Who would you vote for in Israel?

[danny]

Which one is the anti-Zionist anti-terrorism anti-apartheid option?

Commies (haddash).

[danny]

I don't know much at all about Israeli politics or parties, but I would probably vote for a generic center-left or centrist party that's also against any form of (further) settlements in Palestine. It also has to be free of the religious fundies.

Which parties would that include ?

Labour-Livni, Yesh Atid, maybe Kulanu because he's quite vague on these matters.

[danny]

Other: Fatah

After all, if Israel is going to treat the West Bank as something it alone will decide the fate of, then the political parties of its legitimate inhabitants should be an option.

But they are not running in the Israeli election...

[danny]

I will definitely be voting in these elections, but I haven't decided yet.

[danny]

I don't know much at all about Israeli politics or parties, but I would probably vote for a generic center-left or centrist party that's also against any form of (further) settlements in Palestine. It also has to be free of the religious fundies.

Which parties would that include ?

Labour-Livni, Yesh Atid, maybe Kulanu because he's quite vague on these matters.

Thx.

The Labor-Hatnuah ticket would probably make the most sense for me I guess, after reading a bit about them.

BTW: Is there any real Green Party in ISR ?

Every election has one or two green parties, but they never pass the threshold.

[danny]

I don't know much at all about Israeli politics or parties, but I would probably vote for a generic center-left or centrist party that's also against any form of (further) settlements in Palestine. It also has to be free of the religious fundies.

Which parties would that include ?

Meretz would be the closest to what you're describing. Labor would probably work if you wanted to vote for a major party. Yesh Atid is vaguely centrist, for sure, and definitely secular, but seems to avoid talking about the Palestinian issue like the plague.

Meretz are not centrist, just left, so they wouldn't be as good a fit for Tenders requirements.

[danny]

Or better, what would a Labor/Livni coalition most likely look like ?

Labour itself, and basically any combination of parties from the list of Meretz, Yesh Atid, Kulanu, Shas and UTJ that would go over 60.

[danny]

Which one is the anti-Zionist anti-terrorism anti-apartheid option?

You're probably looking for Hadash, aka the Communists. If that makes you uncomfortable, then I don't know what to tell you. You could also vote for United Arab List.

United Arab List isn't anti-terrorism. Their old leader was supportive of suicide bombing. Also they're Islamists.

If there does end up being a join Arab list with Hadash, UAL, and Balad, I would probably switch back to Labor.

Why is Meretz not an option?

[danny]

From my very minimal knowledge, maybe Shas? Apparently they get some Arab votes so they seem like the religious party that would be least likely to cause trouble.

Most of the Arabs that vote for Shas are Druze, and they occupy a fairly... interesting position within the political arena in Israel.

Actually quite a few regular Arabs vote for Shas, but this is because of clientelism rather than ideology.

[danny]

From my very minimal knowledge, maybe Shas? Apparently they get some Arab votes so they seem like the religious party that would be least likely to cause trouble.

Why a Catholic would vote to get Israel on the theocracy path? I doubt than Jew religious parties are popular in the local Christian population.

Unless they're persecuting me, why wouldn't I want religious parties rather than secular ones in power even if they aren't my religion? Or are the religious parties in Israel hostile toward Christian minorities? Judaism doesn't seem big on converting everyone, so I doubt I'd need to worry about them trying to indoctrinate my family or something of that sort.

Of course this might be one of those times when writing this as an American has jaded my views to say something no one who actually lives in Israel would ever, ever say.

Shas wouldn't try to convert you, no, but you might have an awful lot of trouble getting married (civilly) or shopping on Saturday in a Shas-ruled Israel.

If he isn't Jewish then marrying won't be a problem, the second problem depends on whether he plans on living in a Jewish or Arab area.

[danny]

Are there any Right-wing parties that oppose the Settlements?

How do you define right wing? Because this is one of the main issues that define a right wing party in Israel.

[danny]

No strong feelings on this one. IRL I'd probably stay home. If forced to choose, I would either pick Shas for their social conservatism or one of the Arab parties to support the rights of my coreligionists in Israel.

The Sons of the New Testament might interest you.

They aren't running in the election, and a party purely for Arab Christians would be futile since it would have no way of passing the threshold.

[danny]

Hope for Change, an Uncle Tom Arab party that won 600 votes in the last election, is on the ballot again this time. They aren't only Christians though.

Hope for change is more of a Muslim Zionist thing. Most of the names are obviously Muslim.

Also last time they announced that they are dropping out just before the election.