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    Fathom > August 2019

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    Fathoming the 2019 Israeli Election: The Sequel

    By Fathom Editors
    When, back in April, the Fathom editors produced a 130 page eBook Fathoming the 2019 Israeli Election, we... Read more > August 2019

    IsraelVotes2019 (2) | Nitzan Horowitz: The New Leader of the Israeli Left

    By Liam Hoare
    When Meretz, Ehud Barak’s Israel Democratic Party, and Labor’s Stav Shaffir created the Democratic Union, Nitzan Horowitz became... Read more > August 2019

    IsraelVotes2019 (2) | The Zionist Left Is Renewing Itself

    By Revital Amiran
    ‘If the public leans left, how come it keeps turning its back on the left at election time?’... Read more > August 2019

    IsraelVotes2019 (2) | Whatever happened to electoral reform in Israel?

    By Professor David Newman
    As Israel goes to the polls for the second time in six months, it is time to revisit... Read more > August 2019

    IsraelVotes2019 | Understanding the blocs

    By Dahlia Scheindlin
    Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin is a public opinion expert who has advised five national campaigns in Israel and in... Read more > August 2019

    IsraelVotes2019 | The Accidental Wisdom of Israel’s Maligned Electoral System, Revisited

    By Shany Mor
    In late 2013 Shany Mor was commissioned to write an article about Israel’s much-criticised proportional electoral system for... Read more > August 2019

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