"Broch" - (Yiddish) (slang) failure, disaster, foul-up

[eumelia]

My head cold has broken me and I'm sitting here sipping tea.
Ah, well. Tomorrow is another day and it shall be made of coffee.

One of the things that have been on my mind lately is the forthcoming election - for those not in the local loop - Israel is going to have be voting for general elections in early 2009, these are going to be our 6th elections in 13 years.
Oh, no, we're so much better than the rest of the post-colonial countries of the Levant!
If my nose weren't so clogged my *snort* of utter derision would have probably been heard all the way to Beirut.

Any way.

The elections yes.
There are many problems, my biggest one is that I may have to go against my principals and vote for someone in order to prevent someone else from getting elected.

Tzipi Livni, current leader of the Centrist Kadima Party is not doing well in the poles. On any regular day this wouldn't bother me, since I have no great love for a former Likudnik or for a party made out of Ariel Sharon's own megalomania.
However, current poll leader seems to be the aforementioned Likud Party which is headed by Binyamin "Bibi" Netanyahu...
You cannot begin to understand how scary the thought of this man being back in the PM's office is.
Really, I'd rather have The Master.

A dilemma.

Do I cast my vote for the smaller party of my choice which actually holds onto values that I believe in (e.g. Meretz *sigh* or Hadash) or do I vote for Livni just to make myself feel better that my vote wasn't taken from her and gave victory to Bibi.

What's a Grrl to do?

What would you do?

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Something else to think about:

In case you weren't aware, there is a group of young (18-19) Israeli Jewish conscientious objectors, known as The Shministim who refuse to be drafted into the IDF because of an ethical, moral and, yep, conscientious stance.
They are known as The Shministim (English and Hebrew websites) which is a Hebrew nick for High School seniors, and the Army drafts us right out of High School.
Tomorrow (December 18th) is the day of action.
Currently seven of this year's draftees have been charged with refusal to join the army and have been put in jail, some of them multiple times.
Press the links if you want to learn more about them, what they stand for and why it is important to support them.

Here they are, in their own words:

Comments

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

I had to vote tactically for years. Still do in fact. Not out of any sense of belief in a party, but because I did not want the Tories to win.

Wasn't until the scottish parliament brought in t heir semi PR system that i was able to vote for a party that I actually agreed with.

So. Yeah. I'd vote tactically. The trade off between voting for somebody you don't really believe in, in order to vote against a greater monster, is, to my mind, worth the sacrifice.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

*wibble*

I just don't know.
I really need to think about this.

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

It's a difficult decision. I always felt bad after voting, dirty. But I felt like I'd made the right choice and done what had to be done. And in a marginal seat like mine, it did make a difference to keep the greater evil out.

if you'll forgive me for being glib for a moment, I wouldn't worry too much, whoever you vote for now, I'm sure you'll be having another general election before too long.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

Hehe! No doubt, but so much damage is done is one partial term that I'm very anxious about who is in the head.
Because it isn't just the PM, but the entire coalition, and one thing that I'm sure about is that Bibi will do business with the religious factions in the Knesset and will move the economy to even more privatization (though that is something every one of the candidates will most likely so).

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

Yes. This drive towards privitisation annoys me no end. They keep sa ying private companies are more efficient. despite every single privitised company turning into a monsterously inefficient disaster that overcharges and rips off consumers left right and centre.

Nationalisation! We should bloody nationalise everything. And supply services at cost, not for profit to private companies and shareholders.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_yggdrasil/]

I signed the letter.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

I'm glad.

:D

[thecityofdis.livejournal.com]

Netanyahu terrifies me. I'd vote for Livni - she's not perfect, but I don't hate her, and I really, truly believe that if N gets into office, it will be World War III. No exaggeration.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

it will be World War III. No exaggeration

OMG! I know.
It's so petrifying.