Foreign Minister: Israel Needs To Seek Allies Other Than US

[Wolf Frankula]

16. Enough Do, that Under their System of government,

They Get Nuttyahoo and his friends.

Under proportional representation, and the national party list system, seldom does a party get enough votes to elect a majority in the Knesset, and a majority is needed for a government. So the party that gets the largest number, last election it was Likkud which got just under 25% goes looking for coalition partners. The curse of a system like that is the large number of single issue coalition whore parties who, if they get that single issue supported by the government, they will join in any coalition.

That's why though most Israelis are secular Jews, the unco religious have so much power. These always vote for religious parties, and their parties will join any coalition if they get what they want.

Other parliamentary regime countries have coalition whore parties too, the phenomenon is not limited to Israel.

Wolf