Governing Coalition and Israeli Politics Rocked by Row Over Future of New Unapproved Settlements
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.
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.