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Israel's Electoral Threshold Distorts Democracy, Needs Rethink
Published Saturday, October 10, 2026 · Updated October 10
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Key points are extracted by an AI model and may contain errors or omissions. Always check the original sources.- In 2022, Meretz received 150,696 votes, or 3.16%, falling just 4,124 votes short of entering the Knesset.
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- The Jerusalem Post
The article argues that Israel's current electoral threshold of 3.25% is an uncomfortable middle ground that distorts democracy by disenfranchising hundreds of thousands of voters while failing to prevent individual lawmakers from destabilizing governments.
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