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Thread #117493   Message #2557006
Posted By: C. Ham
04-Feb-09 - 09:26 AM
Thread Name: BS: Israel Moves in.
Subject: RE: BS: Israel Moves in.
If Likud is elected this time around, we will know that the majority of Israelis also oppose a two state solution.

That is absolutely not true. Opinion polls in Israel consistently show that 70-80% of Israelis support a two state solution and the territorial compromise that will be needed to accomplish that.

There are 36 political parties running in this Israeli elections and the 120 seats in the Israeli Knesset are aportioned according to each party's vote totals. That is to say, a party that gets 10% of the vote will get 10% of the seats.

The latest polls show Likud as the leading party projected to win between 28 and 34 of the 120 seats.

That means Likud is drawing 23-28% of the vote.

Even CarolC should know that 23-28% of VOTERS does not constitute a majority of ISRAELIS.