basketcase said:The settlers are on average nuts but Israel, being a democracy with rules on appropriate behaviour have given outright bans to a number of political parties that preach the destruction of the Arabs.
There has been attempted abuse of the law but the only banning the courts have upheld is against the racist Kach party.
Take an actual look at the Israeli political parties.
Kadima (29 seats) supports a Palestinian state and withdrawal from settlements.
Labour (19 seats) opposes military actions against Palestinians and supports 2 states.
Shas (12 seats) is religous but doesn't state a clear view on the Palestinians
Likud (12 seats) traditionally wanted all of "Israel" but have moved from that stance, through the past while.
Beytenu (11 seats) is very "zionist" but supports 2 states
NRP (9 seats) are religous zionists parties opposed to a Palestinian state.
Gil (7 seats) allied with Kadima
UTJ (6 seats) religous parties with no clearly stated view on 2 state.
Meretz-Yachad (5 seats) focused on 2 state soln.
Ra'am-Ta'al (4 seats) Arab party coalition - obviously 2 state
Hadash (3 seats) very left - wants exactly '67 borders
Balad (3 seats) Arab nationalist party.
(source - wikipedia)
According to party policies, the vote for a 2 state solution appears to be:
81 votes clearly for a 2 state solution,
30 unclear votes
9 votes against a Palestinian state.
Isn't democracy grand?
The only reason that the religous or settler parties have importance is the need for coalition governments. If the Knesset members ever put asisde party politics to call this question, the results would be clear. Unfortunately, there is the power struggle between the center and center right parties that gets in the way.
you forgot to mention the fact that the deputy pm of the great democracy in the Middle East openly supports forcibly transfering Arab majority towns within Israel including its Arab citizens of Israel population to a Palestinian state, also the execution of Arab members of Parliament who have spoken to Hamas along with any other Arab citizen, ohhh yeah what about the Jews that speak to Hamas hmmmm
the idea that this joke of a state is a democracy has been going on long enough, it is a "JEWISH" democracy while the others are just there for the ride, treated no better than blacks in 1950's America all thats missing is the separate water fountains.