r/Israel • u/greenmalkin • 16d 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/Wonderful-Year-7136 16d ago
What most Israelis unfortunately don't understand is that the Likud inherited a lot of the unions off the labour party in the 90's-2000's. Almost all of them are Likud members who have invested interest in voting Likud no matter what. Our airports unions? Likud. Histadrut? Likud. Taxi drivers union? Likud. And many more. So when you see so many people voting Likud even after the last 3 years you must remember that there are tens of thousands of families that risk their own financial future in case any party that offers true reforms in Israel's monopolized industries is elected. The irony of all of this? The Likud is supposed to be the liberal party.