Genuinely despicable. Hopefully the courts will strike it down swiftly.
This is most likely a Right-wing plot to drive division in the Left leading up to elections. Many parties end up polling below the threshold, so in a contentious election they often merge to form larger parties and mutually benefit. If Left wing parties can’t form common ground to merge, then the Right stands to gain more seats without having to win more votes.
Any proof that this is uniquely rightwing? I couldn’t find a list of votes by political party or anything of the sort, and my understanding is that the Central Election Committee is at least in theory broadly representative of the Knesset as a whole.
The commission has a majority of 18 Likud-aligned members. The proportion is similar to the Knesset. The rest are from other parties. Now go look at the vote total from the article.
They didn’t say it outright but it’s clear this is being driven by Likud and their far right allies.
Genuinely despicable. Hopefully the courts will strike it down swiftly.
This is most likely a Right-wing plot to drive division in the Left leading up to elections. Many parties end up polling below the threshold, so in a contentious election they often merge to form larger parties and mutually benefit. If Left wing parties can’t form common ground to merge, then the Right stands to gain more seats without having to win more votes.
What division in the left? Literally every “left” party is pro genocide in Israel.
The actual leftists (communist party and the Arab parties) have a coalition that this apartheid law would break up.
Any proof that this is uniquely rightwing? I couldn’t find a list of votes by political party or anything of the sort, and my understanding is that the Central Election Committee is at least in theory broadly representative of the Knesset as a whole.
There is only one left and one center-left party in the Knesset and together they have 9 seats out of 60.
The commission has a majority of 18 Likud-aligned members. The proportion is similar to the Knesset. The rest are from other parties. Now go look at the vote total from the article.
They didn’t say it outright but it’s clear this is being driven by Likud and their far right allies.
Well, yes. Left wing parties have formed a government with Arab parties in the past, and even merged.