The Sacred Cow of Israel’s Electoral System Updated
Having just received Freedom House’s 800-page volume Freedom in the World 2005, I can now update not only the number of democracies which Freedom House...
Category : Electorate/Demographics
The Sacred Cow of Israel’s Electoral System
It seems that many benighted Jews in Israel believe that their system of government descended from Mount Sinai. Their educators have yet to tell them...
The Arab Vote
Everyone seems to know why Israel’s security forces have refrained from using adequate force to quell the Arab uprising: fear of a bad media image...
From David Ben-Gurion and The Yamin Israel Party
Not only corrupt politicians, but also the decadence of Israel’s parliamentary electoral system is responsible for Sharon’s Disengagement Plan, hence for the unspeakable tragedy that...
Making Votes Count – They Don’t in Israel
Introduction Making Votes Count is the title of a book by Gary Cox, a leading expert on electoral systems.[1] Here I shall try to simplify...