The structure of the Israeli electoral system yields many realistic permutations for the outcome of a given election. As we’ve shown in several examples, an Israeli election will result with anywhere from […]
ISRAELI KNESSET ELECTIONS 2019-COALITION SIGNALING AND MINISTERIAL PREFERENCE
Immediately after an election, the President of Israel consults with each party, asking them which large party should have the honor of forming the coalition government. After these consultations, the President nominates […]
ISRAELI KNESSET ELECTIONS 2019- MINIMUM ELECTORAL THRESHOLD- RISK AND OPPORTUNITY
Israel’s electoral system frequently features 10 or more political parties vying for seats. This is due to Israel’s proportional electoral system, where a party obtaining a percentage of the overall vote in […]
ISRAELI KNESSET ELECTIONS 2019- VOTES OF NO CONFIDENCE AND COALITION STABILITY
Another quirk of parliamentary democracy, that many readers might not fully understand, is the vote-of-no-confidence. A vote-of-no-confidence is a legal means by which a governing coalition in a parliamentary democracy can be […]
ISRAELI KNESSET ELECTIONS 2019- THE BASICS
This article will be a quick (but hopefully incisive?) summary of how Israeli elections work and how these elections influence the composition of the Israeli government. Israel is a unicameral parliamentary democracy […]
The Delusion of the One State Threat
One of the more fashionable arguments wielded by those seeking a Two-State solution to the Israeli-Arab conflict is the One-State threat. It goes like this: if Israel does not conclude a peace […]
Onward To Chaos: Palestinians as a Disruptive Entity
I believe that political entities can roughly be classed either as a disruption favoring entity or a status quo favoring entity. A sports metaphor is probably the best vehicle to explain this. […]
