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Posted on 01/29/2015 6:47:12 AM PST by SeekAndFind
JERUSALEM (AP) — When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dissolved his unwieldy coalition and called new elections last month, he appeared almost certain to be returned once more to office. But a new center-left alliance has surged past his Likud party in the polls, turning the March 17 contest into a toss-up.
After joining forces with former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni to create a joint grouping they call "The Zionist Camp," Labor Party leader Isaac Herzog is looking, to increasingly many Israelis, like a viable alternative to Netanyahu. He promises to reverse the country's slide toward international isolation and corrosive social inequality.
Much of the Israeli public has tired of Netanyahu's lengthy rule, but many still see him as the most suitable person to fill the top job. Herzog and Livni have chipped away at this sense of Netanyahu inevitability by embracing some nationalist terminology, drafting high-profile parliamentary candidates and fomenting a snowballing sense that they might actually win.
Part of the strategy is an agreement that they would split a four-year term, with Herzog stepping aside for Livni halfway through. Few in Israel expect this to happen — there is essentially no chance for any one party to win a full majority in parliament, and coalition partners would likely then demand their own turn at a "rotation." Yet the two-versus-one narrative, polls suggest, has bred momentum.
"It's either him, or us," their campaign slogan reads.
Polls consistently show the joint slate formed by Herzog's Labor and Livni's Hatnuah leading Netanyahu's Likud by several seats. Netanyahu may still enjoy an edge when it comes to cobbling together a coalition, thanks to nationalist and religious allies. But with several centrist wild cards in the mix, as well as individuals with personal grudges against the incumbent, matters seem more wide-open than before.
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How much Obama $$ and staff are involved in this, I wonder?
I hope Bibi wins....he is about the last man standing in the West against statism and terrorism.
A Soros-Obama-State Department alliance has looks to unseat Netanyahu.
He has been here before.
The coffer that Ø can draw from containing our kid's money, their kid's money, and their grandkid's money, is full and bottomless.
a LOT.
The MOSAD should “ensure” no foreign interference in their politics, especially by radical muzzies.
How much Soros money is going to Bibi’s opponents? Not gonna lie to you guys, but I gotta bad feeling about this one.
Israelis do have what appears to be a very Jewish disease...that of constantly kicking themselves in the Obamahole. we have much the same trouble with some of our lib Jews...who seem to love bringing down the very country that supports them.
If they kick Bibi out, methinks I will just quite giving a *&^% about Israel.
Let them get what they seem to want.
Sickening. Sick. Evil. Just awful how revoltingly bad bHusseinO really is ——— yeccccch!
People all around you have been trying to kill you and your nation for over 60 years....
Let’s elect leftists!
The Bohner-Bibi gambit has failed miserably.
Bye Bye Israel if you give yourselves a leftist government. The Palestinians and their Muslim handlers are salivating at that very thought.
The Israelis did spectacularly well in the Six Day War with a leftist Prime Minister; you could attribute that to divine intervention. The foolish decisions made after the war, you can attribute to foolish politicians.
Israel has a leftist government.
Netanyahu has limited-out of support on the right. Think of how conservatives here feel about John Boehner and you’ll get an idea about how the right in Israel feels about Netanyahu.
Playing kissy-face with the left hasn’t earned him their support, leaving Bibi with support based on his personality.
Israel’s politics is very strange.
Labor Party leader Isaac Herzog is looking, to increasingly many Israelis, like a viable alternative to Netanyahu. He promises to reverse the country’s slide toward international isolation and corrosive social inequality.
Pray for Netanyahu and Israel. We know this president wants a PM who he can manipulate and will give Israel away...literally! I pray that the schemes of this evil man, Obama, are thwarted and turned on their heads. Why ANYBODY in Israel would want to unseat the one man who has the guts to stand for Israel and stand against this Muslim promoting president is beyond me.
We MUST stand with Israel in prayer to keep the left from winning.
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