IN ISRAEL BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN The upcoming national elections in Israel will be held on Tuesday 22 January 2013 These elections will determine the composition of the 19 th ID: 487416
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IT’S ELECTION TIME
IN ISRAEL…
BUT WHAT DOES
THAT MEAN ???Slide2
The upcoming national elections in Israel will be held
on Tuesday, 22 January 2013. These elections will determine the composition of the 19th Knesset and of the government to be established based on these results.Slide3
The Israeli Parliament (The Knesset) is elected once in every 4 years
. General, National, Direct, Equal,
Confidential
and
Relative
elections. Slide4
General: Every Israeli citizen aged 18 or older National: The entire country constitutes a single electoral constituency
.
Direct:
The Knesset, the Israeli parliament, is elected directly by the voters, not through a body of electors.
Equal:
All votes cast are equal in weight.
Secret
:
Elections are by secret ballot.
Proportional:
The 120 Knesset seats are assigned in proportion to each party's percentage of the total national vote. However, the minimum required threshold for a party to be represented in the Knesset is 2% of the total votes cast. Slide5Slide6
Election day is a holiday in order to enable all potential voters to participate.
Free public transportation is available to voters who happen to be outside their polling districts on this day. Slide7
Elections to the Knesset are held every four years,
unless: The Knesset passes a bill to disperse the Knesset;The Knesset has not approved the budgetThe Prime Minister asks the Knesset to disperse;
A no-confidence vote has
passedSlide8
The Prime Minister is selected from among the Knesset members.
The President
of the State assigns the task to the Knesset member considered to have the best chance of forming a viable coalition government in light of the Knesset election results.Slide9
Netnyahu
/ Likud
Yachimovich
/
Israel Labor Party
Yishai
/
ShasBenet /Habait Hayehudi Livni / HatenuaLapid/ Yesh AtidYESNOATTACKING IRANSlide10
Netnyahu
/ Likud
Yachimovich
/
Israel Labor Party
Yishai
/
ShasBenet /Habait Hayehudi Livni / HatenuaLapid/ Yesh AtidYESNODiscount in housing for young couplesSlide11
Netnyahu
/ Likud
Yachimovich
/
Israel Labor Party
Yishai
/
ShasBenet /Habait Hayehudi Livni / HatenuaLapid/ Yesh AtidYESNODrafting Ultra Orthodox to the ArmySlide12
Netnyahu
/ Likud
Yachimovich
/
Israel Labor Party
Yishai
/
ShasBenet /Habait Hayehudi Livni / HatenuaLapid/ Yesh AtidYESNOKeep entire Jerusalem Slide13
Netanyahu/
Likud
Liberman
/ Israel
Beitenu
35
Yachimovich
/ Israel Labor
Party19Yishai /Shas11Benet /Habait Hayehudi11 Livni / Hatenua11Lapid/ Yesh Atid8Slide14
סקר קול ישראל - רפי סמית בחירות ישראל 2013Slide15
Interesting points about Israel's electionsSlide16
11% of Israel's potential voters live outside Israel.
The law in Israel is that if you are outside Israel you can not vote (except if you work for the government).Slide17
The
Ratio between the number of parties (33) and the number of voters in Israel (5,250,000) is the highest in the world!
In Canada 19 parties and 35 million people.Slide18
Only twice in the history of Israel did the government make it through the whole 4 year term.
A minister in Israel stays in his position between 1-2 years!Slide19
Democracy in
israelSlide20
Questions?