The Undemocracy of a Democracy
In the last elections, the Israeli electorate gave the right leaning parties 65 votes, versus 55 (including 10 mandates to the Arab parties) to those on the left. It would seem obvious that the voting public unequivocally showed its displeasure with the left and the disasters their policies have heaped upon Israel, as a whole. The elections results, however, have not deterred Bibi Netanyahu from ignoring the popular will by bringing in Ehud Barak from Labor into the coalition. What is wrong with that you ask, gentle reader? The Labor Party went down from 19 mandates in the last Knesset (Parliament) to 13 in the new one. Obviously the Israeli voter expressed a very profound disenchantment with Ehud Barak and his party for a fumbling policy vis-a-vis the Palestinians, for embarking in Gaza’s Lead Cast operation and not carrying it to a logical end with the removal of Hamas from power. In fact thanks to the once glorious, most decorated soldier in Israeli history - Former general and Defense Minister Ehud