• @gastationsushi@lemmy.world
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      42 years ago

      Coalition governments are totally different than a two party system in the USA. There are over a dozen parties with in Israel, Netenyahu needed to form a coalition with ultra-nationalist to win. Each of these parties have to be kept happy else the coalition falls apart.

    • Flying Squid
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      22 years ago

      The Knesset has 120 seats. Likud has 32. Most Israelis did not vote for Netanyahu.