Bibi kicked Obama's ass.
Posted on 03/18/2015 1:52:35 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian
Despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s initial hope for a more stable coalition, and the Israeli left’s later hope that it would score an upset, the balance of power in the Israeli Knesset is almost exactly the same as it was after the last elections in 2013:
2013: Likud+Lieberman+Bennett = 43 (right-wing Zionist bloc) 2015: Likud+Lieberman+Bennett = 43
2013: Labor+Meretz+Tzipi = 27 (left-wing Zionist bloc) 2015: Labor+Tzipi+Meretz = 28
2013: Lapid+Kadima = 21 (centrist Zionist bloc) 2015: Lapid+Kahlon = 21
2013: Haredim = 18 (Ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties) 2015: Haredim = 14
2013: Arabs (divided) = 11 (Arab parties) 2015: Arabs (united) = 14
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As he should; elections have consequences.
Bibi kicked Obama's ass.
Just like Iran is doing, Russia did, and China will do.
I believe the parties to the proposed coalition would also have been a majority in the last Knesset.
They would have been, but the religious parties refused to join a coalition with Kadima, who insisted on ending the draft exemption for the ultra-Orthodox "rabbinical students." Kadima's stand on this issue was very broadly popular, not only with anti-religious leftists but also with many rightists who saw the Orthodox's widespread refusal to serve in the Army as a national security issue, so Bibi took Kadima into his coalition and left out the Orthodox. This time, he will likely drop Kadima and take the Orthodox parties.
Obama wanted to control Israel so he could give it to Iran ,LOL
Kahlon is to Bibi's left on domestic economic issues (the only issues his party campaigned on), but he agrees with Bibi on foreign policy, so the likely outcome is that Bibi will make Kahlon Finance Minister in exchange for his party's 10 seats.
Good points, but you’re describing the run up to the 2013 election.
I thought I made that clear. This time, Bibi doesn't need Kadima, so long as he can get 10 votes from Kahlon, and he can then add the Orthodox (ironically, the only bloc that lost seats this time).
My mistake: Kahlon's party is Kulanu. Kadima is the other centrist party (the one Bibi is going to drop from his coalition).
Yes indeed.
There really isn’t Kadima (and no Yacahd and no Feiglin) this time around. Seems like Likud could invite Yesh Atid instead of religious parties if it so chose.
Yes, his choice is Kulanu and Yesh Atid (the two centrist parties) or Kulanu and the religious parties. He needs at least one of the two centrist parties to form a coalition, and Yesh Atid and the Orthodox won’t sit together.
It’s being talked about in Israel right now. Those alternatives make a “unity” government even more unlikely, although such was just premature talk anyway.
The Liberals have figured the logistics for getting Mexicans, Central and South Americans here in order to vote, work, increase chaos and increase criminal activity. I think they were trying to take the same model as a gift to the Israeli Liberals. They were trying to import busloads of Arabs to vote in the Israeli election. Who knows how many Arab voters in the Israeli election were citizens of Israel. My guess is that at least some
Arabs who voted were not citizens. It did not work in Israel. Praise God!
The most important thing I needed to know about the Israeli elections was that NETANYAHU WON.
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