NC
“Why should a party with 5% support get more say than the party that came in second place? I ”
while I hear your point, and am no really arguing , that isn’t completely accurate.
The second largest party, CAN join the coalition if they so choose, of course they would have to compromise on many (most?) of their ideals .
The way I see it, while in the US just the majority party has say and (practically speaking) nothing can be doen about that for 4 years. In Israel even the majority party needs to include SOME other points ofview, granted it usally isnt the view of the 2nd largest party (though it can be) but with one exception, (in late 60’s) they allways need to accommodate some other point of view, and usually more than one other
Lucy
” So in a way they have a faster changeover rate than (thanks avik) we do”
Yes no question about that, I diont h think a single Isralei Government completed its full term (there may have been one or 2 in the early days when Labor dominated)