As Tel Aviv field campaign co-ordinator for Green Movement-Meimad, I can tell you to put your fears aside. We ahve dozens of activists (none Anglo other than me) on the streets of Tel Aviv every day and receive enormously positive feedback including many many people telling us that they’re voting Green Movement-Meimad. And it’s not only Tel Aviv and Jerusalem – we have the largest grassroots base of any party (our launch evnet had over 2,000 people!!) and we ahve activists all over the country. My wife, for example (not Anglo!) is co-ordinating the campaign in Pardes Hana and there, too, they are getting enormously positive feedback.
As I’m sure you know, election polls are incredibly unreliable with the statistical error larger than 3 Knesset seats! The latest poll of ours shows that we have enough support to cross the threshold and enter knesset.
So, I hope that you follow your instincts and vote for a party that can truly represent you.
Please feel free to contact me if you want to continue the discussion: davidparan@gmail.com

Then I’m thankful for the election compass (although I thought the two environmental questions were very poorly phrased). Considering the party is relatively new (with the Israel Green Movement starting just last summer), we’re doing fairly well. Just this week we’ve been taking a surprising large chunk of the vote at university and high school model elections, and for the first time appearing in national polls passing the minimum threshold. Those are promising signs, considering we’re still working in the shadow of the Gaza ops which pushed every subject (health, education, environment, civil society, welfare) off the public agenda. A vote for a party that represents your beliefs (the Green Movement-Meimad) is not a wasted vote – especially when it seems right on target.

Best,

Daniel.