I’m doing my best to follow this, but boy, what a mess of a political system

they have over there. Does Proportional Representation offer a foolproof

guarantee of permanent political instability, or what? Even Noah Millman can’t make sense of what’s going on.

If (which is not certain) I understand Noah’s analysis, the most likely

result of the election will be another election. I do agree that, in a

region that has enjoyed no significant constitutional progress since the 7th

century, the existence of Israel and its parliamentary system is a kind of

miracle. Still it would be nice to see a robust two-party system in place,

with the Silly Party and the Very Silly Party banished to the basement

meeting rooms of public libraries, where they belong, instead of making

policy in a nation whose policies drive major world events.