who ran in the Israel election ? and who won?
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According to Wikipedia, Kadima (founded by the former Israeli PM) won 29 seats, to Labour's 19, Shas's 12, Likud's 12, Israel Our Home 11, National Union 9, Gil 7, United Torah 6, Meretz-Yachad 5, United Arab List 4, Hadash 3 and Balad 3.\n\nTo win an overall majority a party needs 61 seats and as you can see none of the parties got that basic requirement. As I understand neogations are still on going.
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Britain ruled it since WWI when they won it from Turkey, which was then the Ottoman Empire (i.e. Lawrence of Arabia). Actually Israel never existed in modern times prior to 1947. The area the British held under an imperial system was loosely called Trans-Jordan or Palestine and included present day Israel, Jordan and Iraq. \n\nThe Ottoman Turks dominated it from the locals and Egyptians and Arabs who fought over it with the Crusaders. The Crusaders fought various Islamic powers out of Cairo, Damascus and Baghdad for control. The Islamic powers took it from the Byzantine Empire who inherited from the Roman Empire. Prior to that there was finally the most recent Jewish state called Israel.
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Albert won\nLuke was 2nd\nJen was 3rd\nMarianne was 4th.
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Ehud Olmert\n\nPrime Minister of Israel as of 14th April 2006, when the declaration that Ariel Sharon was permenantly incapacitated took effect.[1].\n\nThe premiership powers were actually transferred to Olmert on January 4, 2006, after Ariel Sharon suffered a severe hemorrhagic stroke.[1] His party, Kadima, won the most seats in the legislative elections held on March 28, 2006 and Olmert, as Prime Minister-designate, has the first opportunity to attempt to form a coalition government[2].\n\nPreviously, Olmert was the Vice Prime Minister of Israel, the Finance minister, and Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor, as well as the Minister responsible for the Israel Lands Administration. [2] He is the interim Chairman of Ariel Sharon's Kadima party.
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actually it's israel and arabs\n\nin fact it's like the story of indian americans (palestinians) and the cowboys(israelees)\nthe guys with more guns always win
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Same reason for everything our government does-voting demographics.Jewish people are considered a voting block and they have economic power. The majority vote winning elections is really assembling a bunch of diverse minorities,and Israel could not survive without our support- so no politician will say anything that would be against Israel, or they would lose lose votes and donations.
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Yitzhak Rabin (help·info) (or Yitschak Rabin) (or Yitzchak Rabin) (יצחק רבין in Hebrew), (March 1, 1922 – November 4, 1995) was an Israeli politician and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel from 1974 until 1977 and again from 1992 until his assassination in 1995 by Yigal Amir, a right-wing activist who had strenuously opposed Rabin's signing of the Oslo Accords. He was the first local-born Prime Minister of Israel, the only Prime Minister to be assassinated and the second to die in office (following Levi Eshkol).\n\nIn 1992 he was once again successfully elected Prime Minister. He played a leading role in the signing of the Oslo Accords, which created the Palestinian Authority and granted it partial control over parts of the Gaza Strip and West Bank. Prior to the signing of the accords, Rabin received a letter from PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat renouncing violence and officially recognizing Israel, and on the same day Rabin sent Arafat a letter officially recognizing the PLO on September 9, 1993. (See: Israel-Palestine Liberation Organization letters of recognition.) During this term of office, Rabin also oversaw the signing of the Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace (1994).\n\nFor his role in the creation of the Oslo Accords, Rabin was awarded the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize, along with Yasser Arafat and Shimon Peres. The Accords greatly polarized his image in Israeli society, some seeing him as a hero for advancing the cause of peace and some seeing him as a traitor for giving away land they saw as rightfully belonging to Israel. Also, Rabin's government was kept in office with the (somewhat concealed) assistance of Arab-Israeli parties in the Knesset.\n\n[edit]\nAssassination and aftermath\nMain article: Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin \n \nThe monument at the site of the assassination: Ibn Gevirol Street between the Tel Aviv City Hall and Gan Ha'ir (in the back) \nYitzhak and Lea Rabin's grave on Mount HerzlOn November 4, 1995, Rabin was assassinated by Yigal Amir, after attending a rally promoting the Oslo process at Tel Aviv's Kings of Israel Square (which was renamed to Yitzhak Rabin Square after his death). Rabin died of massive blood loss and a punctured lung on the operating table at the nearby Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv.\n\nThe assassination of Yitzhak Rabin was a shock for most of the Israeli public, which held rallies and memorials near the place of the assassination, his home, the Knesset and the home of the assassin. The funeral of Rabin was attended by many world leaders, among them U.S. president Bill Clinton, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and King Hussein of Jordan.\n\nSome people disagree on the circumstances of Rabin's death as concluded by the court of justice, the judicial inquiry committee, Israeli government and the press, supporting various conspiracy theories instead.\n\nA national memorial day for Rabin is set on his death date, and the square in which he was assassinated was named after him, as well as many streets and public institutions.\n\nToday, Rabin is remembered by most as Israel's great man of peace, despite his military career. After his untimely death, Rabin was turned into a national symbol, especially for the Israeli left. There is some disagreement on the relation between his untimely death and the ensuing halt to the peace process and rise of the Israeli Right.
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After the breakup of the Ottoman empire the Brittish split the countries up. There were hundreds of thousands of jews in israel so they also got a small slice. Israel was desolate until the israelis built it up. The arabs who are allowed to live and vote in Israel never accepted the fact that nonmuslims would live in their area and attacked immediately. Thay were defeated and were defeated numerous times after that. Remember In Israel all religions thrive in Arab countries a jew wouldn't stand a chance of surviving the night.
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ANYONE WHO VOTED FOR HIM
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After a brief and disasterous experiment with directly electing the Prime Minister (in addition to the party ticket), Israel has returned to electing parties only. A party runs for election with a list of candidates, and the top-listed one is that party's candidate for Prime Minister.\n\nLike all ministers and deputy ministers, the Deputy Prime Minister is appointed by the Prime Minister when a government is formed. This is done as follows:\n\nIsrael has a system of proportional representation, and the 120 seats of the Knesset, Israel's house of representatives are divided between the political parties based on the results of a general election held at least every four years. Elections may be held more frequently if the government collapses (a successful vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister or failure to pass budget in the Knesset) or if the Prime Minister decides to dissolve parliament. Note that the law changed a few years ago, and the Knesset cannot vote against a government, only against a specific Prime Minister.\n\nOnce the seats have been distributed, the process of forming a government begins. Each party (including the smallest party of one seat) tells the President which of the two bigger parties they would like to form the next government with. The President then appoints the leader of the party with the most chance of forming a government, and instructs him or her to begin the process.\n\nThe appointed person, then starts negotiating with the smaller parties to try to form a government which needs to have a working majority (61 seats) in the Knesset. A lot of horse-trading goes on, and the smaller parties often get concessions on policy (including budgetary agreements). If the process succeeds, the government is voted in by the parliament. If the government cannot be formed within 45 days, special elections are held again (this has never happened). If the government still cannot be formed in an additional 45 days, a new candidate must be placed at the head of the party ticket.\n\nMore detailed information may be found on the Knesset site at http://www.knesset.gov.il/description/eng/eng_mimshal_beh.htm
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What's changed?  The only difference now is they're in govermental leadership positions.  It's kind of hard to change your position when you believe that Israel should be pushed into the ocean.  Think on the bright side how much more extreme can Hamas get?
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i support zionism.  everybody deserves a home, but where can the jewish people go?  now they have Isreal, so they should keep it.  but that land was arab land, taken from other people.  who has the right to decide who gets what land? well, mabey superpowers :).  i am truely happy for the jewish people that they finally got a place to call home after thousands of years of hardship and opression.  i hope Isreal lives a long and prosperous life as on of the only civilized countries in the Middle East region.
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Israel :D\n\nWhat about you?
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The Republican candidate Charlie Crist won. The vote totals are:\n\nCrist (R) - 2,487,140\nDavis (D) - 2,151,577\nLinn (Ref) - 91,789\nSmith (I) - 15,764\nDembinsky (I) - 11,802\nBehm (I) - 10,352
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Israel \n\n-Israel have nuclear weapons\n-Israel is racist entity\n-Israel have the dream of the domination of the world\n-Israel kill each day innocents but Iran dont
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The attack has probably won the election for acting Premier E. Olmert and the new Kadima (Forward party)founded a few months ago by Sharon. It also inflicted further damage on moderate Palestinian opinion & given yet more ground to hard liners .. incl. those like Hamas. The withdrawal of US/UK monitors (police) from the prison hours before it was attacked has exposed the HONEST BROKER role they play on behalf of the Palestinians for what it is.
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Israel was imposed on Palestine by the UN, it is a racist state which is based on discrimination of non-Jews. \n\nWhilst I absolutly oppose Hamas and their anti semitism, it is a bit of a cheek for the USA and the EU to claim to be creating democracy in Iraq and then actively trying to undermine it in Palestine, simply because they do not like who got elected.  Still, at least it gives us an uptodate definition of hypocrisy I suppose.