it’s election time in israel… but what does that mean ???
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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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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 19th Knesset and of the government to be established based on these results.
The Israeli Parliament (The Knesset) is elected once in
every 4 years.
General, National, Direct, Equal, Confidential and
Relative elections.
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.
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.
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
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.
Netnyahu/ Likud
Yachimovich/ Israel Labor
Party
Yishai /Shas
Benet /Habait
Hayehudi
Livni / Hatenua
Lapid/ Yesh Atid
YESNO ATTACKING IRAN
Netnyahu/ Likud
Yachimovich/ Israel Labor
Party
Yishai /Shas
Benet /Habait
Hayehudi
Livni / Hatenua
Lapid/ Yesh Atid
YESNO Discount in housing for young couples
Netnyahu/ Likud
Yachimovich/ Israel Labor
Party
Yishai /Shas
Benet /Habait
Hayehudi
Livni / Hatenua
Lapid/ Yesh Atid
YESNO Drafting Ultra Orthodox to the Army
Netnyahu/ Likud
Yachimovich/ Israel Labor
Party
Yishai /Shas
Benet /Habait
Hayehudi
Livni / Hatenua
Lapid/ Yesh Atid
YESNO Keep entire Jerusalem
Netanyahu/ Likud
Liberman / Israel
Beitenu35
Yachimovich/ Israel
Labor Party
19
Yishai /Shas
11
Benet /Habait Hayehu
di11
Livni / Hatenu
a
11
Lapid/ Yesh Atid
8
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Interesting points about
Israel's elections
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).
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.
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!
Democracy in israel
Questions?