5 Elections, 3 Years: Inside Israel's Knesset | Zionism Revisited | Unpacked

[@stefa4013]

As someone from a country with 16 national parties and dozens of local parties per city / group of villages (the Netherlands). Your system seems very familiar :) thanks for sharing this interesting look at Israel's political system

[@UNPACKED]

You should check out our video fully breaking down Israel's political parties and government system: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2a4qX95n62qosU

[@ZamirMalachi6354]

@@UNPACKED so I like to know how to become a Jewish Zionist 🇮🇱

[@khalidalali186]

Lol, my Godmother is Dutch, and hates Rutte lol. She has this conspiracy theory, that he used the pandemic to get rid of the old people 😂. So she voted for 66 last year

[@SionTJobbins]

refreshing to see a presentation which doesn't bring out some "oh, Israel's system is a mess, why can't we have 2 parties!!!"" or "it's too comlicated, don't worry your little heads about this system". Israel's political system is fractuous, but so is the nation and, it seems to be doing quite well - better than the USA or UK system. The only change I'd suggest is raising the threshold to 5% of the national vote before a party can get a seat. Within context of Israel that'd recognise the diversity of views, communities, minorities and usual left right split but would force some parties based on the egos of some politicians of the need to compromise.

[@khalidalali186]

The US is an oligarchy dude. Politicians are just figureheads, serving the interests of the people that funded their campaigns, and bribed their way, I mean helped donate them into office.

[@TheGrinbery]

Messy at times? Did you mean messy as a general rule? XD I mean we legit pay out tax money for a glorified kidengarden

[@khalidalali186]

And weren’t many of them part of the Panama Papers leaks?

[@TheGrinbery]

@@khalidalali186 at this point anything that was ever said in the israeli parliament, any insult or made up profanity, could have ended up somehow on the panama papers leak

[@loganl3746]

The political Ratchet Effect in the US makes me wish we had a system at least a bit more like the Knesset.

[@loganl3746]

@L-1 yeah, honestly. I'd rather have a vote every year than have to choose between two parties I hate. Plus it would make all the lobbying less effective ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@JazzATrain]

@@loganl3746 I agree with Logan

[@stevenb9766]

background music is too loud to hear the speaker

[@aritzlizarragaolascoaga6254]

The threshold to get into the parliament should be harder to reach in order to have less parties to agree with.

[@artiombagdasaryan6015]

so- basically to silence the voices of hundreds of thousands?

[@aritzlizarragaolascoaga6254]

@@artiombagdasaryan6015 to make the smaller ones agree among themselves to create bigger parties.

[@artiombagdasaryan6015]

@@aritzlizarragaolascoaga6254 That's anti pluralistic, partisan mergers should be representatives of different groups coming together in order to promote the interests of all parties involved instead of abandoning the group they represent in order to merge with someone who has a chance of entering the parliament and has no similar ideas and interests. For instance in the legislative elections for the 25 Knesset both "Balad" and "The Jewish home" are straggling with the threshold in the polls, Do you really think that an Internationalist and anti-zionist party would end up teaming up with a far-right religious-zionist and an ultranationalist party ?

[@patriciapalmer1377]

I love the Knesset, it's like a cross between a busy afternoon in a kosher deli out of pickles and a fierce bubbe mah jong game with kibbitsers in my suburb.

[@yhh850]

And its packed with pedos and oligarchs

[@MrPickledede]

It's funny but in most of Israel all those terms that you just mentioned is totally unrecognizable because most Israeli Jews are Middle Eastern Jews and they don't speak Yiddish and they certainly don't follow the cultural tenants so long recognized in American Jewry you need to switch out a busy afternoon at the Falafel stand we don't have a concept of a fierce grandmother in Israel I don't know maybe a fierce Market seller and I don't soccer fans yes Israel is not American Jury a lot of people are so shocked we don't have Bagels we don't have lox we have shawarma and Falafel amongst other Middle Eastern dishes

[@uuuuuuuuuuuuuugdsvjjgffty1037]

She is gorgeous!!!

[@Courtenaire9911]

I'm curious about how federalism might work in Israel. Would the country be divided into regions (provinces or states) and have representatives, or would there be more of a direct democracy?

[@davidcohenboffa1666]

Lapid descends from Herzl? Don't make me laugh.

[@danieljackson654]

How wonderful

[@guccigoldberg5303]

The electoral system prevents strong governments with clear mandates that are able to do anything meaningful from forming, eg perusing peace with the Palestinians.

[@CaptainRaccoonWhitly]

Ra'am is a Palestinian party...

[@MrPickledede]

Actually before making peace with the people that clearly in every poll say that they want to totally destroy us perhaps we should consider that a little bit more American Jews simply don't understand the reality in Israel I speak fluent Arabic and fluent Hebrew I have friends on both sides and I can tell you that the amount of Islamic Fundamentalist radicalization in the Palestinian community in the territories and in Israel is getting more and more worrisome and is increasing exponentially meaning there is no inclination whatsoever to accept any Jewish presence in the land much less accepting living by a sovereign Jewish State Side by Side it goes against the tenants of Islamic fundamentalism that is now prevalent and ubiquitous throughout the Palestinian community I read the books newspapers here are the radio watch the TV programs and hear the lectures of the preachers and the mosques I know what they say

[@Enzorgullochapin]

There’s More to Nothing Than We Knew. -

[@alk158]

The main reason is Netanyahu putting his own pursuit of power about what is good for Israel and mimicking this mentality of autocracy and populism in other countries. Other leaders from Begin, Golda Meir, and Rabin resigned and didn't play professional victimhood as Netanyahu does which is very bad for Israel. Me is imitating Trump and others who feel they are more important then anyone else and this is a very bad mentality that only "they" can "save" the country. No different then men who think they have a unique to "save women" they usually actually have contempt for women and are only manipulating them. Same here. If Netanyahu would leave politics it would be better for Israel and let someone else lead Likud as Begin did when he felt he can no longer lead. He saw Israel bigger then himself. But I know. The Netanyahu family didn't like Begin . In fact while they may have a different type of government Israel is being influenced by the illiberal forces in the USA and in Europe which is a tragedy because they at the core hate Jews as they hate all minorities who aren't European Christians.

[@yhh850]

Democracy is retarted, we just had a PM with 6 mandates. Populism is the only way forward

[@AssafChriqui]

04:38 Lapid is not Herzl!!! omg what a weird comparison

[@allexbratson]

was adopted on 23 December 2016...

[@peterromeo4379]

The framing of this video is weird. Why does it not mention the “major problems” that require uniting? Netanyahu’s corruption? The Israel-Palestine conflict?

[@MrPickledede]

Contrary to what most Americans think the Palestinian Israel conflict is not the biggest or even close to the biggest problem that we Israelis are dealing with like most countries in the west we are dealing with very very High Cost of Living I am worried about paying next month's rent paying my water bill paying property tax on my rented apartment that we in Israel have to pay paying unemployment insurance even though I don't have a job I don't give a damn about the Palestinians I care about eating and sleeping and having a good life for myself I don't care about people that despise me and want to kill me

[@uataweye6264]

Maybe they should split into two countries: one jewish secular and other jewish conservative religious. Israel doesn't seem a viable state anymore.

[@hfyaer]

Why is AOC presenting unpacked?? 😂

[@Hever73]

WHO'S BIBI NETANYAHU IN AMERICA SEEMS TO BE LOVED BUT NOT SO MUCH IN ISRAEL

[@khalidalali186]

It’s the opposite. He actually doesn’t register that well with American Jews, who detest religiosity and extreme nationalism.

[@EL-oj6uq]

@@khalidalali186 how is he an extreme nationalist?

[@roeyel331]

What happened to the government taught by Moses and his father in law!!!!

[@Eunacis]

It died about five minutes after Joshua.

[@alexdoesntlikeyoutubethatmuch]

"Zionism has always been a democratic movement" that's quite the statement juxtaposed to the forced relocation of Palestinian settlements and high barriers of entry to get representation in the Israeli Government. Zionism achieves the same ideologies of the Third Reich in establishing an ethnocratic state.

[@theobserver9131]

Interesting politics. Shame it's in the middle of someone else's home.

[@arabtrooper3929]

“Democratic” lol

[@Seth6000]

only ben gvir

[@arlosmith2784]

Israel needs Bibi 👍

[@pottertheavenger1363]

you left out the part about invading and massacring Palestine.

[@EL-oj6uq]

Show me one point in history where the was a palestinian state

[@pottertheavenger1363]

@@EL-oj6uq ottoman empire

[@EL-oj6uq]

@@pottertheavenger1363 the ottoman empire wasn't Palestinian, it had a region like a state in the US called palestine because that's the name of the region, there's no such thing as a Palestinian people, the romans changed the name from judeah to palestina to spite the jews after the failed maccabee rebellion, they named it after the ancient enemies the jews had, the philistines, who were extinct by the babylonians, thousands of years before said palestinians came here

[@pottertheavenger1363]

@@EL-oj6uq It doesn't matter. There were people there living in better condition under Ottoman.

[@EL-oj6uq]

@@pottertheavenger1363 the ottomans and the arab conquest made that area one of the worst areas on earth.. during ancient Jewish time there were literally over a million jews living there but during the muslim period the place got infected and avoided so badly that in the ottoman era only 50,000 people could live there, the ottoman era is the time the zionist movement started btw, then after ww1 where the ottomans lost the war and the brits took the holy land various zionists(and non zionist) jews came to israel to rid it of the massive amount of bacteria, the mandate was the most highly consecrated area on earth with malaria. No it was definitely not better under the ottomans. During Israel's rain on the land Israel became much greener and the arab population that didn't attack Israel in the independence war flourished under Israel rule where today there are over a million muslims in Israel.

[@MessiahYHWH]

Pure democracy is to allow children to dictate the rules of the house to their own parents. It's unnatural and doomed to destruction from within through competing factions using violence and deception to get their own way. When rebellious children run Gods house, mankind devolves.

[@khalidalali186]

Isn’t that what’s been happening in the US since the 1960s? Isn’t that where social Justice warriors, political correctness, and woke come from too?

[@MessiahYHWH]

@@khalidalali186 Though the U.S. was organized as a Democratic Republic essentially meaning that the elected representatives would be serving the spirit of law for the best interests of the people they serve as leaders, for the most part they have ensconced an established bureaucracy (swamp) which serves their own interests first and Globalist elitists (from which we had once declared independence) who often groom them, and they divide their constituents like abusive parents to direct them grudgingly to do their will which often means raising an entire underclass of dependents on the largesse of government programs and perks who will do the bidding of their masters. So it appears to be pure Democracy of the masses of dependent mind slaves running the ship but is far more sinister in the nature of its treachery.

[@khalidalali186]

Totally agree with everything you wrote down. It’s a sad state for representative democracy, and don’t get me started on the legalized bribes on K Street, them lobbyists are like mafia enforcers, that remind those useless figureheads who’s boss all the time, and how much they owe the people that bribed them into office, by financing their campaigns. You have to admire how they sinisterly distract the multitudes with popular culture, an immoral way of life, alcohol, drugs, nightlife, and loose sex. They literally subsidize producing more and more social parasites. So they can be more relevant to everyday life, and create masses of dependents as you said. Which defeats the purpose of what America was.

[@MessiahYHWH]

You said it far more eloquently than I'm able to!

[@dror.communism]

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[@buffdadio1]

I believe the governmental system in Israel is flawed. Too many parties with different opinions and agendas trying to form a stable government is a recipe for a disaster. The best way is to have a 2 party system much like in the U.S, which will unite the respective parties. Having 4 right wing parties and 3 left wing parties fighting each other makes no sense, especially in times where Israel needs stability more than ever.

[@sadecknain7869]

Stolen

[@JazzATrain]

Ancestral Home

[@dror.communism]

מתעלמים באלגנטיות מהכיבוש האפרטייד והתהור ההאטני

[@Blacksheep1042]

How come that there is Ethnical Cancelling of a population that have been Steadily growing, enjoying freedom of religion and accessibility to Israelis hospitals Like cancer therapy for HAMAS leader daughter, Workings places, have independent education system and enjoy Billions of $€ of support from the entire world (and ISRAEL)? Apartheid… read the above;) Be blessed, healthy, free and prosper.

[@dror.communism]

@@Blacksheep1042 בשטחים הכבושים אני לא חושבת שיש חופש בזמן שיש משטר צבאי עלים ואפרטידיסטי בכול מקרה טיהור אטני לא מחייב עליה או ירידה בכמות האזרחים החברה הערבית מולידה המון ילדים זה עושה מדגזציה בכול מקרה אני מניחה שאת.ה אמרקקי.ת שתופ.ת מוח שמאמינ.ה למדיה לשקרים של הציונות

[@dror.communism]

@@Blacksheep1042 מי יצר את חמאס?? ישראל יצרה אותם הם היו ארגון שום כלום בשנות השמונים והם דחפו להם כספים

[@dror.communism]

בשביל להתנגד לאשף כי ישראל לא מעוניינת בשלום היא מעוניינת על דומיננטיות אטנית ועליונית של יהודים

[@Blacksheep1042]

@@dror.communism א. דווקא ציוני ישראלי. ב. אז סיכמנו, אין טיהור אתני, כי כני, ממשיק, אקדמיקי וכולי: טיהור אתני מותנה בצימצום אוכלוסיה וצימצום בסממני מסורת פולחן אמונה ודרכי השבטים אשר בהם או להם מבצעים טיהור אתני. רגע של מציאות, מצטעריק. ג. שיקרי הציונות ? הכי שקופים וכנים מהרגע שהתנועה נולדה. ד. אפרופו שקרים - מה לגבי התעמולה הנאצית / שינאת יהודים גיזענית שניקראת מערכת החינוך הפלסטינית ? ה. שדרך אגב נאצים גרמנים שהשטאזי המזרח גרמני גייס בהוראת הקג"ב הכינו אותה עבור מדינות ערב - שנות ה60, המלחמה הקרה. ו. שאלי את סוהא ערפאת מה דעתה על "כוונת רצון טוב לשלום" של בעלה המנוח. ז. בעצם היא ענתה על זה ממזמן והראיון על שרתי יוטיוב. ח. הסכמי אברהם, הסכמי אברהם, הסכמי אברהם. ט. כלומר לאומות ועמי ערב והאיסלאם בעצמם כבר נימאס וניגמר מהשטיון והחידלון הפלסטיני ! י. כאמור אני ישראלי אז אני רק יכול לקוות שאת/ ה / ם דוברי עברית הגרים בהתאם לפוזה האידאולוגית מחוץ לציון - כלומר בחו"ל. י"א. כי אם לא - זה גם קצת לא הוגן והגון (כאחד) מצידכם להנות מהגנה ואיכות החיים והמערכות פה בציון אבל בעיקר - לא חבליק על הבריאותי שלכמי ? אשמח למענה מנומק ומושכל, סופ"ש מבורך.