[Nextrush]

Plenty of factions in Israeli politics and in the end the leading party usually ends up organizing a coalition and controlling the government over the objections of the smaller parties.

The system for electing the 120 seats in the Knesset (Parliament) is proportional with a four percent threshhold. 13 parties showing over four percent in one poll taken in the last week.

The election is April 9th but the jockeying is already well underway.

[butlerweave]

So that’s like 50 political parties now

[be-baw]

Hard to keep track of how many parties you mentioned. 5? 6? That’s a lot of partying.

[PIF]

One of the biggest stumbling blocks - or so I’ve heard - is the military exemption for strict or orthodox Jewish sects.