Külügyi Szemle - A Teleki László Intézet Külpolitikai Tanulmányok Központja folyóirata - 2003 (2. évfolyam)
2003 / 1. szám - KÖZEL-KELET - Gazdik Gyula: The evolution of the Israeli party system
The evolution of the Israeli party system the departure of his rival as a partial revenge against the Ashkenazi-dominated Labour Party elite for its past discriminative attitude with respect to the Occidental Jews. 37 In December 2000 President Clinton outlined a plan with respect to an Israeli-Palestinian settlement: the entire Gaza Strip and 94-96 per cent of the West Bank - currently occupied by Israeli settlers - would come under Palestinian jurisdiction in return for the evacuation of 1-3 per cent of Israeli territory. Jerusalem - including the old city - would enjoy shared sovereignty. Only a small portion of Palestinian refugees would be allowed to settle in Israel, the majority would have to settle in a Palestinian or any other state and the refugees would receive financial support. 38 http://info.jpost.com/C002/Supplements/Elections2003/pp_labor.html 39 Mitzna's proposal to launch peace negotiation with the Palestinians on the basis of the Clinton plan evoked wide-scale criticisms within the ranks of society. His opponents, including Sharon, taunted society by claiming the Mitzna would give even more concessions to the Palestinians than Barak had, thus threatening the State of Israel. Moreover, Sharansky charged that Mitzna's plans were outright anti-nationalistic 40 Less than half of Likud's 305 thousand-strong membership participated in the elections. Sharon received 55.8 per cent; Netanyahu 40. 8; and the candidate of radical right Moshe Feiglin 3.4 per cent of the ballots./ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/middle_east/2525831.stm / 41 The first five positions on the Likud list comprised Sharon, Netanyahu, Tzachi Hanegbi, Silvan Shalom, and Dan Naveh. 42 These included the „barometer" of Israeli domestic politics David Levy, who left the Likud in the middle of the 1990 and became the leader of the tiny Gesher /Bridge/ Party comprising of Moroccan immigrants and always joined the victorious party in a coalition. He rejoined the Likud and became the 17th on the list, which practically ensured a seat for him for another cycle in the Knesset. 43 http://www.haaretz.co.il//hasen/objects/pages/PrintArticleEn.jhtml?itemNo=256340 i 44 http://w.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp ? MFAH0nl30 2003. tavasz 61
