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To: anotherview
Here's a list of the many political parties in Israel. The above article appears to be someone's fantisy.

http://www.stateofisrael.com/parties/

3 posted on 12/13/2004 7:38:15 AM PST by aimhigh
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To: aimhigh

Perhaps it's fantasy. Perhaps not. Likud, with 40 seats, has the largest number of mandates of any party in about 30 years. Relgious parties have been mainly outside the government, and until last week the secularist Shinui (Change) party, was in, for the first time under Prime Minister Sharon. If nothing else the influence of the religious parties, once kingmakers, has greatly diminished.

Certainly the two Rabbis are entitled to their opinion.

For the record, the composition of the current Knesset:

Likud (center/right) - 40 seats
Labour (center/left) - 21 seats
Shinui (centrist/secularist) - 15 seats
Shas (ultra-Orthodox) - 11 seats
National Union (right/nationalist) - 8 seats
National Religious Party - 6 seats
Yahad (far left/socialist) - 6 seats
United Torah Judaism (ulta-Orthodox) - 5 seats
various Arab parties - 8 seats


5 posted on 12/13/2004 7:48:20 AM PST by anotherview ("Ignorance is the choice not to know." - Klaus Schulze)
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