Is Israel left or right?

[Spiderman]

Do they drift more towards communism or fascism? Would you say they are more conservative or liberal. Do they resemble the Republican Party more than the Democrats?

 

[Tumah]

I'm not an expert in these things, but I'm not sure how easy it is to determine that. The various governmental posts are held by members of various parties and they run it according to their own parties' standards. So one element of the government might be more conservative, while another might be more liberal.
Maybe it is possible to figure out. I don't know.

 

[Lyndon]

Israel has conservative parties, sorta like Republicans, and liberal parties possibly even left of Democrats. The conservative party in coalition with other mostly conservative smaller parties are in control of the government now, correct me if I'm wrong, Tumah

 

[Spiderman]

I'm not an expert in these things, but I'm not sure how easy it is to determine that. The various governmental posts are held by members of various parties and they run it according to their own parties' standards. So one element of the government might be more conservative, while another might be more liberal.
Maybe it is possible to figure out. I don't know.

The fact that everyone is required to join the military seems more fascist or communist , but I can't figure out which one.

Is there much room for capitalism in Israel?

Is there

 

[YmirGF]

I'm not an expert in these things, but I'm not sure how easy it is to determine that. The various governmental posts are held by members of various parties and they run it according to their own parties' standards. So one element of the government might be more conservative, while another might be more liberal.
Maybe it is possible to figure out. I don't know.

Exactly. There are many political parties in Israel, representing virtually every political persuasion there is. Almost all governments there are a coalition of various stripes.

(Folks have no idea how hard that was to type while eating a sticky doughnut.)

 

[Tumah]

Israel has conservative parties, sorta like Republicans, and liberal parties possibly even left of Democrats. The conservative party in coalition with other mostly conservative smaller parties are in control of the government now, correct me if I'm wrong, Tumah

Well, Netanyahu is from Likud and according to Wikipedia, they're center-right. So I guess so.
But I'm really the wrong one to ask about this stuff. I don't really get politics.

 

[Spiderman]

I hope you are right. Right wing is always the right thing har har har

 

[Tumah]

The fact that everyone is required to join the military seems more fascist or communist , but I can't figure out which one.

Is there much room for capitalism in Israel?

Is there

I think its more pragmatic what with, you know, the constant wars and limited manpower. But I don't know.

I think I just read that in the past 30 years Israel has been becoming a capitalist economy.

 

[Spiderman]

Their policy towards Muslims and those who are not Jewish is very conservative.
Meaning they are as far from Multicultural as one can be.

So im voting right

 

[Spiderman]

I think its more pragmatic what with, you know, the constant wars and limited manpower. But I don't know.

I think I just read that in the past 30 years Israel has been becoming a capitalist economy.

Awesome ! It never works when the government controls everything

 

[Tumah]

Their policy towards Muslims and those who are not Jewish is very conservative.
Meaning they are as far from Multicultural as one can be.

So im voting right

I don't think that's a statement that is true across the board.

 

[YmirGF]

Their policy towards Muslims and those who are not Jewish is very conservative.
Meaning they are as far from Multicultural as one can be.

So im voting right

Hehe. What is their policy towards Muslims? Given that there are Muslim political parties and Muslims in the IDF... I may be entertained by your answer.

I don't think that's a statement that is true across the board.

It's actually a pretty weird statement.

 

[Spiderman]

Hehe. What is their policy towards Muslims? Given that there are Muslim political parties and Muslims in the IDF... I may be entertained by your answer.

Well the fact that they have Palestinians imprisoned behind a wall and they require people to be Jewish to get citizenship is very anti Multicultural

 

[Lyndon]

Well, Netanyahu is from Likud and according to Wikipedia, they're center-right. So I guess so.
But I'm really the wrong one to ask about this stuff. I don't really get politics.

I would call the American democrats, at least Hillary, centre right. I think Likud is quite a bit right of that at least in many of their policies. Israel's labour party if it is a true labour party would probably be left of most democrats but they are not in power or in the coalition.

 

[Tumah]

Well the fact that they have Palestinians imprisoned behind a wall and they require people to be Jewish to get citizenship is very anti Multicultural

To be fair, the wall was built after the first intifada.

You don't need to be Jewish to become a citizen.

 

[YmirGF]

Well the fact that they have Palestinians imprisoned behind a wall and they require people to be Jewish to get citizenship is very anti Multicultural

That is certainly a nuanced way of looking at the wall between Israel and the so-called "Palestinians". On the Jewish requirement, they are trying to keep the only Jewish state on the planet, so that is pretty understandable - but I have not actually heard that it is a requirement. That said, Non-Jews enjoy considerable rights and freedoms well beyond the norm in the Middle East.

 

[Spiderman]

The fact that the West Bank is under Israeli occupation and their people tried in Israeli courts is it bit culturally intolerant as well.

 

[rosends]

... they require people to be Jewish to get citizenship is very anti Multicultural

They do? Not according to the law.
http://israpundit.blogspot.com/2002/09/digging-deeper-israeli-citizenship-and.html

 

[Spiderman]

That is certainly a nuanced way of looking at the wall between Israel and the so-called "Palestinians". On the Jewish requirement, they are trying to keep the only Jewish state on the planet, so that is pretty understandable - but I have not actually heard that it is a requirement. That said, Non-Jews enjoy considerable rights and freedoms well beyond the norm in the Middle East.

There absolutely needs to be a Jewish state. They have been kicked out of a hundred countries.

I'm not an enemy of Israel. They take what appears to be fascists measures, but they have to do so for survival.

 

[Spiderman]

They do? Not according to the law.
http://israpundit.blogspot.com/2002/09/digging-deeper-israeli-citizenship-and.html

Thanks. I've seen Christians were asking Israeli's how they could become Israeli citizens. They were told they had to convert to Judaism.

They want a Jewish state, so I can see why.