Ops & Blogs | The Times of Israel » Michael Lipkin http://blogs.timesofisrael.com The Marketplace of Ideas Wed, 22 May 2013 22:07:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Why I switched from Likud to Yesh Atid http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/why-i-switched-from-likud-to-yesh-atid/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/why-i-switched-from-likud-to-yesh-atid/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:51:23 +0000 Michael Lipkin http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=97866 There’s probably not much I can add to all that has been, and will be, written about Israel’s 2013 parliamentary elections. However, I can give you a little insight into my thought process in deciding which party to vote for. (Here’s a great overview of the results by the Times of Israel’s David Horovitz.) I’ve generally considered myself a [...]

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