60% of Americans back reevaluating ties with Israel if judicial reform passes - poll

[Beastly Boy]

7. It is Israel's parliamentary system of government that requires more understanding.

Bibi's party got only 32% of Israel's votes. There are dozens of parties in Israel, and only 13 of them got enough votes to get representation in the 120-member Knesset. These 13 parties form coalitions. Whichever coalition gets the support of more than half of the 120 Knesset membership, gets to form a government.

Bibi's coalition of far-right parties and alliances has a total of 62 Knesset seats. They, and not the Israeli voters, are the ones who put Bibi in power. It was not a direct election that put him there. It is clear, there is no "them" who put him in power.

American right wingers fully understand the importance of supporting their ideological allies in Israel. Rather than calling for punishing the entire country for the current regime, whatever it may be at any given moment, they understand that the balance of power in Israel is only a matter of a few votes. They reward their allies to facilitate their victories.

Sadly, America's left wing doesn't seem to get this, and insists on wholesale punitive actions for the entire country when the right wing is in control of government. This, of course, foments resentment among general population of Israel, not just its right wing. I keep wondering how long the American left can keep shooting themselves in the foot before they start supporting Israel's left and center-left politicians, the only ones who can bring an end to the right-wing control of the Israeli government.