Ideology
The party's platform is based on the legalization of the Cannabis plant, marijuana and hashish, ecology, expansion of human rights and institutionalization of prostitution, gambling and same-sex marriage. In official publications the movement claims that "the partition between Right-wing and Left-wing is anachronistic"; it holds "dovish" political opinions and believes in the solution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by establishing an independent and demilitarized Palestinian state (see two-state solution). However, the party is considered by the Israeli public as the "light drugs party" since this is the main issue that gets attention in the party's platform.
According to its website, "The GLP is a libertarian party and it encourages individuals and societies to upgrade their way of solving disputes to a cooperative-game logic." However its platform calls for government subsidies for alternative energy, increased government spending on day care, education and medical care, tougher labour laws, the regulation of "casinos and bordellos", the imposition of "strict limits on animal experiments", and the continued prohibition of drugs "more harmful" than marijuana. It "believes in redistribution of the resources in order to benefit the weaker sectors" and that "providing a high quality education to all citizens is the foremost obligation of the state to its citizens".
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