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 Political Parties and Electoral Systems in Lebanon and Israel: Interactive Reinforcement
In Israel, the strong role of political parties was and is being reinforced by an electoral system which is based on proportional representation and one national electoral district, thus allowing for different parties, no matter how small they might be, to get some representation.
After 1982, many political parties, on both sides, were transformed into militias as the militarization of the parties eventually led to the parties being controlled by their military wings.
The relatively weak political role of the political parties in Lebanon is attributed to the structure of these parties, which remained highly confessional and depended heavily on individual traditional communal leaders.
ddc.aub.edu.lb /projects/pspa/krayem/krayem.html   (2084 words)

  
 Israeli Political System and Parties - definition - Zionism and Israel -Encyclopedia / Dictionary/Lexicon of ...
Israel does not have a constitution, but it does have a number of basic laws that govern how the government is structured, rights of individuals and similar matters.
The members are chosen from party lists, and are elected in proportion to the number of votes received by the party, according to the predetermined order of candidates that was presented to the elections commission.
Following is listing of major current political parties, number of MKs in the 16th and 17th Knesset (the one that will end in March 2006 and a summary of their political orientations.
www.zionism-israel.com /dic/politicalsystem.htm   (1729 words)

  
 List of political parties in Israel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Political parties in Israel: Israel's political system is based on proportional representation which allows for a multi-party system with numerous parties, in which a single party usually has no chance of gaining power by itself, forcing the parties to cooperate and form coalition governments.
This is the case for the Israeli Labour Party, which is a sister party of the British Labour Party.
All the Israeli political parties participating in the March 28, 2006 elections.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Israel   (967 words)

  
 Politics of Israel
Voting is for party lists rather than for individual candidates, and the total number of seats assigned each party reflects that party's percentage of the vote (see Party-list proportional representation).
From the founding of Israel in 1948 until the election of May 1977, Israel was ruled by successive coalition governments led by the Labor alignment or its constituent parties.
The Gesher party withdrew from the coalition in January 1998 upon the resignation of its leader, David Levy[?], from the position of Foreign Minister.
www.fastload.org /po/Politics_of_Israel.html   (1610 words)

  
 Israel - Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day)
Israel is the birthplace of Judaism in the 17th century BCE and Christianity at the beginning of the 1st century CE.
Israel is currently also embroiled in an ongoing conflict with Palestinians in the territories controlled since the Six Day War in 1967, despite the signing of the Oslo Accords on September 13, 1993, and the ongoing efforts of Israeli, Palestinian and global peacemakers.
The prevalent balance between the largest parties means that the smaller parties can have disproportionately strong influence to their size, due to their ability to act as tie breakers; they often use this status to block popular legislation or promote their own even contrary to the manifesto of the larger party in office.
www.milechai.com /judaism/israel.html   (4690 words)

  
 Israel - Gurupedia
Israel has no official written constitution; its government functions are based on the laws of the Knesset, especially by the "Basic Laws of Israel", which are special laws the Knesset legislature, (currently there are 15 of them), which will become together the future official constitution.
Israel is widely regarded as being an undeclared nuclear power -- it operates nuclear facilities and is generally believed to be in the possession of nuclear warheads.
Israel is technically at war with Iraq, with a previous declaration of war never being repealed by either side.
www.gurupedia.com /i/is/israel.htm   (2608 words)

  
 Library of Congress / Federal Research Division / Country Studies / Area Handbook Series / Israel / Appendix B
Nevertheless, Mapai became the dominant party in the Yishuv and later in Israel; after 1968 it was the dominant faction in the Labor Party.
From the founding of the state in 1948 to 1977, the NRP (or its predecessors) was the ally of the Labor Party (or its predecessors) in forming Labor-led coalition governments; in return the NRP was awarded control of the Ministry of Religious Affairs.
The joint Arab-Jewish party was established in 1984 and advocated the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel.
rs6.loc.gov /frd/cs/israel/il_appnb.html   (1743 words)

  
 Politics1 - Guide to American Political Parties
Allies of the hardcore faction firmly held control of the party from the late-1980s until the moderates seized control at the 2006 national convention and gutted the party's original platform.
The party ran nuclear physicist John Hagelin as the NLP Presidential nominee in 1992 (ballot status in 32 stares - 39,000 votes - 0.04%), 1996 (ballot status in 44 states - 7th place - 110,000 votes - 0.1%) and 2000 (ballot status in 39 stares - 7th place - 83,000 votes - 0.08%).
Marxist political organizer James Harris was the SWP Presidential nominee in 1996 (ballot status in 11 states - 8,500 votes - 0.01%) and 2000 (ballot status in 14 states - 7,378 votes - 9th place - 0.01%).
www.politics1.com /parties.htm   (9472 words)

  
 Washington Week . For Educators . Election 101 | PBS
List of political parties in the U.S. Sample student questionnaire
Hand out copies of the list of all the parties [www.politics1.com] that are currently active in the U.S. Ask students if they have heard of any of the parties.
The permission letter must be signed by the teacher and the proprietor of the polling site and list the names of the students along with the specific date and time they will be conducting the poll.
www.pbs.org /weta/washingtonweek/educators/election.html   (1524 words)

  
 List of political parties : Political parties of the world
This is a list of political parties around the world.
Election results for the parties can be found at List of election results[?] or among the external links at the end of the article.
Latvijas Socialdemokratiska Strandnieku Partija[?] (Socialdemocratic Labour Party of Latvia)
www.fastload.org /po/Political_parties_of_the_world.html   (1025 words)

  
 Likud - SourceWatch
The Likud is a hardline right-wing Israeli political party.
It was later merged with the liberal right-wing Herut to become the Israeli right-wing party.
It is a party consensus that there should be no Palestinian state, although they will agree to call the remaining "bantustans" a "state".
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Likud   (622 words)

  
 Governments on the WWW: Political Parties
Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs (SPÖ) [Socialdemocratic Party of Austria]
Srpska Stranka Republike Srpske [Serbian Party of the Serbian Republic]
Hrvatska Seljacka Stranka Bosne i Hercegovine (HSS BiH) [Croatian Peasants Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina]
www.gksoft.com /govt/en/parties.html   (2433 words)

  
 Full List of Palestinian Political Parties
The Palestinians have said that they were sick of the ongoing corruption and disorganization of the Fatah party.
All the other political parties at least publicly recognize Israel's right to exist.
On the other hand Israel elected the moderate, Olmert, who, unlike some other Israeli leaders, is very keen on making peace and ending the conflict with the Palestinians.
www.themiddleeastnow.com /palpolparties.html   (259 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Middle East | Guide to Iraqi political parties
Mr Allawi's party, the Iraqi National Accord Movement, is joined by Hamid Musa's Iraqi Communist Party, the Iraqiyun party of former President Ghazi al-Yawer and National Assembly Speaker Hajim al-Hassani, and veteran politician Adnan al-Pachachi's Independent Democrats Grouping.
The Iraqi Accord Front was founded by three Sunni parties: Mohsen Abd al-Hamid's Iraqi Islamic Party, the General Council for the People of Iraq led by senior Sunni cleric Adnan al-Dulaimi, and the Iraqi National Dialogue Council, a powerful bloc of Sunni parties headed by Khalaf al-Ulayyan.
The Reconciliation and Liberation Bloc is led by Mishaan al-Juburi, the Sunni Arab head of the Homeland Party.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/4511450.stm   (1418 words)

  
 Political parties, interest groups, and other movements around the world   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
List of political and non-profit organisations on the Internet, maintained by UC-Berkeley's Centre for Community Economic Research
America's Open Debates Foundation is a national foundation committed to networking existing "free election" organizations, every legitimate national party, ballot access and election reform movements into one cooperative, unified and powerful voice.
Third Parties '96 is a movement to build a new mainstream political party
www.psr.keele.ac.uk /parties.htm   (1232 words)

  
 Politics - List of Items - MSN Encarta
Politics - List of Items - MSN Encarta
political parties in the United States, main article
Thematic Essay: Political and Social Thought of the Enlightenment
encarta.msn.com /refedlist_210001401_5/Political_Parties.html   (39 words)

  
 Political Parties in Israel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Israel is a multi-party state where political parties come and go in the blink of an eye!
We've tried to create as accurate a list as possible of current politcal parties with websites.
Some major parties, such as Shas, are not listed because we were unable to locate an official website for them.
www.stateofisrael.com /parties   (78 words)

  
 Political Resources on the Net - Jordan (1:3 Parties & Org.)
Political Resources on the Net - Jordan (1:3 Parties & Org.)
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (1:3 Parties & Organizations)
The 1994 Peace Treaty between Jordan and Israel
www.politicalresources.net /jordan.htm   (36 words)

  
 Governments on the WWW: Israel
Israel Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei, China (Republic)
Israel Tourism Office in New York, United States of America
Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations in New York
www.gksoft.com /govt/en/il.html   (248 words)

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