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Knesset raises threshold to four seats, putting Arab parties at risk of not entering parliament
The new legislation will benefit medium-sized parties like the settlers’ Jewish Home and Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid, while increasing the influence of big money on politics. The Knesset approved today (Tuesday) several changes in its elections and governance laws. Among other things, the changes will make it more difficult to challenge the government in a…
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Noam Sheizaf
March 11, 2014
Knesset approves bill that could push Arab parties out
After a stormy night session, the coalition was able to pass the necessary amendments and election laws that would make it more difficult to topple a government and eliminate small factions. Left-wing and Palestinian members of Knesset protested the legislation in ‘silent speeches.’ Ultra-Orthodox MK Eichler spoke to the Arab public in Arabic, saying ‘we…
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Noam Sheizaf
August 1, 2013
Vote for Arab-Jewish parties, or don’t vote at all
Just as an American wouldn’t imagine voting for a party that does not accept blacks, progressive Israelis should only consider voting for parties that challenge the separation between Palestinian and Jews. This is a translation, with minor changes, of my weekly column for Time Out Tel Aviv. The Hebrew original can be read here. A…
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Noam Sheizaf
January 5, 2013
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Election committee bans Palestinian MK Zoabi from participating in elections
An automatic appeal before the Supreme Court will be heard next week. Zoabi’s party, Balad, has already announced it will withdraw from the elections if the decision is not reversed. Israel’s Central Election Committee (CEC) voted today (Wednesday) to disqualify Palestinian Knesset Member Haneen Zoabi from participating in the coming elections. MK Zoabi is the number two…
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Noam Sheizaf
December 19, 2012
Resource: Israeli elections and Palestinian parliamentarians
Who are the leading Arab candidates in the upcoming Knesset elections? Who is trying to ban them from running, and how? How did such attempts end in previous elections? How many Palestinian citizens can vote in the Knesset elections, and how many are expected to vote? A Q&A by the human rights organization Adalah answers…
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+972 Resources
December 13, 2012
Why do Israeli pollsters, media ignore the Palestinians?
Underneath a new Knesset election poll published today by Haaretz, there was a surprising disclaimer: “due to lack of time, the Arab parties weren’t surveyed.” The reference is to the three non-Zionist and mostly Palestinian Knesset parties: Ra’am-Ta’al, Balad and Hadash, which were nowhere to be found in the charts Haaretz published. Together, they have…
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Noam Sheizaf
November 28, 2012
It’s all about the blocs: Understanding Israeli election polls
The first couple of polls since the announcing of the new elections are out. Here are the numbers: Maariv (Teleseker): Likud 29; Kadima 7; Israel Beitenu 15; Yesh Atid (Yair Lapid) 11; Labor 19; Shas 10; United Torah Judaism 6; The Jewish Home 8; Meretz 4; Ra’am-Ta’al 3; Hadash 3; Balad 4; Atzmaut (Ehud Barak) 2.…
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Noam Sheizaf
October 11, 2012
Netanyahu calls September elections, expected to win again
At least two new parties could enter the next Knesset, but polls show that the most important figure – the split between the two major blocs – is surprisingly static. It’s official: The coalition has decided to call early elections, which are to take place on September 4, 2012. The final confirmation of the date…
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Noam Sheizaf
May 3, 2012
Hanin Zoabi and Israel’s point of no return
Some more thoughts of the “death of democracy” scenario that might take place in the next elections Susan Hattis Rolef has a piece in the Jerusalem Post dealing with the same issue I wrote about yesterday: the expected ban on MK Hanin Zoabi – and perhaps Balad and Raam-Taal parties as well – from participating…
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Noam Sheizaf
January 2, 2012
2012: The year democracy ends
A not-so-crazy speculation for the new year: A date for new elections will be set; at least one major Arab party won’t be allowed to participate in them, resulting in a call for boycott in the Palestinian public and the Jewish left. With the Arabs out of the Knesset, the right will enjoy a much…
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Noam Sheizaf
January 1, 2012
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