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a song to give you know better next time yahoo is facing tough competition and hes also dealing with several Corruption Investigations highest this election and the Coalition Negotiations afterwards promised to be dramatic next they want to be out for the next half hour ill be talking with several guests about the election and what it means to them and i was foolish question his story ends motion or similar. Themes the Security Experts area surely cant imagine all the dots have a man family or Stand Arab Israeli singer mariam two can. Israels Fragmented Society is reflected in the large number of Political Parties in the knesset or National ParliamentPrime MinisterNetanyahu Likud party has been in power for years and now holds thirty out of One Hundred Twenty seats. The current Government Coalition is led by likud it include. Several parties whose
primary goal is to preserve their religious and social traditions another member of the coalition is the Jewish Home Party which favors israeli settlements in the Palestinian Territories the Party Leaders include the current Education Minister naftali bennett. There are four position parties that represent Israeli Arabs who make up about twenty percent of the population taken together these four parties are one of the largest groups in the opposition. Though to support for the Opposition Labor Party has collapsed in recent she is they lost the twenty fifteen election to likud despite joining a short lived coalition with a party led by former foreign minister tzipi livni. A centrist party headed by former finance minister. Has now joined forces with the israel resilience
party which is led by benny gantz the former Chief Of Staff of the Israeli Armed forces against is trying to bridge the political gap between left and right and could pose a serious challenge to netanyahu senior Military Officers are widely respected in israel some have even become Prime Ministers. A number of smaller parties have teamed up to try to get around the Election Threshold law which requires them to win at least a three point two five percent share of the vote to qualify for seats in parliament. Some of these parties could end up in the next Government Coalition. Same as hard as weve seen the Campaign Leading up to the april ninth election has been a dramatic one to find out more about the current political mood in israel im joined by Professor Moshe similar. Hes well known in germany hes been a visiting professor. Several german universities and his Academic Research work
has won him several german awards. In Two Thousand And FiveProfessor Silliman was appointed to a Government Commission that investigated the role of the German Foreign office in the holocaust. Professor silliman the Political Landscape in israel has changed substantially in the past several years why did that happen and what will it mean for the election. Political ideologies are no longer relevant in israel. It all boils down to the battle between netanyahu and his opponents. Voters are either on one side or the other. You either support the Prime Minister or you dont. And those factors are shaping the political environment right now. You would like israel to the right. In the class true for
a majority of israelis. Of course there are Political Parties on the left and in the center but the left is rather weak in israel right now. They usually win only five or ten percent of the vote. The centrist parties are actually center right. So in the final analysis it all comes down to how much netanyahu and the parties that support him will win by. Half israelis moved to the right. Side. In many countries today right wing nationalist or semi fascist parties on the rise. Thats the case in israel as well. Theres a sort of Siege Mentality here israel is defending itself against the palestinians and iran. And if thats the way you think thats the way youll vote a lot of people arent thinking about peace. They say israel
campaign billboards show was Benyamin Netanyahu with donald trump the president has expressed support for the Prime Ministers reelection in december twenty seventh teen the u. S. Announced that it would move its embassy in israel from tel aviv to jerusalem. It was a controversial decision. From find the demonstrations in the palestinian town and trains. Justinians want to make East Jerusalem the capital of a future state. But at this Point Netanyahu appears to have abandoned his commitment to a two State Solution. And he supports new settlements in the Israeli Occupied west bank. This is apparently a concession to the nationalist and ultraorthodox parties that netanyahu will need to build a coalition government. If you like the other. Hand
israeli arab m. P. s are upset about the new Nation State Law which they say discriminates against them. Many israelis are deeply concerned about security right now and netanyahu has promised to address their concerns he has even taken on the additional post of Defense Minister and has promised to end hunger signed a security. The Prime Minister says that iran poses the greatest threat to peace in the middle east and President Trump agrees with him. If he is really military has recently launched a number of ass strikes against Iranian Forces and they are nice deployed in syria. And tensions are still running high in the gaza strip there have been frequent clashes in the last few months between palestinians and israeli troops along the
border fence. Still netanyahu can take credit for a growing economy under that one employment but critics say that the gap between rich and poor in israel continues to grow. My legs when you hear it by a lake square in central tel aviv to me to my next guest. Is an orphan. Scientists and spokesman for the Israeli Intelligence ministry honestly wouldnt he was born in germany and raised in berlin his parents are jewish immigrants from iran he studied Political Science at university and emigrated to israel in two thousand and one. Toward. Israelis are concerned about National SecurityPrime Minister netanyahu has identified iran as a major threat and clashes continue in gaza how would you assess the current
situation. Its extremely complicated israel is stronger than ever and we have discovered and destroyed a number of hezbollah tunnels along the border with lebanon. The situation in gaza remains tense. But weve managed to push back the iranians and syria. With us i know sides on the one hand israel continues to provide it to turn out force in the region and that helps us to keep these threats under control to explode you but at the same time iran and its hizbollah allies continue to cause trouble. Especially in syria. So theres a very real possibility that we could be drawn into a multi front conflict the primary threat right now comes from the could force. Her unit of Irans Revolutionary Guards and report directly to irans supreme leader. So we could be placed in a situation where israel a small country is attacked from lebanon syria gaza and possibly elsewhere. You know it was just this effect the elections as i was to hope to be a major factor the show the politicians have to address the security concerns. The team under pressure and a lot of talk and its have held senior posts in the military. Benny gantz it certainly has and so has netanyahu. The Prime Minister is friends with some of the worlds most powerful leaders. Donald trump and bolton are all in brazil. So a lot of israelis believe that netanyahu is the best person to lead israel right now. The right wing candidates who are running in this Election Position themselves by saying they are even tougher than he is on security and domestic
policy. So well work. Our older. But its netanyahu is also facing three different Corruption Investigations in the first the Prime Minister and his wife are accused of accepting expensive gifts in return for political favors. In the second investigators say that netanyahu tried to influence the publisher of a newspaper that ran stories critical of the government. The Prime Minister is said to have promised to support legislation that would cripple the circulation of israels most popular newspaper. In the third case netanyahu is accused of backing regulations that would have benefited a Major Telecom corporation a Company Executive was recently detained in the Investigation Police say netanyahu wanted the companys news website to provide more favorable coverage of his government. Netanyahu has categorically denied any wrongdoing
and says that even if he is indicted on these charges he will not resign. In january the Prime Minister went on national t. V. To criticize the investigation which he called a witch hunt carried out by the media police and prosecutors. Attorney general mandel bleats a former netanyahu. Cabinet secretary and Military Prosecutor has recommended that charges be filed but has not yet actually done so. The officer from a. Guy at work told me that people just arent worried about corruption anymore. Its not new for politicians to take bribes. It happens all the time. Famous politicians who took bribes of Five Hundred Thousand euros. Yes thats sad. That the accusations against netanyahu arent all that serious and weve known about them for some time people have made up their minds either they say thats terrible like we do or they say the politicians are always taking bribes. Using fear armed to the city of run nunna not far from tel aviv to meet with a Modern Orthodox family jenny until you have a man and the three children eve i am. Sure you have jenny have in mind is active in the Israeli Liberal Party and is using social media to try to get more young people interested in politics. Of the founder and c. E. O. Of an organization that brings together young entrepreneurs from germany and israel your mom and yeah and you know how the man is the son of sabella of a man and the german Singer Songwriter both be a man so he was born in east germany and moved to the west in one thousand nine
hundred seventy seven have and yet converted to judaism and emigrated to israel in twenty ten now what is an i. T. Expert for an Israeli Company or jenny and i like trying to find out what you both think of the political situation right now in israel. Well first of all The Cost Of Living in israel is very high compared to europe. By the way we consider ourselves your appearance and certainly most israelis. Yeah but food is really expensive and there are political reasons for that. We cant trade with neighboring countries we dont believe they should go in the heart thats one of the things that makes living here expensive. This is im so going to the stones and their taxes are very high and the politicians havent done enough to cover whats more the business monopolies are much too strong the state should do more to
regulate them. So this election is about both domestic policy and clipping the high cost of living and Foreign Policy for the sake of this Assault Alkie its got invited was the theme out there was far from us keeping our Foreign Policy certainly it seems as though the middle east Peace Process is dead in the water and talks on a two State Solution are on hold. But in reality you told me that some Israeli Arabs work in your company and everyone gets along fine so i dont buy a lot of posts by almost no one well netanyahu supports this new law. Whats it called the Nation State Law thats a no you can get it was its growth. And Interest Agreement its against Israeli Arabs. After im going to one of my arab colleagues told me that the law hasnt affected him at all. His friends are still his friends and his job is still his job so hes exactly the same guy he was before. But this law has caused
a lot of emotional pain. Or the actual wording of the law doesnt seem so bad. The worst thing about that law as what it doesnt say is well for me. Personally what do you mean exactly. When the Israeli Declaration Of Independence says that we are all citizens should be heard soon after the knesset approved the little Prime Minister netanyahu said that this was a defining moment in the history of the israeli state. Legislation sans that the jewish people have the right to exercise national selfdetermination in israel it also states that hebrew is the countrys official language and downgrades arabic to me a special status and it says that the state will continue to promote jewish settlement as a national value. Im talking about discrimination
in many. Ways to arabs and women and minorities are experiencing and its getting more and more. Whenever we are seeing the control of the right phonetic right to wings in the country and if im talking about the daily life im talking about discrimination in the. Places off from School Students from structure many things like we have less sources less funds less. That we can take and improve our daily normal life seem to always come. To the town of abilene near haifa to me to sing our whose voice has captured the hearts of Israelis Mariam to camp she was the first person to sing in arabic on the israeli t. V. Some competition show a star is born. Because the ram how mariam is an arab
christian and now shes devoted her vocal talents to an Organization Called women wage peace a group that brings together people of all religions and ethnic backgrounds to create a mutually binding political agreement to end the Israeli Palestinian conflict. One can see. The organization was founded shortly after the end of the gaza war in twenty fourteen. It also supports a Un Resolution that reaffirms the role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts. Earlier this year the group organized a peace festival in the port city of Jaffa Women Wayne Peace has Twenty Four Thousand registered members and Tens Of Thousands of followers on Facebook The Festival featured performances by Miriam To Cannes and the israeli canadian s