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True, but that was what in Germany call "Große Koalition" the only thing the coalition had in common was that the did not like Netanyahu
It only lasted one year.
Ra'am (United Arab List) took only 3% of the votes, Labour 6% and they were among other center-right and full right wing parties.
The right is (was) led by Netanyahu, the center by Ganz, a retired military general, former ministry of defense. Not exactly two champions of progressivism.
I don't recall a victory of the left or the Arab parties in Israel, maybe it's because, like in Iran, the situation in the area forces them to act in a certain way, to not disappear.
I don't condone what's happening in Iran, but I think I understand why there isn't a democracy of the same kind we like to pride ourselves in the west.
I think OP meant to say that Iran is to be considered more democratic than its neighbouring countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Emirates (and so on). Some of them (we all know who they are) are close friends of the west or some western countries, one in particular (we all know which one is it), and I honestly believe they are more dangerous than Iran.
If incarceration rates in China were similar to those in USA it should be 10.3 million people. It would be pretty hard to hide them.
USA are by far the number one country in the World for jail population and for incarceration rates, worse even than Putin's Russia.
They would love to share the top step of the podium with someone else if they could prove it.
The most logical explanation is that they can't, because the numbers are probably not true, but not too far from the truth.