Netanyahu will govern from the left with Labor, Livni and some other leftists supporting him for PM.
Channel 2’s exit poll gives the conservative block 61 of 120 seats.
Channel 10’s exit poll gives the conservative block 62 seats.
Channel 1’s exit poll gives the conservative block 60 seats.
It’s crucial that Binyamin Netanyahu remain Prime Minister. We’ve already got out-of-control liberals running the show here in the states. The last thing Israel needs are the leftists running their country, ‘cause they’ll do nothing but kowtow to the terrorists and pretend Iran isn’t a threat.
Prayers have been up.
Did Tzipi Livni’s Hatnuah Party get any seats? And wow, that’s a smashing loss for Kadima, should they not even make it into the Knesset.
Assuming the average of the polls is correct:
PLAN A - Likud + Jewish Home + Shas + UTJ
PLAN B - Yesh Atid + Labor + Meretz + Hatnua + Shas + UTJ
Shas has been willing, in the past, to join left-wing governments to preserve the exemption of the orthodox from military service. We call this, “king-maker.”
Lapid, who made ending the exemption a priority in his campaign, might be thinking that if he is willing to concede on the exemption, he might be the next prime minister.
Netanyahu certainly can figure this out (he is a master at this game). Therefore, he approaches Shas and UTJ, each of which would be more comfortable in a right-wing government, and offers the concession himself.
At the same time, he approaches Lapid and asks him to join his government based on concessions other than the exemption; or - if Shas and UTJ hesitate or ever withdraw from the ruling coalition - with a promise to then review the exemption. This way Netanyahu has a chance to form a robust and balanced ruling coalition.
18 mandates for Yesh Atid?! Zeh balagan! Zot fadicha! S@#$#@!
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Carter’s war on Jews...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKBdP2D3pqI