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Exodus111 t1_jdq9k0r wrote

Reply to comment by oghdi in Thousands rally in Tel Aviv against Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul | Further demonstrations come after Israeli prime minister vowed to press on with changes despite international concern by misana123

Cool. They still voted for him though.

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ConqueredCabbage t1_jdqbocq wrote

This is not the US, the PM is just the one that gathered enough parties to vote for him. Netanyahu's own party got 23% of the votes, but joined forces with other right-wing and orthodox jewish parties.

to put in perspective - Lapid, the head of the opposition, got 17% votes for his party, and Gantz's party got 9%, so together they actually have more voters. They just don't recruit the orthodox jews, else they could've actually formed a coalition even now (not gonna happen ever, but those are the numbers)

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Exodus111 t1_jdqbzzy wrote

23% is pretty good in a parliamentary system.

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Nileghi t1_jdqk0la wrote

Crucially, 45% of Likud's voters are disatisfied with this coalition, and polls indicate that the opposition would win if elections were held today.

Its a /r/LeopardsAteMyFace moment yes, but thank god some sanity among their voters is happening instead of like, doubling down on the problem like Trump or Putin supporters

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