Israeli Elections Musings #2 The Undecideds Will be Meeting Again to Mull Over Our Choices

Whom to vote for?
That is the question

Many of you from all over the world may have listened to our first discussion, organized by Jonathan Feldstein, live or the recording. There were some very good reactions. The Israeli Electoral system is rather different from most. Ours is a much more representational type of government. There are many classic Jewish jokes like:

Two Jews having three opinions

In addition Israel is a very small country, barely the size of New Jersey. Electoral districts wouldn't work here, unless you want to see the most extreme and unfair example of gerrymandering... 

Until a couple of decades ago, if that long, the votes per 120 seat Knesset was simple math, meaning that you could have one person parties, since one needed less than one percent 1% of the votes to get into Knesset. The minimum has been changed, so that the smallest political party must get enough votes for three seats. Prime ministers aren't directly elected. He or she who heads the party that can negotiate a coalition of at least sixty-one 61 MKs Members of Knesset becomes Prime Minister. 

By the time we vote in the next elections, there will probably be about a dozen political parties or more. You'd think that we'd all have an easy time choosing with such a big choice... but many of my friends fellow Israelis of all political persuasions are in panic mode. We don't want to waste our votes. We can give you a long list of parties WE DON'T WANT TO VOTE FOR, but we don't even have a shortlist of those we're considering. I've labeled us "political orphans."

Our second discussion will be Wednesday June 17 at 8:00pm Israel time, 1:00pm Eastern (US) during which we will touch on how some of the recent current events may impact our vote, the polls, and more. If the first conversation is any indication, this week's conversation will be lively and important too. Please feel free to register to listen in live at:  https://us02web.zoom.us/.../reg.../WN_77hPoiyFRgWBbH3ozixC-w

Afterwards, I'd love to hear what you think, thanks.