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Originally Posted by blankall
Not correct again. I should have linked the 2015 results. This was the last stable Israeli government:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_I...ative_election
In 2015, Nethanyahu was able to form a majority just from right wing parties. That's no longer possible.
The settler/religious parties are gaining seats, but that's a very slow process that changes with demographics.
The overall trend is a strong shift towards centrist politics, with Yesh Atid gaining significant ground. The centrists have now gained enough power that they are looking to form a government with the left. Yesh Atid had formerly backed Netanyahu. Them shifting to the left is what's driving the political deadlock in Israel.
Even the right has seen a split, with the modern right wing "new right" (AKA Yamina) gaining ground after splitting from religious parties. |
You can keep saying it's not correct but you're looking at data points that don't tell the story you're trying to tell, or at very least the story you're trying to tell is not opposed to the story I presented. You're being somewhat narrowminded and missing the picture here.
All of "Israelis have become more centrist," "centrists have adopted more right-wing positions specifically regarding Palestine," "centrist parties are willing to form coalitions with left wing parties," and "the far right in Israel has grown" can be true statements, they are not mutually exclusive.