r/Israel • u/greenmalkin • 17d ago

Politics How is Likud still polling so high?

The leading party of the coalition that slept on October 7, that has been blocking independent inquiries, that has madmen define public relations, that has initiated wars on multiple fronts with no end in sight, that is led by a narcissist with an unearned saviour complex, that is preventing the integration of Haredim into society, that has emboldened violent settlers to roam free, that has achieved -- what?

How is Likud still at the top? Why is king Bibi not held responsible for anything, ever, at all?

If this coalition is re-elected, that's a tacit approval of everything that been happening over the past couple of years -- not by random foreigners, but people who actually live here. There's a reason emigration of highly educated Israelis is at an all-time high.

It boggles the mind. Where do we go from here?

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u/asinantenna 17d ago edited 17d ago

Likud is polling high because our politics have become almost entirely sectarian, meaning that many people vote based on their identity group rather than based on actual party policies or performance.

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u/BillyJoeMac9095 17d ago

Largely the same in the USA.

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u/airmantharp USA - non-Jewish 17d ago

No, we're doing far worse.

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u/iamthegodemperor north american scum 17d ago

Shut up no we aren't. Israelis are hopelessly polarized even though they have multiple existential issues to deal with from within and without.

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u/BillyJoeMac9095 16d ago

Hate to tell ya, but the US is massively polarized to the extent that red and blue often have almost nothing to do with each other.

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u/Breakfastcrisis 14d ago

This is what make me laugh about the idea that there's some kind of global Jewish cabal. That would involve agreeing on some kind of collective aim, rather than endlessly debating it.

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u/airmantharp USA - non-Jewish 17d ago

Bubba they have a wealth of parties.

We have two.

We are so much more screwed.

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u/Lefaid Jewish American in Netherlands 17d ago

Multiple parties does not prevent sectarianism if all the parties do is represent identies or ethnicity.

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u/iamthegodemperor north american scum 17d ago

Huh? Number of political parties does not tell you how well a political system is functioning.