By Yossi Verter : Haaretz poll: Likud, Kadima tied at 31; Labor down to 10 seats
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Title:# 6 Smadar
Name:Swiss (Dino)
City: State: Switzerland
Hi Smadar, I got your point, and it is simply
a fact, that countries involved into a long-
term conflict, are normally moving more to
the "right"....The problem with your conserva-
tive/liberal comparison is, that from a
foreign policy/security point of view, both
Labour and Kadima are far away from being
"left/liberal" parties, but must rather seen
as solid parties of the middle ("mainstream"),
definitely from a European point of view.

Which leaves the Meretz party (around 5%) as
the only really "dovish" party in Israel,
so if we add the Arab parties, and the left
wing of Labour, we get around 20 % of the
Israeli electorate (and half of them Arab-
Israelis), which really supports an active
Israeli push for peace.

And in view of the fact, that Israel has
currently the most "dovish" Palestinian leader
on the other side (Abbas), those numbers are
simply inexplicable....