In Israeli politics, everyone wants to be top dog – analysis

“Great, just what we need, another political party,” was a thought that many people undoubtedly shared Tuesday when they heard that Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai was setting up a party to compete in the upcoming elections.“Hundreds of thousands of Israelis feel that they don’t have a home in the present political system,” he said, explaining the need for his new list.Huh?There are currently eight different parties in the Knesset for a nation of just over nine million people, and hundreds of thousands of Israelis can’t find their place in any one of those? America has two parties for 330 million pe…

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