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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 562

electoral reform

Prof. Eugene Kandel, today the founder and the Chairman of the independent think tank RISE Israel Institute. (Courtesy)
July 19, 2024, 8:58 am
What Matters Now to economist Eugene Kandel: How to change Israel’s trajectory
Former economic adviser to the prime minister paints a worrying picture of Israel in the present and near future, but offers a unique solution correct the country’s course
By ToI Staff
The Central Elections Committee counts ballots from soldiers and absentee voters at the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 10, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
October 18, 2022, 10:44 pm
The threshold of political pain: How a tiny reform radicalized Israeli politics
A seemingly small change to election rules passed in 2014 has backfired, empowering extreme parties and playing a central role in producing our belligerent and deadlocked reality
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Newly elected Prime Minister Naftali Bennett waves, with Yair Lapid (left) and Gideon Sa'ar (right) alongside him, after their new coalition wins Knesset approval, June 13, 2021 (Haim Zach / GPO)
June 14, 2021, 7:17 pm
Bennett is the new first-among-equals type of premier Netanyahu created
In his bid to tear apart Gantz’s Blue and White alliance, the Likud leader brought strange new institutions into being. His opponents could not have united without them
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu leads a meeting of opposition MKs in the Knesset on June 14, 2021, a day after losing power (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
June 14, 2021, 5:36 pm
After very brief handover to Bennett, Netanyahu vows to ‘rescue Israel’ from him
Outgoing PM skips traditional photo of handover with successor, tells opposition bloc he’ll topple new government based on ‘fraud, hate and power-seeking’
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a conference of his Likud party in Ramat Gan, March 4, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
June 27, 2019, 4:50 am
Everybody complains about Israel’s electoral system. But it works
Especially after this year’s political shenanigans, the chaotic, tribal electoral system gets a bad rap; it is also the source of Israel’s strength, solidarity and democracy
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Followers of Iraq's influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr chant slogans as they wave national flags during a demonstration against corruption in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017 (AP/Karim Kadim)
February 11, 2017, 4:11 pm
Policeman killed, dozens hurt in Baghdad anti-government protests
Security forces use live fire, tear gas to disperse crowds in Iraqi capital as al-Sadr loyalists demand election reform
By Qassim Abdul-Zahra
US President-elect Donald Trump speaks at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, North Carolina on December 6, 2016. (AFP/TIMOTHY A. CLARY)
December 18, 2016, 6:08 pm
Electoral College, archaic and unloved, set to anoint Trump
Institution the president-elect once called ‘a disaster for a democracy’ is all but certain to select him on Monday
By Jerome Cartillier
Hillary Clinton, holding hands with her husband, former President Bill Clinton, waves to a crowd outside a New York hotel as she arrives to speak to her staff and supporters after losing the race for the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
November 13, 2016, 2:17 am
Clinton’s popular vote lead sparks some calls for reform
Outsized influence of battleground states raises ‘the question of how democratic our system is,’ says one expert
By Anne Renaut
In this Oct. 12, 2016 photo, stickers available for voters are seen at the Hamilton County Board of Elections in Cincinnati, Ohio, as early voting begins statewide. (AP/John Minchillo)
October 30, 2016, 3:30 am
The election’s just beginning on Election Day
America’s complicated, and some say convoluted, Electoral College process will only officially pick the president on Jan. 6
By MARY CLARE JALONICK
Zionist Union leader Isaac Herzog (L), with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in November 2013. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
March 9, 2015, 10:05 am
Poll shows most Jewish Israelis against unity government
Rumors continue to emerge about a possible pact between rivals Netanyahu and Herzog, but the idea is not popular
By Lazar Berman
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin at the president's residence in Jerusalem, September 22, 2014 (photo credit: Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
March 8, 2015, 11:02 pm
In case of election tie, president set to push unity government
Rivlin reportedly wants two major parties to partner, advance legislation on electoral reform, if there is no clear winner on March 17
By Avi Lewis
Leaders of the Likud at a party conference in Tel Aviv, January 5, 2015 (photo credit: Gili Yaari/Flash90)
January 5, 2015, 9:38 pm
Netanyahu derides Herzog, Livni as too weak to protect Israel
At event to introduce Likud’s Knesset list, PM also promises reforms to guarantee 4-year governments, stabilize Israeli politics
By Lazar Berman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset during a vote on a bill to dissolve the parliament, on December 8, 2014. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 5, 2015, 6:46 pm
Netanyahu seeks reforms to stabilize Israeli governance
At Likud event, PM to announce initiative to change situation wherein average government serves less than half its allotted term
By Haviv Rettig Gur
An Israeli Arab casts his vote in the Knesset elections in the northern town of Umm al-Fahm, February 10, 2009. (Photo credit: Herzl Shapira / FLASH90)
October 12, 2014, 2:22 pm
Facing extinction, Israel’s Arab parties move toward unity… and growth
A raised Knesset ‘threshold’ means all three Arab parties could disappear in the next elections. But running together, they could win unprecedented support. Their leaders are doing the math
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Illustrative photo of the Knesset plenum in session, July 29, 2013 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 7, 2014, 12:17 pm
Knesset schedules marathon votes next week on key bills
In just four days, lawmakers to debate and cast final votes on Haredi draft, electoral threshold, peace referendum
By Haviv Rettig Gur
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