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JOSH MARSHALL JANUARY 22, 2013, 3:47 PM 7263
Im still trying to get my head around the exact details. But todays Israeli election does not seem to have gone as most anticipated. Its not clear to me that the actual government or rather PM will be different. But everyone has been operating on the premise that the Israeli polity is locked on the right or center-right and just getting righter.
But the results didnt bear that out.
Support for the consolidated party of the right, Likud-Beitenu dropped dramatically. And the big picture is that the right only seems to have won the barest of majorities according to the early votes 61 seats. Haaretz currently puts it this way.
Right - 43 seats.
Center-Left - 50 seats.
Ultra-Orthodox - 18 seats.
Arab Parties - 9 seats.
As I said, I dont think this changes the big picture, which is that Netanyahu will remain Prime Minister. But this looks to be a very brittle coalition. Either one which has a single vote majority or one that puts together parties which just wont be able to stay in a single coalition for long. The orthodox parties likely form a coalition with the right. But their interests are often to be candid biddable and those interests dont always line up entirely on the traditional left-right axis. Usually, and more so over the years, but not always.
more:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2013/01/big_news_out_of_israel.php?ref=fpblg
Hard Assets
(274 posts)Bibi can fuck off. His coalition will not exist.
malaise
(268,694 posts)Posted something about this last week
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)how does legislation get enacted? Does majority rule? Doe the PM have an ability to kill legislation, or impose his agenda over the legislation of the majority?
I know, as is evident, very little ... no, nothing ... about Israeli governance.
malaise
(268,694 posts)Israelis know where there bread is buttered. Fugging with Obama meant fugging with that lovely money. Next!!!!
cali
(114,904 posts)"lovely" money.
sick.