Israel is continually held up as the only democracy in the Middle East. It's a lie. Israel has banned the Arab parties from standing in the forthcoming general election. The hard right are set to make gains - presumably on the basis that Olmert and Livni should have killed more Palestinian children.
from the Times
from the Times
Israel: Hardline nationalists savour pre-election boost in polls
Israeli politics are set to take a sharp turn to the right at next week’s general elections, with hardline nationalist parties surging ahead in polls in response to the war in Gaza.
In a measure of the resurgence of the Israeli Right, the hawkish party Yisrael Beitenu may even squeeze out the Labour Party to take third place in the vote on February 10. That would mark a distinct shift in the political landscape. Labour was Israel’s founding party and ruled for decades before slowly losing out to new right-wing parties such as Likud in the 1970s.
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