Arme liegen dem Staat auf der Tasche – so heißt es. Doch der Staat zahlt jährlich rund zwölf Milliarden Euro, um aufzustocken. Wen subventioniert er damit wirklich?

Posted by Chris DiBona, Open Source Team Three years and some 320 posts ago, we launched the code.google.com blog with a post detailing (with too m...

<article data-history-node-id="450028" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-voter-netanyahu-psychopath" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-voter-netanyahu-psychopath" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli voter: 'Netanyahu is a psychopath'</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>An Israeli voter en route to vote in the city of Or Yehuda, near Tel Aviv, told Middle East Eye that she would be voting for Gadi Eisenkot's Yashad party as "Netanyahu is a psychopath."</p> <p>Orly Neiger, a 60-year-old physiotherapist and mother-of-two, said she believed Eisenkot and his allies were still right-wing, but nevertheless "people who use their heads - unlike those who vote for Netanyahu out of fear."</p> <p>She said she would rather have voted for the centre-left The Democrats party led by Yair Golan, but would be casting her vote for&nbsp;Eisenkot as she had "a good friend who works in the Knesset with Eisenkot, and out of respect for his work, I’ll be voting for their list."</p> <p>"Netanyahu is a psychopath - he’s not a leader," she said.</p> <p>"He’s incoherent, irresponsible, refuses to take responsibility, fails to see all segments of the nation, and is incapable of engaging with the living, breathing people of Israel."</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="450057" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-exit-polls-show-huge-palestinian-gains-block-netanyahu-forming" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-exit-polls-show-huge-palestinian-gains-block-netanyahu-forming" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli exit polls show huge Palestinian gains block Netanyahu from forming government</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Neither Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor the Zionist opposition parties have enough seats to form a government following a huge surge in voting from Palestinian citizens of Israel, exit polls suggested on Tuesday.</p> <p>After polls closed at 10pm local time, public broadcaster Kan said Netanyahu’s bloc is projected to win 50 seats with the opposition set to take 53 - far short of a 61 seat majority.</p> <p>The Joint List and Ra'am, two slates representing Palestinian citizens of Israel, are projected to pick up 18 seats, which would be a record number of Arab MPs in Israel’s parliament, the Knesset.</p> <p>It was clear througout polling day that turnout would be high in the first election since the Gaza genocide and various Israeli wars in the region since the 7 October Hamas-led attack.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-exit-polls-show-huge-palestinian-gains-block-netanyahu-and-eisenkot-forming-majority">Israeli exit polls show huge Palestinian gains block Netanyahu from forming government</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Supporters of the Joint List cheer at the alliance's campaign headquarters in the northern Israeli city of Nazareth on 27 October 2026, as the first exit polls are announced on television (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="b437a976-8bfb-46f9-b230-5b106b9a7ce9" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/joint%20list%20celebrates%20israel%20election%20afp.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="Supporters of the Joint List cheer at the alliance's campaign headquarters in the northern Israeli city of Nazareth on 27 October 2026, as the first exit polls are announced on television (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Supporters of the Joint List cheer at the alliance's campaign headquarters in the northern Israeli city of Nazareth on 27 October 2026, as the first exit polls are announced on television (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>