What party would you vote for in the next Israeli election?

[ag]

I have long ago decided for myself that in Israeli politics I would have been sentensed to be voting Hadash. This has nothing to do with their policies: I am a comitted anti-communist, and Israel would be the only country where I would vote for a Communist party. The problem is that Hadash is the only explicitly bi-communal party, and as a non-Zionist ethnic Jew of internationalist persuasion I do not view either the Zionist Jewish or Arab Nationalist parties as acceptable. 

In the absence of that consideration (i.e., if the Arab-Jewish issues, at least within Israel, had been resolved), I'd vote Shinui, I guess.

[ag]

Shas - Probably best described as "Jewish-democratic", the equivalent of European Christian-democratic parties.

Shas are not "Jewish Democrats". It is a mix of an ethnic (Sefardic) movement and a religious cult (loyal followers of a semi-senile rabbi, who decides "major things") with a slightly thuggish political wing (the political, as distinct from religious, leaders of the party normally sit squarely on the prison fence over the corruption accusations). May be, just may be, you could compare it to local Christian Democrats in some of the more obscure parts of post-war Sicilli, but not with "normal" European Christian Democrats.