However, the increasing electoral threshold from 1 to 3.25 per cent brought about consolidation of the Arab votes as well as unity of the Arab parties, thereby significantly increasing their electoral share in the 2015 Knesset elections. The real challenge for the Arab parties in the parliamentary...
The Arab Parties (Arab Block) 来自 Semantic Scholar 喜欢 0 阅读量: 10 作者: SK Choudhary 摘要: Proportional representation in Israel has ensured participation of the minorities, the Arabs, in the Knesset. The Arabs, constituting 22 per cent of the Israeli population, have become the real ...
Elections to the European Parliament fall within the category of second-order elections (SOEs). Because these types of elections do not lead to the formation of government, there is less at stake and, consequently, voters behave differently when casting votes. But do also political parties also ...
Mazuz' further noted that the decision to disqualify the Arab parties was based on "flimsy evidence." Knesset Member Ahmad Tibi (United Arab List-Ta'al) welcomed the decision: "We have beaten fascism. This fight is over but the battle is not. Racism has become a trend in Israel… the c...
Itamar Ben-Gvir scuffles with MK Ahmad Tibi in the Knesset plenum, March 13, 2024 (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST) Baharav-Miara warned Ben-Gvir of interfering with an investigation where a police officer shot and killed a 13-year-old Palestinian. ...
party responded to the election committee's decision by saying, "We hope that the High Court justices have learned the lessons from the Bishara episode and won't overturn the election committee's decision because this will aid Hamas and Hizbullah open a branch in the Knesset," said the party...
And so, in the absence of millions of Diaspora Jews, lovers of Brooklyn, Lakewood, Los Angeles, Boca Raton, Paris, Manchester, Antwerpen, Mexico City, and Melbourne Australia, the Arabs in the Knesset decide who will be the Prime Minister of Israel, and what dangerous concessions Israel will...
Even Israel's main ally, the United States, has refrained from moving its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, notwithstanding that the Knesset in 1980 declared in a basic law that "Jerusalem, complete and united, is the capital of Israel" (Knesset, 2009). Many actors in the international ...
“I am very worried about ministers using inciting language and taking advantage of the incident for the sake of gaining a couple of extra seats in the Knesset and tilting the balance that exists in our society. The only thing they will achieve by doing this is to push people toward extremi...
for the Knesset, Israel’s parliament. Last month a controversial bill was passed to change the rules for banning individuals or parties from membership of the Knesset if they have “supported terror,” a definition which now includes visiting the family of someone accused of an act of ...