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Topic: Israel legislative election, 2006

	Israel legislative election, 2006 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Elections for the 17th Knesset will be held in Israel on 28 March 2006, following an agreement between the Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, and the new Leader of the Israel Labour Party, Amir Peretz.
		The decision to hold early elections followed Peretz's election as Labour leader and his immediate decision to withdraw from the Coalition government, in which Labour under its outgoing Leader, Shimon Peres, kept Sharon in office.
		On January 4, 2006, Sharon suffered a hemorrhagic stroke, and on 31 January 2006 the Kadima party list of candidates for the upcoming election did not include the incapacitated Prime Minister.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Israel_legislative_election,_2006 (741 words)

	Palestinian legislative election, 2006 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This was the first election to the PLC since 1996; subsequent elections had been repeatedly postponed due to the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
		In advance of the 2006 elections, Palestinian electoral law was changed to expand the PLC from 88 to 132 seats and create a degree of proportional representation via a parallel voting system.
		Before the 2006 election, the PLC was dominated by the Fatah movement, which held 68 of the 88 seats.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Palestinian_election (1763 words)

	Encyclopedia: Canadian federal election, 2006
		The election resulted in a minority government led by the Conservative Party with Stephen Harper becoming the 22nd Prime Minister of Canada; this is Canada's smallest minority government since Confederation, in terms of the percentage of seats held by the governing party.
		The election was held on January 23, 2006.
		Elections Canada is the non-partisan agency of the Government of Canada responsible for the conduct of federal elections and referendums.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Canadian-federal-election,-2006 (1045 words)

	Untitled Document
		Israel is a parliamentary democracy with three separate branches, all balancing each other.
		The 'three branches of government' are: the legislative (the Knesset), the executive (the government) and the Judiciary (the court system).
		That is to say, it seeks to democratically represent the different elements in Israel society in proportion to their size.
	www.jafi.org.il /education/actual/elections/elections1996/yhelec2.html (1312 words)

	CTV.ca \| Israel, Palestinians reach election plan
		The two sides have agreed to hold the elections using the same procedures that were in place for the last Palestinian elections, Palestinian cabinet minister Saeb Erekat said.
		During those elections, residents of east Jerusalem were allowed to vote at five polling stations in the region, but their ballots were officially classified as absentee ballots.
		Israel TV reported that the dog set off the bomb, killing the soldier and two Palestinians guarding the entrance to the tunnel.
	ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1102504810252_60?hub=World (869 words)

	How Can Democrats Win in 2006?
		The election of George W. Bush and a Republican congress brought another round of tax cuts aimed primarily and reducing the burden on high-income households.
		Using data from the definitive election surveys done by the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan, I tracked the steady decrease in the percentage of Americans calling themselves Democrats from 52 percent in 1964 to 37 in 1996.
		It is not just that Israel was carved out of land settled by the Palestinians, it is even more the constant reminder of humiliation incurred when a small but determined band of refugees defeated the Palestinians and their Arab allies.
	kenlibbey.home.mindspring.com /blog/blogger.html (7282 words)

	Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive
		6 February: In the Haiti presidential election, Rene Preval of the radical Lespwa (Hope) coalition is polling 48.8% of the vote, with 52% of the vote counted.
		Elections in the rest of Tanzania have been postponed to 14 December, due to the death of a candidate.
		23 October: the Argentinian legislative election, the supporters of Peronist President Nestor Kirchner have won a majority in the Senate and are the largest party in the Chamber of Deputies.
	psephos.adam-carr.net (1423 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Background (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		International observers judged parliamentary elections in 2001 and local elections in 2003 to be acceptable and a step toward democratic development, but identified serious deficiencies.
		Presidential elections scheduled for 2005 are unlikely to bring change since the opposition remains weak, divided, and financially dependent on the current regime.
		Following the elections of a reformist president and Majlis in the late 1990s, attempts to foster political reform in response to popular dissatisfaction have floundered as conservative politicians have prevented reform measures from being enacted, increased repressive measures, and consolidated their control over the government.
	www.phatnav.com /factbook/fields/2028.html (16146 words)

	Off the Kuff: Election 2006 Archives
		The HD48 runoff election between Donna Howard and Ben Bentzin is tomorrow.
		The election was declared an emergency because a special legislative session on school finance must occur before June 1, a deadline set by the Texas Supreme Court.
		Assuming the election is in March, or in May just before a special session, the Democrats could have as many as three more representatives in Austin than they did for the last year's sessions.
	www.offthekuff.com /mt/archives/cat_election_2006.html (13321 words)

	Articles - Elections in Israel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Israel elects its national legislature, the Knesset, by proportional representation on a national list basis.
		Israel has a multi-party system and generally no one party is able to form a government, requiring the parties to form coalition governments.
		The direct election of the Prime Minister was abandoned after the 2001 election.
	www.masterize.com /articles/Elections_in_Israel (179 words)

	How Can Democrats Win in 2006?
		Legislators from both parties, but Republicans probably more than Democrats, feel great pressure to accommodate the groups that made their election possible.
		The fact is that most legislation in the U.S. is initially written by interested groups who then use campaign contributions to get what they want or prevent what they do not want.
		The standard line heard on “election analysis” segments is that the two men have reached a basic consensus on our need to “stay the course” while soliciting help from the United Nations and NATO allies to lessen the burden on American troops.
	kenlibbey.home.mindspring.com /blog/archive/2004_05_01_archive.html (4126 words)

	ei: Palestinian Parliamentary Elections (25 January 2006)
		The Palestinian Legislative Council, the legislature of the Palestinian Authority, is a unicameral body with 88 members, elected from 16 electoral districts in the occupied Palestinian territories.
		The last legislative elections were in 1996 and the PLC’s term was supposed to have expired in May 1999.
		The Palestinian Legislative Council passed a new law in June 2005 increasing the number of MPs from 88 to 132, stipulating that half be elected under a system of proportional representation and half by traditional constituencies.
	electronicintifada.net /bytopic/416.shtml (1012 words)

	After the Hamas election win Daniel Pipes denounces democracy for Muslims
		In the aftermath of Hamas’s victory in the Palestinian legislative election on January 25, right-wing columnist Daniel Pipes has called for the Bush administration to suspend further elections in the Middle East until it can be assured that their outcome will favour US interests.
		The fraudulent elections staged in Afghanistan and Iraq under the oversight of US occupying forces have been hailed as models of democracy, while Hamas’s victory in Palestine was immediately denounced as illegitimate.
		Hamas’s election victory represents—albeit in a distorted form—an expression of the Palestinian people’s ongoing resistance to the Israeli occupation.
	wsws.org /articles/2006/feb2006/pipes-f02.shtml (1446 words)

	Legislative elections (from election) -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In practice, legislative electoral systems can be classified into three broad categories: plurality and majority systems (collectively known as majoritarian systems); proportional systems; and hybrid, or semiproportional, systems.
		It is important to distinguish between the form and the substance of elections.
		In some cases, electoral forms are present but the substance of an election is missing, as when voters do not have a free and genuine choice between at least two...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-229020 (907 words)

	Israel/Palestine: Political earthquake as Hamas wins election \| The Socialist 2 - 8 Feb 2006
		Hamas leaders in the run-up to the elections did make the point that in return for a withdrawal by Israel to the 1967 borders, they would be prepared to announce a 10-15 year ceasefire.
		The election results in Gaza and the West Bank will also increase fears that Iran, which has refused to bend to imperialism's pressure to close down its civilian nuclear programme, is strengthening its influence in the region, because of its historic links with Hamas.
		Soon after the election of Hamas, Israel's Defence Minister, Mofaz, implied in a media interview, that Hamas leaders should not think they were exempt from assassination attempts by the IDF following their election victory.
	www.socialistparty.org.uk /2006/425/mp6.htm (3035 words)

	Fatah splits ahead of legislative election - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Meanwhile, Palestinians in the West Bank’s major cities are voting in the final round of municipal elections in what is seen as a rehearsal for next month’s poll.
		Israel launched two air strikes against Palestinian resistance groups across the Gaza Strip early Thursday.
		Israel has stepped up its military operations against Palestinian resistance fighters since the Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for a bomb attack in the coastal city of Netanya earlier this month.
	www.aljazeera.com /me.asp?service_ID=10400 (932 words)

	Israpundit: Headlines from israel 01/16/2006
		That reality is that regardless of what happens in the elections, and regardless of whether Israel and the Palestinians ever renew negotiations, the contours of the Palestinian state are well known and have been known since the establishment of the Palestinian Authority in 1994.
		The anarchy, terror, corruption, poverty and ideological commitment to the destruction of Israel that have been the consistent characteristics of the Palestinian Authority since its inception provide us with a precise description of what the realization of the vision for a two-state solution to the Palestinian conflict with Israel entails.
		Regardless of who emerges victorious in the coming elections (if they actually take place), it is absolutely certain that the Palestinian leadership will be comprised of terrorists, terror sympathizers and terrorist organizations - because these are the only people and parties who are running.
	www.israpundit.com /archives/2006/01/headlines_from.php (878 words)

	Israel Hasbara Committee
		Hamas won the Palestinian legislative election on 25 January 2006 in a landslide victory over Abbas’ ruling Fatah party.
		During their meeting on Saturday 04 February 2006, Abbas asked Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh for the group to abide by all agreements signed between Israel and the PA since 1994, including recognizing Israel as a legitimate state.
		In its first statement on the aftermath of the Palestinian elections, the UN mentioned “the vision of two democratic states, Israel and Palestine, living side-by-side in peace and security” and reminded both parties of their obligations under the internationally backed Roadmap peace plan.
	www.infoisrael.net /cgi-local/text.pl?source=2/a/ix/060220061 (301 words)

	Ghost in the Machine: Election 2006 Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		New majority leader John A. Boehner is "renting his Capitol Hill apartment from a veteran lobbyist whose clients have direct stakes in legislation Boehner has co-written and that he has overseen as chairman of the Education and the Workforce Committee.
		Despite well-publicized concerns in their own Justice Department (which were overruled by senior officials), the White House rides to the rescue of Boss DeLay's troubling redistricting plan by filing an amicus brief before the Supreme Court.
		Legislation would have to be posted publicly 24 hours before congressional consideration.
	www.ghostinthemachine.net /cat_election_2006.html (7570 words)

	CNN.com - Hamas' past casts shadow over peace plans - Jan 26, 2006
		Hamas, on the other hand, has called for the destruction of Israel and is considered a terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department.
		The former prime minister and leader of Israel's Likud Party added that for Israel to seriously discuss peace with Palestinians, Hamas would have to drastically change its philosophy.
		Though there has been no denunciation of their long-held views on Israel, Hamas members said they were not as concerned with the peace process as they were with improving the lives of Palestinians and the creation of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.
	www.cnn.com /2006/WORLD/meast/01/26/palestinian.election (1102 words)

	Israel Middle East Alert Intercessors For America
		This evidence and previous threats to show terror and its sponsors no mercy notwithstanding, reports indicated Israel will not respond militarily in order to not upset upcoming “Palestinian” parliamentary elections, which the Jewish state's allies in Washington are so keenly looking forward to.
		Instead, Israel is to present the damning evidence to the Americans and Europeans in hopes they will do something about it.
		The Olmert government in Israel is standing aside as Hamas heads for certain victory in the Palestinian elections.
	etpv.org /2006/ismeal.html (882 words)

	Solana urges Israel to facilitate election process - Irna
		He said in a statement that the European Union expects Israel to facilitate electoral operations, including movement of candidates and voting officials, as well as of local and international observers.
		The EU foreign policy chief also welcomed the announcement by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to hold elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) as scheduled on 25 January.
		"Elections are an essential step in the building of a democratic Palestinian state, in the perspective of the two state solution," stresses Solana and expressed strong support for and confidence in Palestinian democracy.
	www.irna.ir /en/news/view/line-20/0601151979173240.htm (305 words)

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		The January 25 elections for the Legislative Council of the Palestinian Authority are the first since 1996.
		Fatah has suffered internal strife in advance of the 2006 elections between the traditional leadership (the Old Guard) and younger personalities, such as Mohammad Dahlan and the imprisoned Marwan Barghouti, who is serving five life sentences in an Israeli jail for terrorism.
		Hamas had huge success in the municipal elections, which gave it considerable momentum for the legislative elections.
	www.adl.org /main_Israel/palestinian_parties_2006.htm (769 words)

	Israel Legislative branch - Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		elections: last held 28 January 2003 (next scheduled to be held fall of 2006)
		Elections includes the nature of election process or accession to power, date of the last election, and date of the next election.
		Election results includes the percent of vote and/or number of seats held by each party in the last election.
	www.indexmundi.com /israel/legislative_branch.html (109 words)

	The Australian: Uncertainty over Palestinian election (archived) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		CAMPAIGNING began overnight for a Palestinian legislative election clouded by speculation that President Mahmoud Abbas, mired in conflict with Israel and facing a challenge from rival Islamists, could delay voting.
		Israeli police under orders to ban electioneering in a city at the heart of the Middle East conflict, blocked candidates from campaigning in Arab East Jerusalem, beating some with clubs and arresting seven including a local Fatah leader.
		But surging chaos in Gaza, and diplomatic deadlock over Israel's designs on the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, have sapped support for Fatah, which has been dogged by allegations of corruption and mismanagement.
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5744,17727011%255E1702,00.html (266 words)

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