Israel General Election (2019)- finalized parties

[America Needs R'hllor]

Now that the party lists have been finalized, it's time to make a new poll. Very short summary of the non-minor parties:

Likud- ruling party, right-wing, lead by Prime Minister Netanyahu.
Blue and White- a union of centrist parties Israeli Resilience and Yesh Atid meant to replace Netanyahu, lead by former IDF Chief Benny Gantz, former Economy Minister Yair Lapid, former Defense Minister Moshe "Bogie" Ya'alon and former IDF Chief Gabby Ashkenazi.
Labour- center-left to left party, lead by Avi Gabbay.
New Right- staunch right-wing party, "religious and secular" union lead by former Jewish Home leaders Education Minister Naftali Bennet and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked.
Meretz- staunch left-wing, socialist, lead by Tamar Zandberg
Kulanu- center-right party with an emphasis on economic issues and fairly leftist economics, lead by Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon.
Gesher- non-aligned party lead by MK Orly Levi Abukasis, focuses soley on socio-economic issues, welfare etc.
Yisrael Beiteinu- a secular right-wing hawkish party lead by former Foreign and Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman, appeals to post-Soviet Jews.
Union of Right-wing Parties- far-right and heavily religious, a union of Jewish Home, National Union and the Kahanist Otzma Yehudit (Jewish National Front). Lead by Jewish Home leader Rafi Peretz and National Union leader Bezalel Smotrich.
Hadash-Ta'al- a union of two Arabic parties, the communist Hadash lead by Ayman Odeh and the Arabic-Israeli interests party Ta'al lead by Ahmad Tibi.
Balad-Ra'am- another union of two major Arabic parties, the Palestinian nationalist Balad and the Islamist Ra'am. Lead by Ra'am leader Mansur Abbas and Balad leader Matanes Shahada.
United Torah Judaism- an Ashkenazi Haredi party, very religious and supports religious laws in the country, Haredi interests, lead by Ya'akov Litzman.
Shas- Mizrahi Haredi party, Haredi interests, runs with an open embrace of Netanyahu, lead by Arye Deri.
Zehut- libertarian party lead by former MK Moshe Feiglin. Running as very pro-weed.
Tzomet- a right-wing party lead by the very controversial Likud MK Oren Hazan.

[America Needs R'hllor]

For me it's easily Labour. The best list in Israel and the one of the only two parties truly fighting for peope like me.

[Boobs]

Hatnuah's demise means I must vote for Levy, meme queen.

[DavidB.]

Jewish Home/National Union. The country is heading in the right direction under Likud, but pressure from the right remains necessary in order to change things, as Likud is too status-quo oriented. I look forward to seeing Smotrich as Education Minister as well as Bennett and Shaked on important ministerial positions.

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Labour, though if Labour was polling well above the threshold by election day (3-4 seats above) I'd vote Blue and White

[Sestak]

Probably Labour.

[Mike88]

Blue and White (Gantz and Lapid). It's time to oust Bibi.

[America Needs R'hllor]

Jewish Home/National Union. The country is heading in the right direction under Likud, but pressure from the right remains necessary in order to change things, as Likud is too status-quo oriented. I look forward to seeing Smotrich as Education Minister as well as Bennett and Shaked on important ministerial positions.

Are you sure that as a LGBT you want Mr. "Beast Parade", well-known for his hate for homosexuals, to teach the kids all that hate?

[Dr. MB]

Viva Meretz!

[DavidB.]

Jewish Home/National Union. The country is heading in the right direction under Likud, but pressure from the right remains necessary in order to change things, as Likud is too status-quo oriented. I look forward to seeing Smotrich as Education Minister as well as Bennett and Shaked on important ministerial positions.

Are you sure that as a LGBT you want Mr. "Beast Parade", well-known for his hate for homosexuals, to teach the kids all that hate?

As far as I know he apologized for this and regrets it. I certainly hope and expect BY's views on homosexuality not to affect the education curriculum - it would probably rightly lead to a lot of outrage.

[Wikipedia delenda est]

Labour.

[Kingpoleon]

1. Blue and White
2. Kulanu
3. Gesher
4. Meretz
5. Labor
6. Zehut

[Velasco]

Hadash-Ta'al

[wesmoorenerd]

I would need to look carefully at the specific differences between Labour and Meretz, but it would be one of the two.

[Intell]

How wrapped up is ta'al with arab nationalism/Palestinian extremists? Would ta'al be considered left-wing? This would determine whether my vote is for Meretz or hadash.

[jaichind]

Zehut

[Former President tack50]

Meretz very easily, even if my views might fit better with Labor.

[PSOL]

1.Hadash-Ta’al


2.Balad-Raam
3. Abstention

[DavidB.]

Switching my vote to Kulanu. I'd probably be one of the only people switching back and forth from URWP to Kulanu.

[DC Al Fine]

Bouncing between New Right and Kulanu.

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

Like most of my family there, I'd vote for Hadash or Ta'al.

[America Needs R'hllor]

Like most of my family there, I'd vote for Hadash or Ta'al.

They're the same party

Also, curious- if a new Arab party more moderate than the current ones and focused on the interests of Arab Israelis and on a conductive cooperation with the Israeli left, as well as a two-state solution, would you support it? Obviously it wouldn't be Zionist (but also not anti-Zionist) and would still be to the left of Meretz, but I've long wanted to see such a party arise to truly help Arabs. Imo, the current parties are barely doing anything productive for Arabs and are mostly doing damage.

[VPH]

Doing this by tiers. Tier one are parties I could definitely vote for and feel good about. Tier two are parties I could in theory vote for although I probably wouldn't. Tier three are parties I wouldn't vote for. Tier four are parties I strongly dislike.

1. Blue and White
2. Labor
3. Meretz

4. Gesher
5. Kulanu

6. Likud
7. Hadash-Ta'al
8. Zehut

9. Yisrael Beiteinu
10. New Right
11. UTJ
12. Shas
13. Tzomet
14. Ra'am-Balad
15. Union of Right-Wing Parties

[DC Al Fine]

Man, the right would be screwed under these results. So many parties under the threshold.

I assume these results would mean new elections in less than a year?

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

While I'd usually vote for the right-wing populists who want to defend their heritage and sovereignty, but I'd imagine that they are very pro-settlement, so I voted for the pro-weed guys in stand.