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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1988
s Americans brace
themselves for the up-
coming elections, they
can draw comfort from the
elegant simplicity of their
choice: Bush or Dukakis,
Republican or Democrat.
Pity, then, the poor Israeli
voters who are preparing for
a veritable orgy of political
campaigning from myriad
parties.
They will be not be con-
fronted by anything as simple
as a two-party ballot. This is,
after all, the Jewish state and
Israelis will choose from a
cacophany of political blocs,
factions, splinter groups and
special-interest one-man
bands.
At last count, no fewer than
20 had thrown their hats in-
to the ring, and there are
bound to be more by polling
day.
The two main protagonists
are the left-of-center Labor
and the right-of-center Likud
(a marriage of the Herut and
Liberal parties). The rest run
the gamut of the political
spectrum from Communist
and far-left Arab-Jewish lists
to Rabbi Meir Kahane's Kach
movement.
Why this plethora of
parties?
One reason is Israel's elec-
toral system, which means
that any candidate who can
cobble together 20,000 votes
can get into the Knesset.
Demands for electoral reform
have gathered momentum,
but they will not affect the
upcoming election.
A second reason is the
range of major issues con-
fronting Israeli voters. In
most Western democracies,
according to political
analysts, voters are pre-
occupied by a single issue
usually socio-economic —
with, perhaps, one or two
other peripheral concerns; in
Israel, there are at least four
primary issues.
Moreover, each impacts so
sharply on the shape and
future of the state and each
creates such sharp divisions
that a two-party system on
the American or British
model would be entirely in-
adequate to cope with the
interests and differences
within Israeli society.
The central issue facing the
Israeli electorate — the all-
consuming issue to the rest of
the world — is the future
disposition of the ad-
ministered territories. This
has been translated into a
political debate over "securi-
ty" (those who support reten-
tion) and "peace" (those who
favor territorial concessions).
In the coming months,
voters are going to be
presented with a bewildering
smorgasbord of "options" over
what should — must be done
about the territories and
their 1.4 million Palestinian
inhabitants.
For most of the parties con-
testing the elections, the
territorial imperative forms
the main plank of their plat-
form. Political pollsters,
pundits and professionals
agree that the 9-month-old in-
tifada will have a profound ef-
fect on the elections, with the
advantage most likely to go to
the right-wing parties pro-
moting the security concept.
Israelis are also deeply con-
cerned that the economic
miracle of1984, which pulled
Israel out of its inflationary
nightmare and restored a
degree of stability, is wearing
thin.
The anticipated economic
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