no one else is at fault - there are no other Instigators - Isreal is the "evil empire" who wants to dominate the whole Middle East - oh wait, it's not the Isreali's that want to "dominate" the Middle East - they're quite content to keep what they have - its other "influences" (to be PC) that want what Isreal has and she's fighting to keep it. Lord, lord, what next. Oh, I know - destroy Isreal completely and that'll make EVERYONE happy! NOT

JM (Factious)O

 

[darkbeaver]

Shifty Israelis? Is there a story here?

 

[earth_as_one]

Israeli politics looks complicated. Twelve parties in their legislature...that must be interesting for getting laws passed. Highly unlikely, but imagine a case where 12 parties split the 120 seats evenly or even very close to even...

That's true... Even the Arabs have representation... although it doesn't reflect their numbers.

The Israeli system is chaotic, representing many viewpoints, it also allows rapid political party creation and dissolution. Second place Yesh Atid didn't exist until this election. Kadima used to be a force only a few years back...

Canada has flip-flopped between 2 main parties over the decades. Israeli coalitions change with nearly every election. I'd argue that their system is more dynamic and as a result better adapted to change than ours.

Our system is more stable but less representative of diverse Canadian viewpoints than theirs.

 

[CDNBear]

That's true... Even the Arabs have representation... although it doesn't reflect their numbers.

The Israeli system is chaotic, representing many viewpoints, it also allows rapid political party creation and dissolution. Second place Yesh Atid didn't exist until this election. Kadima used to be a force only a few years back...

Canada has flip-flopped between 2 main parties over the decades. Israeli coalitions change with nearly every election. I'd argue that their system is more dynamic and as a result better adapted to change than ours.

Our system is more stable but less representative of diverse Canadian viewpoints than theirs.

Impossible. It's an apartheid state.

 

[earth_as_one]

Totally false but funny. The terrorists and war criminals are without exception not Israelis. But carry on in your own little wirld where right is left and black is white.

The person in referenced documentary video is Ilan Pappe:

A peer reviewed historian and author who has studied the evidence including Israeli military archives.:


Ilan Pappé (Hebrew: אילן פפה; born 1954) is an Israeli historian and socialist activist. He is a professor with the College of Social Sciences and International Studies at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, director of the university's European Centre for Palestine Studies, and co-director of the Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies... ...Pappé is one of Israel's New Historians who, since the release of pertinent British and Israeli government documents in the early 1980s, have been rewriting the history of Israel's creation in 1948, and the corresponding expulsion or flight of 700,000 Palestinians in the same year. He has written that the expulsions were not decided on an ad hoc basis, as other historians have argued, but constituted the ethnic cleansing of Palestine, in accordance with Plan Dalet, drawn up in 1947 by Israel's future leaders.[7] He blames the creation of Israel for the lack of peace in the Middle East, arguing that Zionism is more dangerous than Islamic militancy... ...Pappé supports the one-state solution, which envisages a binational state for Palestinians and Israelis.

Ilan Pappé - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Every historian who has written a peer reviewed paper based on Israeli military archives have come to similar conclusions as Pappe... who doesn't live in Israel anymore. Likely that has something to do with his peer reviewed books based on the evidence.
New Historians - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

All recent historians writing peer reviewed research papers and books claim deliberate and violent ethnic cleansing happened. Up for debate remains the degree of ethnic cleansing on both sides. Likely 10,000 Jewish Palestinians and 700,000 Muslim and Christian Palestinians lost their homes and property between 1947-1949. If the West supported the locals instead of the refugees, likely the refugees would have suffered similar or worse oppression and injustice. But since the locals never had the upper hand over the refugees, that is a mute point.

ON that subject, you can revive this thread if you want:
http://forums.canadiancontent.net/international-politics/107934-jewish-mp-israel-acting-like-28.html

 

[CDNBear]

Ilan Pappé (Hebrew: אילן פפה; born 1954) is an Israeli historian and socialist activist.

The latter negates the former.

To which there are numerous examples of how. From inventing quotes to letting his ideology trump his scholarly work.

But don't take my word for it. Take his...

[SIZE=-1]I admit that my ideology influences my historical writings[/SIZE]...

[SIZE=-1]Indeed the struggle is about ideology, not about facts. Who knows what facts are? We try to convince as many people as we can that our interpretation of the facts is the correct one, and we do it because of ideological reasons, not because we are truthseekers.[/SIZE]..

Ilan Pappe.

You have to love it when a clown actually admits he's a fraud.

In fact, he's such a fraud and such a clown, that even your beloved Benny Morris has put great distance between him and Pappe.

It comes as no surprise you would produce Pappe as an expert, the two of you share much in common.

Honesty being the first and biggest casualty.

Every historian who has combed through Israeli military archives have come to the similar conclusions as Pappe...

For the very same reasons.

All recent historians writing peer reviewed research papers and books claim deliberate and violent ethnic cleansing happened.

Just because like minded ideologues read and give your ideologically driven pap (Pun intended) the thumbs up, doesn't make it peer reviewed in the traditional sense.

ON that subject, you can revive this thread if you want:
http://forums.canadiancontent.net/international-politics/107934-jewish-mp-israel-acting-like-28.html

Why? Have you forgotten how bad it went for your silly lie and ignorance filled posts the last time it was active?

 

[Colpy]

The person in referenced documentary video is Ilan Pappe:
Palestine History - Alan Hart with Ilan Pappe - YouTube

A peer reviewed historian and author who has studied the evidence including Israeli military archives.:


Ilan Pappé (Hebrew: אילן פפה; born 1954) is an Israeli historian and socialist activist. He is a professor with the College of Social Sciences and International Studies at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, director of the university's European Centre for Palestine Studies, and co-director of the Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies... ...Pappé is one of Israel's New Historians who, since the release of pertinent British and Israeli government documents in the early 1980s, have been rewriting the history of Israel's creation in 1948, and the corresponding expulsion or flight of 700,000 Palestinians in the same year. He has written that the expulsions were not decided on an ad hoc basis, as other historians have argued, but constituted the ethnic cleansing of Palestine, in accordance with Plan Dalet, drawn up in 1947 by Israel's future leaders.[7] He blames the creation of Israel for the lack of peace in the Middle East, arguing that Zionism is more dangerous than Islamic militancy... ...Pappé supports the one-state solution, which envisages a binational state for Palestinians and Israelis.

Ilan Pappé - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Every historian who has written a peer reviewed paper based on Israeli military archives have come to similar conclusions as Pappe... who doesn't live in Israel anymore. Likely that has something to do with his peer reviewed books based on the evidence.
New Historians - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

All recent historians writing peer reviewed research papers and books claim deliberate and violent ethnic cleansing happened. Up for debate remains the degree of ethnic cleansing on both sides. Likely 10,000 Jewish Palestinians and 700,000 Muslim and Christian Palestinians lost their homes and property between 1947-1949. If the West supported the locals instead of the refugees, likely the refugees would have suffered similar or worse oppression and injustice. But since the locals never had the upper hand over the refugees, that is a mute point.

ON that subject, you can revive this thread if you want:
http://forums.canadiancontent.net/international-politics/107934-jewish-mp-israel-acting-like-28.html

Really.

And 750,000 Jews were booted out of Arab states.

Population exchange.

All done now, fair and equitable.

Unless you think the Jews want the right of return. lol

 

[earth_as_one]

The whole of Israeli politics is "Left".

I disagree.

Likud (31), The Jewish Home (12) and Hatnuah (6) and Kadima (2) = 51... Less than the required 61 to rule the Knesset. The left parties combined only have 22 seats, a little more than the centrist Yesh Atid (19). Netanyahu needs 10 seats which he can get from Kadima, Hatnuah and one of the Orthodox parties.