tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post114362803635299838..comments2023-11-02T12:16:19.495+02:00Comments on The Jewish Worker: Election results in Israelblukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03774763780910614203noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post-1143649727593519052006-03-29T18:28:00.000+02:002006-03-29T18:28:00.000+02:00Netanyahu did what was necessary to save the econo...Netanyahu did what was necessary to save the economy. It is not realistic to expect the Israeli taxpayer to support people sitting and learning in Kollel.blukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774763780910614203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post-1143648167376596182006-03-29T18:02:00.000+02:002006-03-29T18:02:00.000+02:00Good analysis, Bluke.I agree that Shas will not st...Good analysis, Bluke.<BR/>I agree that Shas will not stand for any disengagement - not the previous one when Fatah was in power, and Kol Shekein now that Hamas is in power. Even if they do join the government, they will certainly leave before any further disengagement takes place.<BR/><BR/>Netanyahu enhanced Israel's economic standing to the rest of the world, but not to the majority of people of Israel, who are suffering because of his Kitzutzim and policies - including many Torah scholars. The rest of the world don't vote in Israeli elections though.yaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08179304707239865515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post-1143647963153777902006-03-29T17:59:00.000+02:002006-03-29T17:59:00.000+02:00Except for the collapse of the Likud, it looks fro...Except for the collapse of the Likud, it looks from this perspective across the Atlantic that things didn't change very much. If you accept the premise that Kadima is basically the defectors from Labor and Likud, plus Shinui, they are about the same as before the election, really changing from 29 to 28 if my numbers are correct. Labor-Meimad-Am Echad went from 22 to 20, but remember that one of the Am Echad MKs refused to join with Labor. Shas went from 11 to 13. NRP/NU went from 10 to 9, and UTJ from 5 to 6, but remember that in the last election NRP got a seat at the expense of UTJ because of a surplus vote arrangement. The Arab parties went from 8 to 10. So no party changed more than two seats -- except Likud, Israel Our Home, and Pensioners, and it was the latter two policies that benefited from the self destruction of Likud.<BR/><BR/>I do agree that the election result was a resounding rejection for Netanyahu's free market economic policies -- which the old Shinui basically shared. But free markets are not a big Torah value; taking care of the poor in our community is.Charlie Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17667135360784254574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post-1143641562632303872006-03-29T16:12:00.000+02:002006-03-29T16:12:00.000+02:00Bluke, Thanks for the analysis. I want you to know...Bluke, <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the analysis. I want you to know that I woke up this morning and went straight to your blog hoping that you would have something on the elections. And, you did. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post-1143629548681310282006-03-29T12:52:00.000+02:002006-03-29T12:52:00.000+02:00Litzmna, I agree with you. The rest I believe will...Litzmna, I agree with you. The rest I believe will disagree. Shas ran on an anti-pullout platform. I don't see them changing.<BR/><BR/>I agree that the government will not last long and there will be a lot of grumbling in Kadima. For example, what will Shaul Mofaz do if Labor gets the defense protfolio? What will Reichman do if Yuli Tamir is Education Minister? Kadima is going to have a lot fewer Ministers then they thought and those non-Minister will not be happy campers.blukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774763780910614203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post-1143628895095891662006-03-29T12:41:00.000+02:002006-03-29T12:41:00.000+02:00I think you give Shas and Degel way too much credi...I think you give Shas and Degel way too much credit. Degel's MK Litzman expressed support for Kadima even before the election results.<BR/><BR/>I don't see this government lasting more than 2 years. Probably less.<BR/><BR/>Overall, I'm not that pessimistic, though we will have a rocky road ahead of us.Jameel @ The Muqatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15890095633246557332noreply@blogger.com