This blog is for people who love Israel... and hate the way Israel's political system is crushing the hope for honest, decent government.
Israel's proportional system of election to the Knesset has guaranteed that small, narrow-interest parties will stymie political and social progress in the country. Israel's proportional system makes Members of Knesset responsible first and foremost to the party leadership, not to the people. The coalition system of government formation guarantees that political cronies, rather than competent professionals, will manage crucial government offices. Scandals that would be outrageous in decent democratic systems are commonplace and accepted here.
It's time for a change, time to take an accounting and open our eyes. Israel needs a constitution. Israel needs a solid system of political checks and balances. Israel needs a political culture of accountability and individual responsibility among its lawmakers.
Israelis and those who love Israel must come together to make this happen. Today's Israeli politicians certainly aren't motivated to make such a change, so it has to come from Israel's grass roots and from supporters abroad. We can do this.
This blog will follow the progress towards these changes. For more information on Direct Representation for Israel, go to http://www.directrepisrael.org/EN/
