Deputy Secretary of State Heads to Israel Amid Early Signs of Difficulty for Peace Efforts
Israel articles on Democracy Chronicles
News about the struggle for better democracy in Israel. According to Freedom House, Israel is an electoral democracy where the "vote threshold for a party to win parliament seat is the world’s lowest leading to regular formation of niche parties". Also see our articles on Palestine and the Middle East.
Israel and Palestine Trade Blame for Inability to Make Peace
Israel and Palestine Trade Blame Amid Dwindling Prospects for Peace and Reconciliation
Israel’s PM Believes Iran was Plotting to Attack
Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu is Convincing That Enemy Iran was Plotting to Attack Country
Government Approves Israel’s New Deficit Plan
Small country with advanced economy shows signs of strain resulting in Israel’s new deficit plan
Palestinian Arab Spring Ignored, Denigrated by Media
Protests in Populations Across Arab World as Palestinian Arab Spring Movement Breaks Barriers Between Ideologies
Israeli Politics Rocked by Settlements Row
Governing Coalition and Israeli Politics Rocked by Row Over Future of New Unapproved Settlements
Hamas Opens Gaza For Palestinian Election Commission
Move to Allow Palestinian Election Commission into Gaza Strip Region Opens Possibility of New Palestinian Elections After Years of Delays Since Last Elections
Palestinian Hunger Striker Focuses Opposition to Israel
Thousands More Prisoner Threaten to Join Palestinian Hunger Striker Amid Landscape of Arab Spring
Israeli Primary Sees Tight Race for Opposition Leadership
Livni and Mofaz Compete to Lead Opposition to Netanyahu as Israeli Primary Sees Tight Race
LINK: Israel and Democracy in New Yorker
New Yorker Article on Israel and Democracy: Here is a link from the New Yorker by David Remnick about democracy in Israel.