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Voter turnout all time low

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Just heard on Israel Radio that voter turnout is at an all time low. Only 10.2 percent voted thus far – this is the lowest in the history of Israel. Interesting to see how this plays out.

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Are you confused by Israeli politics?

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Imshin breaks it down. I wish she would elaborate on the radical politics of the leader of the Green Leaf party. I haven’t heard he is a radical, but I have heard he is stupid. A friend of mine heard him speak at Hebrew University. He couldn’t even remember the names of the people on [...]

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Likud ready for a landslide

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I have been informed by a well-placed source that a major Israeli newspaper is going to publish an incredibly interesting poll in Thursday’s edition. According to the poll the Likud party will receive 27 mandates, Labor 25, Shinui 17 and Meretz 8. Sharon and the Likud party were untouchable a month ago. Not so shocking, [...]

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Roadmap details

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The details of the revised roadmap by the Quartet has been scooped by the Jerusalem Post.

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New Labor platform

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The differences between Likud and Labor party have been virtually indistinguishable for the past couple of years. Now that Labor has released their new platform things have changed a bit. They have suddenly taken a hard left turn. The new platform includes: – Negotiating with the Palestinians while continuing to fight terror Huh? Who are [...]

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Labor polling problems?

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So it seems that the Labor party primary wasn’t quite as clean as we initially thought. The Jerusalem Post is reporting that three ballot boxes from the primary weren’t counted and that the votes would have changed the outcome of the list. Perhaps Beilin and Dayan jumped ship too soon? Of course the leadership’s response [...]

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You are the weakest link

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You are the weakest link – Now get the hell out of my government! Not only are our politicians corrupt – they are dumb too. Israel has its very own version of the quiz show, The Weakest Link. A couple of nights ago there was an episode featuring politicians. I occasionally watch the British version [...]

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