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IT’S ELECTION TIME IN ISRAEL… BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN ???

IT’S ELECTION TIME IN ISRAEL… BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN ???. The upcoming national elections in Israel will be held on Tuesday, 22 January 2013. These elections will determine the composition of the 19 th Knesset and of the government to be established based on these results.

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IT’S ELECTION TIME IN ISRAEL… BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN ???

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  1. IT’S ELECTION TIME IN ISRAEL…BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN ???

  2. The upcoming national elections in Israel will be held onTuesday, 22 January 2013. These elections will determine the composition of the 19th Knesset and of the government to be established based on these results.

  3. The Israeli Parliament (The Knesset) is elected once in every 4 years.General, National, Direct, Equal, Confidential and Relative elections.

  4. General: Every Israeli citizen aged 18 or older National: The entire country constitutes a single electoral constituency. Direct: The Knesset, the Israeli parliament, is elected directly by the voters, not through a body of electors. Equal: All votes cast are equal in weight. Secret: Elections are by secret ballot. Proportional: The 120 Knesset seats are assigned in proportion to each party's percentage of the total national vote. However, the minimum required threshold for a party to be represented in the Knesset is 2% of the total votes cast.

  5. Election day is a holiday in order to enable all potential voters to participate. Free public transportation is available to voters who happen to be outside their polling districts on this day.

  6. Elections to the Knesset are held every four years, unless: •  The Knesset passes a bill to disperse the Knesset; • The Knesset has not approved the budget • The Prime Minister asks the Knesset to disperse; • A no-confidence vote has passed

  7. The Prime Minister is selected from among the Knesset members. The President of the State assigns the task to the Knesset member considered to have the best chance of forming a viable coalition government in light of the Knesset election results.

  8. NO ATTACKING IRAN YES Yachimovich/ Israel Labor Party Livni / Hatenua Lapid/ YeshAtid Yishai/Shas Netnyahu/ Likud Benet /HabaitHayehudi

  9. NO Discount in housing for young couples YES Netnyahu/ Likud Livni / Hatenua Benet /HabaitHayehudi Lapid/ YeshAtid Yishai/Shas Yachimovich/ Israel Labor Party

  10. NO Drafting Ultra Orthodox to the Army YES Yishai/Shas Netnyahu/ Likud Benet /HabaitHayehudi Yachimovich/ Israel Labor Party Livni / Hatenua Lapid/ YeshAtid

  11. NO Keep entire Jerusalem YES Yachimovich/ Israel Labor Party Livni / Hatenua Lapid/ YeshAtid Netnyahu/ Likud Yishai/Shas Benet /HabaitHayehudi

  12. Netanyahu/ Likud Liberman / Israel Beitenu 35 Yachimovich/ Israel Labor Party 19 Yishai/Shas 11 Benet /HabaitHayehudi 11 Livni / Hatenua 11 Lapid/ YeshAtid 8

  13. סקר קול ישראל - רפי סמית בחירות ישראל 2013

  14. Interesting points about Israel's elections

  15. 11% of Israel's potential voters live outside Israel. The law in Israel is that if you are outside Israel you can not vote (except if you work for the government).

  16. The Ratio between the number of parties (33) and the number of voters in Israel (5,250,000) is the highest in the world! In Canada 19 parties and 35 million people.

  17. Only twice in the history of Israel did the government make it through the whole 4 year term. A minister in Israel stays in his position between 1-2 years!

  18. Democracy in israel

  19. Questions?

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