Ya that's the problem with PR systems - fringe parties wind up holding the balance of power, resulting in far too much influence in Cabinet, non-confidence votes and way too many elections. Years ago Israel had a chance to change their system to a riding-first-past-the-post system when Labor and Likud had formed a national unity government.
Obviously our system is far from perfect given that the NDP has way too much power in Parliament relative to the number of seats they hold.
At least Israelis have a say, including their 20% Arab population, which has representation in the Knesset. When were the last elections in Gaza again? Did opposition parties even participate?
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