So, 39
parties will be competing in the March 23rd Knesset election. Do you
know which one you are voting for?
Too
early to tell.
But only
a dozen of the 39 stand a chance of crossing the electoral threshold.
Who are you
not voting for?
That’s
easier.
I won’t
vote for a party that rejects the right of the Jewish people to a national
homeland.
That
sounds like the Arab Joint List (sans Mansour Abbas’s Ra’am Party who is willing to sit in a Zionist government).
It looks like Ra'am seems to be offering Arab citizens a real choice for the first time in a long time.
Go on...
I wouldn’t
cast a ballot for a party or amalgamation of parties that want more religion
in the public square; or, ultimately, theocracy; or that is obsessed with battling
homosexuality, or is led by an agitator who identifies with a crusade that advocates
the forced deportation of sectors of the civilian population; or would favor treating
Jews and Arabs in separate hospital rooms.
Wait, haven’t
you just described the Hardal camp's party?
Have I?
Anyone
else you won’t vote for?
Anyone
who will join a Netanyahu-led government.
Why?
It's just time. It's just time.
Go on…
Or anyone
who would sit with the UTJ or Shas – the Haredi parties.
Because
of COVID?
Yes, but
not just…
Is there
anyone else you’d exclude?
Yes, anyone who would threaten the Supreme Court’s power of judicial review.
And on security
issues?
This
election is not about foreign policy or Iran, but I’d also prefer not to vote
for a party whose security policies are in la-la land. Or has an outed
anti-Zionist on its list.
Now, it
sounds like you are talking about Labor…
You
think?
So, where
does that leave you?
In a bind….
OK. Check
back later then….
For
sure.
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I am open to running your criticism if it is not ad hominem. I prefer praise, though.