What is Israel's type of government and what are some negative/positive things about the government?

Israel is a democracy with a 120 members parliament. Parliament elections are national and not regional. They occur every four years, but are often held earlier if the coalition is not stable. Israel's president is nominated by the parliament and has no authority. Israel's prime minister is appointed by the president and is approved in the parliament if the majority in parliament votes for him, otherwise the president needs to pick another candidate. At any point during the government's tenure, if a majority of the parliament votes against the government, then it is dissolved, and new elections are scheduled immediately. This happens very often. Good things about Israel's regime: - Separation of authorities - executive, legislative, judicial - works fine. Israel's supreme court is one of the best in the world (including women and Arabs.) - The police will investigate anyone and everyone including presidents, members of parliament, ministers and prime ministers, and has done so profusely in the near past. - Equal rights to all religions and no religious persecution. - Complete equality and freedom for gays and women. - Abortions are allowed, guns aren't. - The public is aware of its social rights, and will not give them up easily. - A sound and reasonable legal system: no death penalty, no juries, no felony murder, no three strikes, no fruit of the poisoned tree, no excessive incarcerations, no multiple law enforcement agencies, no supermax prisons, low prisoner death rate. - Very low judicial and police corruption. Bad things about Israel's regime: - No separation of church and state - the government pays salaries to rabbis and kosher food inspectors, no public transportation on Saturdays, no pork and shrimp in large retails chains. - To form a coalition in parliament, it's common that the largest party gives monetary and legislative benefits to small parties (orthodox mostly), much more than they deserve by their electoral share. - Cabinet ministers come from coalition parties resulting from political negotiations, rather than professional nomination as in the US, therefore they are vastly corrupt and inept. - Arabs and Orthodox Jews are allowed their separate and primitive government funded school systems, which causes them to be largely unemployable. - Corporations hold too much influence on the government, lobbying is not prohibited by law. - Public servants salaries are very low, and they are allowed to go to the private sector once they quit the government. - High level of corruption at the municipal level. - Too much leniency in sentencing of violent crimes. - The public allows the government to do just about anything, as long as it believes it's required for Israel's security and survival, including chipping away at democratic and liberal principles. - The majority of Jews are not interested in what goes on in the occupied territories, and don't want to hear about what is being done over there. Almost all Jews will never venture into the territories, yet the territories dominate the politics of Israel and how it is perceived around the world. - Jurisdiction of occupied territories: "A" - Palestinian civilian and military rule, "B" - Palestinian civilian rule, Israeli military rule, "C" - Israel civilian and military rule. This makes very little sense, and creates a lot of confusion as to what is included inside Israel - e.g. if you take your stuff into "A" or "B" areas, then there is no insurance as it is not in the area of Israel - so what state is it? Since Palestine does not exist as a state? Does "C" count as Israel? Insurance companies say yes, but the law there is not Israeli law but military law.

Israel operates under a parliamentary system as a democratic country with universal suffrage. The President of Israel is the head of state, but his duties are largely ceremonial. A Parliament Member supported by a majority in parliament becomes the Prime Minister, usually the chairman of the largest party. The Prime Minister is the head of government and head of the Cabinet. Israel is governed by a 120-member parliament, known as the Knesset. Membership in the Knesset is based on proportional representation of political parties. Parliamentary elections are held every four years, but the Knesset can dissolve the government at any time by a no-confidence vote. The Basic Laws of Israel function as an unwritten constitution. In 2003, the Knesset began to draft an official constitution based on these laws. gatita Degree in History (focus Jewish studies) and Spanish, New Mexico State U. 1990

It has more than 2 parties which leads to, to much debate. For more on this subject, visit the Jewish virtual library.

Israel operates under a parliamentary system as a democratic country with universal suffrage. The President of Israel is the head of state, but his duties are largely ceremonial. A Parliament Member supported by a majority in parliament becomes the Prime Minister, usually the chairman of the largest party. The Prime Minister is the head of government and head of the Cabinet. Israel is governed by a 120-member parliament, known as the Knesset. Membership in the Knesset is based on proportional representation of political parties. Parliamentary elections are held every four years, but the Knesset can dissolve the government at any time by a no-confidence vote. The Basic Laws of Israel function as an unwritten constitution. In 2003, the Knesset began to draft an official constitution based on these laws. gatita Degree in History (focus Jewish studies) and Spanish, New Mexico State U. 1990

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It has more than 2 parties which leads to, to much debate. For more on this subject, visit the Jewish virtual library.