Democracy and the qualifying threshold in Israeli elections - opinion

The purpose of qualifying thresholds is to ensure that small splinter parties cannot be elected, and thus governability is enhanced.

Opposition head and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu checking his phone at the Knesset plenum, October 27, 2021

Opposition head and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu checking his phone at the Knesset plenum, October 27, 2021

(photo credit: OLIVIER FITOUSSI/FLASH90)

BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022 03:58

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