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Can the Center Hold?; Understanding Israel’s Pragmatic Majority by Yossi Klein Halevi January/February 2012 Foreign Affairs 99.19.44.155 (talk) 16:25, 8 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ratings

The article should be rated C-class, not Start. ypnypn (talk) 05:04, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Outdated?

very outdated article, among many problems, some of the parties listed are not even functioning anymore, perhaps it should be made easier to edit Stalwart Mugwump (talk) 20:57, 16 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It seems like the content in this article should reflect the elections held about 5 months ago and their effects on the political environment of Israel, instead of showing 4 year old information. --109.160.228.15 (talk) 18:52, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Zionism

Considering that Zionism has a heightened relevance in Isreali politics and creates another important dimension, it would be very useful to have the parties listed per their Zionism and also have a paragraph or two about the political and popular support of it, with actual numbers and graphs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.192.19.110 (talk) 12:50, 25 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Concur. DistasteForUsernames (talk) 00:11, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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change "The political centre (represented in the Knesset by Yesh Atid and Kulanu, and in the past represented by Kadima and Gil)" to "The political centre (represented in the Knesset by Blue and White, and in the past represented by Kadima and Gil)" since Kulanu is no longer and Yesh Atid is part of blue and white Stalwart Mugwump (talk) 21:08, 16 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not done Please cite realiable sources to back up your edit. Thanks.

^(err0r?)_(.log) 12:34, 17 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

N0nsensical.system

sure, here goes. here is kulanu not running themselves but together with likkud which wikipedia likud page describes as " the Likud – National Liberal Movement, is a centre-right to right-wing political party" https://www.jpost.com/Israel-Elections/Likud-court-lets-party-run-with-Kahlon-593385 here is yesh atid running with blue and white https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Gantz-Lapid-agree-to-run-together-581301 as for blue and white being a centrist party wikipedias blue and white page itself calls it centrist i quote "Blue and White (Hebrew: כַּחוֹל לָבָן Kaḥol Lavan) is a centrist[6] and liberal[7] political alliance in Israel." if you want an outside source, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/world/middleeast/benny-gantz-yair-lapid-netanyahu-israel.html Stalwart Mugwump (talk) 21:38, 26 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done N0nsensical.system^(err0r?)_(.log) 08:49, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Add the new cabinet under Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid and end the Netanyahu administration. PieFace (talk) 11:32, 14 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Run n Fly (talk) 15:53, 14 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Bennett is not the PM anymore

In the "Prime Ministers since 1996" section it is told that Naftali Bennett is the current prime minister, while he was replaced by Yair Lapid in July 2022 DirtyPotatoEditor (talk) 19:45, 23 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Main article" reference

Is there any reason not to delete "Main article: Israeli legislative election, 2015" between the heading of Section #3 "Political parties and elections" and the section's text? Mcljlm (talk) 02:39, 13 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Link Political Parties in Netanyahu III

Could an extendedconfirmed editor please wikify the political parties Shas and United Torah Judaism in the Netanyahu III section? Many thanks. Carleas (talk) 22:05, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

1978-1995 New heading

This significant time period is missing from the article. This nearly twenty year period contains, among other things, the Settler movement, the first Intifada and Oslo - all three having had a major impact on how Israeli politics got to where it is today.

I propose adding the heading and a note requesting a qualified historian submit suggestions for its content.

One example of missing content is PM Yitzhak Rabin and his 1995 assassination. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yitzhak_Rabin&oldid=1194339910

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Why change: because the existing opening paragraph suggests Israeli politics are based on “camps”, in particular Zionist camps. This is in stark contrast to similar Wiki articles “Politics of <name of country>” which universally outline the political system of the country before trying to define ruling ideology. Additionally, Arab and Orthodox are listed last as an “anti Zionist” which is not accurate, since their parties also have platforms, and although not Zionist neither are they anti-Zionist.

I suggest to change the two sentences “ Politics in Israel is dominated by Zionist parties. They traditionally fall into three camps, the first two being the largest: Labor Zionism, revisionist Zionism, and religious Zionism. There are also several non-Zionist Orthodox religious parties and non-Zionist secular left-wing groups, as well as non-Zionist and anti-Zionist Israeli Arab parties.”

To “ Politics in Israel are rooted in parliamentary democracy.[1] The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of government and leader of a multi-party system.[1] Political party view are traditionally Zionist, of both religious and non-religious type (such as Religious Zionism, revisionist Zionism or Labor Zionism), along with sizable Orthodox religious parties, anti-Zionist far-left parties, and Israeli Arab parties of both secular and Islamist types.[2]”

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_system_of_government

[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Israel, see table under heading “Current Parties” 108.7.208.8 (talk) 18:10, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To add: Arab or Ultra-Orthodox parties represent their Arab or Ultra-Orthodox constituents, and the parties’ platforms are for their constituents first. It is not their stated goal to fight Zionism or Zionist parties, in contrast e.g. to the “anti”relationship between Communists and their traditional rivals Capitalists. So to frame all politics in Israel within the narrow confines of Zionist vs non-Zionist is inaccurate and does injustice to the only functioning democracy in the middle-east. 108.7.208.8 (talk) 18:29, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Other wikipedia articles aren't reliables sources as per WP:CIRCULAR Ultraodan (talk) 12:23, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]