A
recent poll in the Apartheid State of Israel reveals that if elections for its
Knesset were held in December, 2011, more of the same would be what Israelis
want—no peace. The poll reinforces my argument that Israel is a house divided
and that it will self-destruct.
In an
article about veteran Israeli news anchor turned politician, Yair Lapid, who will likely form a new independent
political party, would receive 15 Knesset seats. The majority of the other remaining seats
would be split among Likud, Yisrael Beiteinu, Labor, Kadima and Shas, leaving no
political party with a clear majority.
In fact, Apartheid-in-Chief Benjamin Natanyahu’s Likud Party will retain
its status as the largest political party with 24 seats, with only twenty percent
of the Apartheid Knesset.
The entry of Lapid into the Apartheid Israeli political scene means that
the trend of coalition governments will continue for the foreseeable future.
In the 64 year history of Apartheid Israel, only once has
it had one party which won at least 61 seats, a majority of the Apartheid
Knesset. With about 6 political parties each winning 10 seats or more in a 120
member Knesset, the Apartheid Israeli public gives no clear direction as to
which way the country should move. Thus
the status quo is the only direction that Apartheid Israelis seek.
This
means that there is no clear cut majority in Israel that wants peace. Lapid, whose views are not widely known,
would probably be a centralist candidate taking votes away from Labor and and
Kadima parties. It would seem that no
clear group of parties, whether on the left or right would have a majority to form
a separate coalition. Thus a combination
of coalition parties from the right and left, as is currently the case in Chief
Apartheid Natanyahu’s government, would have to form a ruling coalition.
With
that scenario, the ruling coalition will continue to be subject to the whims of
the smallest political party amongst them, thus continuing the status quo.
The
status quo according to Apartheid Israel is a continuation of the cruel
occupation; continuation of illegal settlement building, especially around East
Jerusalem; continuation of the apartheid wall; continuation of military rule of
4.5 million Palestinians; continuation of apartheid practices that cannot be
sustained; continuation of the denial of the Palestinian right of return; and continuation
of the eventual self-destruction of Apartheid Israel.
I have
stated in previous articles that Apartheid Israelis must do some soul
searching. They must come to terms with Mohandas
Gandhi’s words: “A nation’s culture
resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.” The recent poll, which tells us that the
heart and soul of Apartheid Israelis is divided between the left, center and
right political extremes, suggest that there is deep divisions within Apartheid
Israel. This reminds me of President
Abraham Lincoln’s famous speech in which the US during the pre-US Civil War
years was split between Free States and Slavery States. He said then that “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”
Apartheid
Israel is divided in so many ways. As discussed above it is divided
politically. It is divided amongst secular
Jews and ultra-righteous Jews. It is
divided between Jews and Arabs within its mist. It has two sets of laws
governing Jews and Palestinians. It divides Jews and Palestinians through separatist
enclaves , Jews only by-pass roads, license plates, military check points,
electronic wired fences around Palestinian towns, restricted entry and exit
gates and other restrictions and divisions.
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