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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
I don't disagree, but unlike Hamas (who are running the show, so to speak) they have 12 of 120 seats.......
Almost looks like they are on the fringe, unlike Hamas.
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That's 10% and form a sizeable chunk of the ruling 68 member coalition (Israeli politics work differently than Canada's where coalition governments are formed between rival parties). That's only 8 less seats than Netanyahu's Likud party.
The Jewish Home party's leader, Naftali Bennett who is currently Israel's Minister of Industry, isn't much better than Shaked either
http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...i-bennett.html
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No more “painful compromises,” no more “there is no partner for peace,” no more “Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East,” no more flaccid proclamations of a “two-state solution.” There will be no “painful compromises.” There will be no compromises at all. And it is not because of the Palestinians. If Mahatma Gandhi returned and was democratically elected as president of the Palestinian Authority, it would not matter. If the Palestinian government became like Canada it would not matter. There will be no Palestinian state. There is no peace process, and the fault does not lie solely with Palestinian behavior. Why? Because, as Mr. Bennett says openly, “The land is ours.” Period. There is no fervent messianism like that of the settler rabbis, no secular militarism like that of Zeev Jabotinsky. The land belongs to the Jews. Take a deep breath and repeat.
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His idea of how to create peace is to Anex Area C, which comprises 68% of the West Bank and transfer control of the remainder to the Palestinian Authority thus creating South Africa style Bantustans.
Truly scary stuff!
My point with all of this is, in a liberal democracy, parties like this don't exist. They wouldn't have much of a following are are generally illegal. In Israeli style democracy, these parties aren't just legal, but are included in a coalition.