Discussion Outline:
- Israeli will soon have elections. Americans who have made "aliyah" find the election in Israel perplexing.
- If you had moved to a new country that spoke a different langauge, what would you find baffling about voting in an upcoming election? (see ideas in bold below)
- How does democracy work in America? How does it work in Israel? How are the two systems different?
- Short answer: Israel is a Jewish state. America is a secular state. What are the implications of this?
- "Both are democracies with full and equal civil and political rights for all, and both have separation of powers. But Israel has proportional representation with the whole country as one district, while the U.S. has direct representation based on elections in multiple districts. Israel has one house while the U.S. has both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Israel has a multi-party system while the U.S. has two main parties. In Israel, the executive branch is elected by the Knesset, while in the U.S., the president is elected by the people at large" (http://www.standwithus.com/teachingtools/Lessonplan/unit15/Unit%2015-government-%20full.pdf)
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