I hope you're right. I hope so. My baby brother with his six children live in Israel.
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Posted on 03/15/2015 10:20:13 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his party trailing in polls leading up to Tuesday’s vote, entered the final two days of his campaign Sunday with one card still unplayed: Israel’s complicated electoral system, which doesn’t guarantee that the party with the most seats in Parliament forms the government.
The final polls published ahead of the election Tuesday gave opposition leader Isaac Herzog the edge, with his Zionist Union alliance likely to win four more seats than Netanyahu’s Likud party when the votes are counted.
But that does not mean victory, unless Herzog can form a governing coalition. Neither Likud nor the Zionist Union will garner anything near the 61-seat majority of the 120-seat Parliament required to form a government. So the question becomes which candidate, Herzog or Netanyahu, is more likely to persuade enough of Israel’s smaller parties to join a coalition that commands at leasts 61 votes.
That candidate is most likely to get the nod from Israel’s president, Reuvin Rivlin, a Likud party member who assumed the post in July....
(Excerpt) Read more at mcclatchydc.com ...
What you need to know about Israeli elections but were afraid to ask
http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-election-2015/1.646418
The two big parties have not gained a majority of the seats between them since the 1980s.
A coalition government is built by very small parties coming to an agreement - all of them small and a new government probably won’t be in place until May or June.
The fate if THE FREE WORLD is DEPENDENT ON HIS WIN!
The Jewish People said NEVER AGAIN, - lets’ see them back it up.
Is Netanyahu About to Lose the Election? [Israel]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3267392/posts
Netanyahu Slips in Polls Days Before Israeli Elections
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3267231/posts
Is Netanyahu a goner? [Zionist Union Pulling Ahead of Likud in Israeli’s Latest Polls]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3267573/posts
Netanyahu lags centre-left in last polls before Israel vote
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3267625/posts
Is This the Man Who Could Beat Netanyahu and Become Israel’s Next PM?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3267701/posts
Zionist Union Maintains Advantage in Final Polls
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3267769/posts
Netanyahu legacy on the line in Israeli vote
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3268146/posts
The takedown of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by American Congress
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3268137/posts
Israel’s Leftist Dreams Will End In Nightmare
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3268168/posts
Do Israelis Really Think the U.S. Will Come to Their Aid?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3268155/posts
Israeli vote in balance as campaigning draws to close [Netanyahu]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3268221/posts
100,000 at Nationalist Rally, Say Organizers (2 days before Israeli election)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3268204/posts
Likud officials blame Netanyahu for poor poll results
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3268233/posts
Left Wing Government In Israel Would Result In War
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3268255/posts
Mark Levin: Likud Defeat Would Be a Tragedy [Netanyahu]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3268277/posts
It seems that the Jews realize that 2/3 of them will be slaughtered as part of the end times build-up and are itching to get on with it.
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The Right will hold at least a 10 seat advantage over the Left. The Arabs won’t join the left and the Heredi won’t either. In the end, it will likely be the new coalition having a 15-20 seat lead on the opposition, and Un-Zionist Union will be the opposition.
The number one issue obviously should be the security and survival of Israel in the face of the rise of Islamic radicals in the Middle East, especially Iran and ISIS. If Israeli voters think along those lines, Netanyahu is a shoo-in.
This posted piece from McClatchy is typical of the American MSM mantra on the Israeli election, conjuring up optimism for Netanyahu's opposition and doubts among pro-Netanyahu forces. The American MSM is thus doing its usual thing, promoting what the American Democrats would love to see: the overthrow of Netanyahu orchestrated from the Obama White House.
Needless to say, we have to hope that their dreams are short-circuited by Israeli voters with common sense.
I hope you're right. I hope so. My baby brother with his six children live in Israel.
Yes, the masters of propaganda are out in force, attempting to make it a “wave” election.
We have our own ZU cheering section here on FR (Traveler?). Like the “Zionist” Union the disguise their true motives behind Orwellian language. ZU is far from Zionist. The opposite.
Likud lost in 2009 and Bibi became PM. I think that may happen again.
Look what O and GOPe did to Allen West. Drummed him right out of office.
Almost tried it on Mike Lee.
You haven’t seen me anywhere cheering for the Zionist Union or urging people to vote for them or support them.
IN ADDITION ... you have seen me support Netanyahu, with me saying that he is the best Prime Minister for Israel and that I support him 100%.
You’re just lying again ... like you did before.
Talk is cheap.
In your case your “imaginations” inside your head carry more weight than the real world around you ... :-) ...
I don’t think the election will wind up deadlocked; I also don’t believe the leftist sources’ pre-election last-minute “polls”, which were probably generated by some current, ex-, and future “community organizers” from the US, and paid out of the billions Zero and his gang of criminals have laundered from “green” (fake) industries and whatnot. Pretty sure Likud forms the coalition, Bibi’s hand is probably strengthened, and Tzipi the Pinhead is OUT.
Final voter turnout at 71.8%, four percent more than 2013 election
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Voter-turnout-at-10-am-higher-than-in-2013-election-394166
Reporter’s Notebook: Meet the woman who voted in all 20 Israeli elections
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-Elections/Reporters-Notebook-Meet-the-woman-who-voted-in-all-20-Israeli-elections-394206
> “The eternal nation is not afraid of a long road,” the crowd at Bayit Yehudi’s campaign headquarters sang, dancing in circles and waving Israeli and party flags after exit polls revealed that the national-religious faction had lost four Knesset seats.
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-Elections/Supporters-upbeat-as-Bayit-Yehudi-looses-four-mandates-394236
Yisrael Beytenu meets voting threshold with 5 seats
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-Elections/Despite-lackluster-performance-Yisrael-Beytenu-meets-voting-threshold-with-5-seats-394238
Yisrael Beytenu files CEC complaint over alleged attacks, intimidation at Arab voting stations
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-Elections/Yisrael-Beytenu-files-CEC-complaint-over-alleged-attacks-intimidation-at-Arab-voting-stations-394186
Yahad fails to cross threshold in exit polls, Deri keeps Shas’ head above water
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-Elections/Yahad-fails-to-cross-threshold-in-exit-polls-Deri-keeps-Shas-head-above-water-394240
With 9-10 seats, Kingmaker Kahlon expected to take Finance Ministry
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-Elections/With-9-10-seats-Kingmaker-Kahlon-expected-to-take-Finance-Ministry-394230
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3265018/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3268178/posts
Debka, so...
> Likud 28, Zionist Union 27, Joint list of Arab factions 13, Yair Lapid’s Future 11-12, Moshe Kachlon’s Kulanu 9, Naftali Bennett’s Bayit Yehudi 8, Ultra-religious Shas 7, Torah Front 6, far-left Meretz 5, Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Shelano 5.
A little early for celebration. If Likud’s extra seats come from parties on the Right, Bibi’s no stronger than he has been. If the breakout of parties stays too close, it may take until most of the just-elected members are seated before military and absentee ballots are counted and could change a few seats.
Bibi was very probably going to form the next government anyway. It still is a question of how strong he can be.
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