Posted on 03/12/2015 1:03:58 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian
Netanyahu Slips in Polls Days Before Israeli Elections Labor Party leader Herzog benefits from perception that Prime Minister is not focused on economy
TEL AVIV—Less than a week before Israel’s general elections, the party of incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu has begun to fall behind an opponent who promises to restart talks with Palestinians and smooth the prime minister’s notoriously rocky relations with the White House.
Two polls on Wednesday put Isaac Herzog, leader of the dovish Labor Party, slightly ahead and suggest that support for Mr. Netanyahu and his Likud party among working-class Jews has eroded because of their widespread perception that he has focused on nuclear threats from Iran and extremist Muslims at the expense of economic problems.
“He’s talking about something that isn’t relevant—Iran and ISIS,’’ said Avi Biton, owner of a snack bar and a Likud voter in previous elections. “Today my kids don’t have the ability to settle down and buy a house. If they can’t do that, this country has no reason to exist.”
Polls by Israel Army Radio and the daily Haaretz released on Wednesday showed Mr. Herzog’s Zionist Union, a new, center-left alliance of the Labor Party with another political faction, winning 24 of the 120 seats in the Knesset, or parliament, to 21 for Likud party. A survey on Tuesday by Channel 2 television showed Zionist Union picking up 25 seats to Likud’s 21.
The polls show Mr. Netanyahu, who is seeking a fourth term as prime minister, lost support after his speech to Congress last week warning against the terms of a nuclear deal being negotiated between six world powers and Iran.[...] Some retired generals criticized Mr. Netanyahu for alienating Israel’s most important ally.
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Nothing new; the founders of the modern state of Israel (David Ben-Gurion, et al.) were socialists, and socialist parties ruled Israel from its founding in 1948 through the late 1970s, and intermittently since then.
Gosh; is the WSJ trying to hurt Natanyahu?
Is this a DNC poll?
The Israeli press has been reporting that Netanyahu is behind in the polls for days now. Google "Israeli elections."
Not sure how a WSJ article could hurt Bibi...
There have been many polls over time. Here’s a guy that’s been tracking them:
No thanks to Obama operatives lurking around jerking the election...I’m sure!
But isn’t the law of momentum against Netanyahu? His opposition’s climb seems very recent, like now.
I hope Netanyahu wins, this other clown wants to give Israel away. He acts like the world will hate Jews less if they just give in.
They quote two polls-- one by Ha'aretz (a center-left newspaper, sort of like Israel's New York Times) and the other by the Israeli Army's radio station (not leftist at all).
God will not allow Israel to be destroyed. See Psalm 83 and Ezekiel 38-39.
What an idiot. Only looking at the 50m target while totally disregarding the 300m target.
Thanks
True. But I hear from my relatives in Israel (who are Netanyahu supporters) that housing costs have been spiraling out of control for years, and that voters are angry about that.
Throughout its history Israel has had 11 leftist Prime Ministers, 5 conservative Prime Ministers and 2 centrist Prime Ministers (Kadima Party).
Ignorant, yes; but "bitch" is probably the wrong epithet-- "Avi" is a man's name.
American money is paying for anti-Bibi demonstrations.
Israel, with its taxpayer-funded abortion for any reason and universal health care, has long been leftist.
Two polls on Wednesday put Isaac Herzog, leader of the dovish Labor Party, slightly ahead and suggest that support for Mr. Netanyahu and his Likud party among working-class Jews has eroded because of their widespread perception that he has focused on nuclear threats from Iran and extremist Muslims at the expense of economic problems.
SOUND FAMILIAR. It SHOULD. It helped put that clown in Washington. If Netanyahu looses, his defeat has Obama’s fingreprints all over it.
Getting nuked isn't relevant. Ooooookay. Try building a house under fallout, Mr. Biton. See how that works out for you.
If Israel votes into power an Obama proxy, Herzog, she will burn to the ground.
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