Israel today – the state of the nation

[Jefferson23]

Ynet poll of the population to coincide with Independence Day shows that less than 30% think Israel is heading in the right direction, while a little of 50% believe the West hates Israel.

Yaron Druckman
Published: 05.05.14,

Less than three out of ten Israelis believe the country is heading in the right direction, while about half of Israelis believe we are not going in the right direction at all, according to a far-reaching Ynet poll conducted to coincide with Independence Day.

Among adults aged 50 and older, feelings were a little more positive, but among young people under the age of 34, feelings were much more pessimistic.


Money matters

Those aged 50 and over were asked whether they give any form of financial assistance to their children over the age of 18. Of those asked, 58% answered in the affirmative, with a significant percentage offering assistance on a regular basis.


http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4516639,00.html

[sabbat hunter]

1. This is why

that the center left parties need to unite in to one, get behind that leader, rally the people who think the country is not headed in the right direction (in particular the young ones) and vote out likud next time around.

[Jefferson23]

2. I hope that is possible, the young voters mentioned who identify as right wing is concerning. n/t

[sabbat hunter]

3. there are a TON

of Center-left people, especially among the young who are disillusioned about the lack of unity among the center left parties and sit out elections as a result.

[Jefferson23]

4. I hope you're right..we have seen that here too, for a variety of reasons people not voting. n/t

[azurnoir]

7. Didn't Lapid run on the Israeli version of hope and change at least as far as economy was concerned?

Housing seems to be one of biggest issues

[Israeli]

5. sounds great sabbat hunter...

but ...

where is " that leader " ???

Yair Lapid ...Tzipi Livni ...!!!!
Both of them are next to useless .

Plus we have been thru this before ....as thing stand today they wont get enough mandates unless they include Hadash and the Arab parties .....and I dont see Yair Lapid going near there ....do you ?

[sabbat hunter]

6. actually I do

together they can be greater than the parts if there is true unity, instead of splitting the vote among a bunch of parties. They can rally those who sit out voting to get a center-left coalition that will be stable. Most Arab Israelis do not vote for the Arab parties as it is, but they can try to woo those who do, to strengthen the unified party.

[Israeli]

10. I will leave you to your illusions ....

...perhaps we can continue the conversation after the next elections .

[sabbat hunter]

13. well unless all the center-left parties

unite, my point will be moot.

[Israeli]

14. Anything could happen between then and now ...

....predicting Israeli election results is a pointless exercise sabbat hunter.

My point is ....that it will not be Yair Lapid or Tzipi Livni that unite us .

Herzog might ....but I doubt it .

Reality (for the moment ) is the latest polls :

http://knessetjeremy.com/2014/05/04/smith-poll-likud-beitenu-35-labor-19-yesh-atid-14-bayit-yehudi-12-livni-0/

......"" Knesset Jeremy Analysis: Likud Beitenu remains at the top. Hadash, Ra’am-Ta’al and Balad all pass the new threshold but Livni’s party does not.

Which candidate is suitable to be the next Prime Minister?

36% none of the above, 32% Netanyahu, 13% Herzog, 8% Liberman, 6% Kachalon, 5% Lapid ""

Have you even heard of Kachalon sabbat hunter ???
He is outdoing Lapid .....and where is Tzipi ???

[sabbat hunter]

15. I had not heard of

Kachalon coming back in to politics ( I know he left them prior to the last elections)

Also the poll assumes that Likud Beitenu will stay unified, which I do not think will happen.

[Israeli]

16. He is back ...

see :
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/04/kahlon-netanyahu-political-alternative-premiership-elections.html

[azurnoir]

8. 3 charts from the article that give an idea of Israel today

[shaayecanaan]

9. Remarkable findings

Most sub-34 year olds get financial assistance from their parents - but identify strongly with the Right. They keep voting for the Right wing parties, but strongly believe that the country is heading in the wrong direction. Presumably the correct direction lies even more so to the Right?

[azurnoir]

11. more over 43% of the population is under 25 add to that another 10 years and it would almost have to

be that at least half of Israel's population is under 35

http://www.indexmundi.com/israel/age_structure.html

[shaayecanaan]

12. One of the problems with the Weimar Republic

was the proportional representation system. It never delivered anyone a clear majority meaning that the government tended to vacillate and wrangle with the politics of the moment rather than actually getting anything done. The inaction and inertia in German politics was one of the factors that led to a rise in support for right wing populist parties.

Wages are somewhat low, even for those relatively educated. Although Israeli economic growth of 3.5% sounds good, in reality much of that is fuelled by annual migration equivalent to 2% of the population each year.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4449328,00.html

Most couples will put off having children if they cannot afford a house or to live independently, unless they are poor, religious or Arab, which is where most new births will be coming from.