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Could anyone give me any inforamtion on the administrative divisions in Israel...if you don't know what i mean, im talking about things like states, like you know california state or if your australian i mean something like the state of queens land. Any info on this please?

Also in the West Bank, there around a quarter of a million settlers (250 000 ppl in other words)

How are they represented in the parliament or im guessing its called the Knesset?

Are palestinain's from the West Bank every asked to come to speak to the Knesset about things in the west bank, because as we know what Israel in the west bank in regard to settlements deeply effects the palestinians?

Are they ever consulted on what the IDF does or on the status of any settlements?

2007-10-09 12:38:38 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel Africa & Middle East Israel

3 answers

Israel is broken up into six administrative districts and the West Bank. It is further broken down into sub-districts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Districts_of_Israel

While there have been suggestions to have district voting for the Knesset currently all seats are done on a national level.

That means a citizen person living in Tel Aviv, the west bank, or abroad are voting in the exact same election.

currently the districts are primarily for census, and allocation of federal funds, and are not political entities in that they have no separate elected body. Instead smaller towns are create regional councils, while larger towns and cities stand on their own, politically.

2007-10-10 03:47:56 · answer #1 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 2 0

Israel does not have internal divisions, based on the philosophy that dividing the country into regions destroys unity. This essentially answers your second question about the settlers. Since it does not matter where you live (except for statistics), they are represented as everyone else is. On election day, they go to their nearest ballot box and cast their vote, probably for a pro-settler party. Palestinians are not invited to address the Knesset, and their testimony is unneccessary. Israel draws it's information from a very well established intelligence organization, and the IDF makes decisions based on Israel's needs and protocol. Palestinians do influence Israeli policy directly by diplomatic relations, and indirectly by media coverage. As Israel has a free press, there is a prolifery of more left-leaning publications which influence both the voting public as well as the elected representatives.

EDIT: I suppose I should rephrase that "Israel does not have internal divisions for national elections,..."

2007-10-09 23:56:54 · answer #2 · answered by Michael J 5 · 2 1

the answer is simple
they are not represented in the Knesset

2007-10-09 21:31:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2 1

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