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Originally Posted by Hakan
Jeez as a political science student I would have hoped for better coming from you Peter.
Fundamentalist-extremist parties in the Israeli Knesset have disproportional power. Setters and de-facto 'non-israelis' with perhaps the most extreme zionist views find themselves holding the balance between the Likud party (israel's already right party) and victory. Likud then moves even more to the extremist right in coalition building and in gaining support.
So in other words, your statement is quite wrong.
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Come on... you can't just make a blanket statement there and call me wrong.
Israeli politics is built upon coalition building and democratic negotiation. Yes, the right wing Hasidics do hold a balance of power, but in volatile Israeli system that doesn't mean nearly as much as it would in say Canada.
So I stand by my statement.