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Kadima wins; Labor crashes
Ynet News ^ | 2-10-09 | Ynet Staff

Posted on 02/10/2009 12:11:09 PM PST by Victory111

Kadima wins elections, but will it form the next government? Kadima and its Chairwoman, Tzipi Livni, are the big winners of the 2009 general elections, according to a Rafi Smith exit poll commissioned by Ynet, with Likud finishing a disappointing 2nd.

Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu delivered at crunch time to become Israel's third-largest party, while Ehud Barak's Labor party sustained a harsh blow. Exit polls by Israel's major television channels showed similar results

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: israel; kadima; likud; livni
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1 posted on 02/10/2009 12:11:09 PM PST by Victory111
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To: Victory111

Israel might crash and burn after all. After Iran nukes them I guess the US will end missile defense


2 posted on 02/10/2009 12:12:29 PM PST by GeronL (please stand by...)
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To: Victory111

I cannot believe that the Israeli people have chosen to place themselves in such grave danger. Do they not know that on this election day Obama has chosen to kiss the boots of Syria?


3 posted on 02/10/2009 12:14:14 PM PST by Camel Joe ("All animals are created equal, but some animals are more equal than others"- The Pigs)
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To: Victory111

Wait, so Livni won, Netanyahu lost, I thought he was winning


4 posted on 02/10/2009 12:15:02 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Victory111

A sad development indeed. Bebe Netanyahu is the man they at this moment in their history. Anything less and they will flinch in their stand against Iran. That may give Ahmadinejad all the time he needs to complete and deploy his nukes.


5 posted on 02/10/2009 12:15:32 PM PST by patriot preacher (To be a good American Citizen and a Christian IS NOT a contradiction. (www.mygration.blogspot.com))
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To: Victory111

There seems to be no end to the bad news today.


6 posted on 02/10/2009 12:16:22 PM PST by PetroniusMaximus
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To: GeronL

Any Israeli followers know how this will play out for the Coalition Government?


7 posted on 02/10/2009 12:16:30 PM PST by rbmillerjr (2/6/09 The Day the Republican Party died.....Reagan's Birthday nonetheless)
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To: Victory111

Maybe the Isreali exit polls suck as much as American exit polls.


8 posted on 02/10/2009 12:18:20 PM PST by hattend (Sarah Palin has run a fishing business, a city, and a state. All Obama has done is run his mouth.)
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To: patriot preacher

Isn’t this the more conservative hardline party that won? To the right of Netanyahu?


9 posted on 02/10/2009 12:19:34 PM PST by LikeLight (http://www.believersguidetolegalissues.com)
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To: Victory111

John Kerry won the exit polls, too.


10 posted on 02/10/2009 12:19:41 PM PST by Buck W. (BHO: Selling hope, keeping the change.)
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To: Victory111

Kadima 28 + Labor 14 = 42
Likud 26 + Yisrael Beiteinu 16 = 42

This should be interesting.


11 posted on 02/10/2009 12:20:38 PM PST by B Knotts (Worst economy since the Third Punic War)
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To: rbmillerjr

She has three months to come up with a coalition, if she doesn’t, she is out. My Mom is pissed, she wanted Netanyahu to win, he would have been much stronger. But I guess people in Israel want to give up some land for peace, those hippie peace activists over there are as insane as they are here.


12 posted on 02/10/2009 12:21:22 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: hattend

Maybe the Isreali exit polls suck as much as American exit polls.

Maybe they have their version of ACORN over there


13 posted on 02/10/2009 12:21:57 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Victory111

If true, the Israeli citizens just put the stamp of approval on two lost wars, all while rockets still punctuate the second of the two.

I guess they don’t care.


14 posted on 02/10/2009 12:22:15 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (Pretending the Admin Moderator doesn't exist will result in suspension.)
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To: B Knotts

I guess that the Labor coalition will be looking for the Israeli “Susan Collins”?


15 posted on 02/10/2009 12:22:37 PM PST by Tallguy ("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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To: B Knotts

“Kadima 28 + Labor 14 = 42
Likud 26 + Yisrael Beiteinu 16 = 42

This should be interesting.”

Yes, very. This thing is a long way from being decided.


16 posted on 02/10/2009 12:23:18 PM PST by traderrob6
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WOW!! I really thought BeBe was going to win. Apparently the majority of Israeli voters are as dumb as 53% of the voters here. It looks like the wimps, wussies, and Muzzie A$$ kissers are in charge everywhere now. Today was great day for Marx and Mohammed
17 posted on 02/10/2009 12:27:47 PM PST by skully (If I was a RINO; I'd kill myself...better then having to wallow in my indecisive mediocrity)
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Wow...That’s going to make for some interesting horse trading to form a government...Some of those small parties are really going to be in power positions now, no matter who’s coalition takes over.


18 posted on 02/10/2009 12:28:19 PM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Beware, world! I haz camera!)
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Exit polls shows Kadima ahead

Channel 1 sees 30 seats for Kadima, but the right-wing block has an advantage over the center-left.

Globes correspondent10 Feb 09 22:06

http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000424717&fid=942

Voting in Israel's close-fought general election ended at 10pm this evening. Among the major parties, the Channel 1 exit poll gives 30 of the Knesset's 120 seats to Kadima, led by Tzipi Livni, 28 seats to Likud, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, 14 to Israel Beiteinu, led by Avigdor Lieberman, 13 to Labor, led by Ehud Barak, and 9 to Shas, led by Eli Yishai.

The Ynet-Smith poll gives 28 to Kadima, 26 to Likud, 16 to Israel Beiteinu, 14 to Labor, and 10 to Shas.

The exit poll results are something of an upset, since in pre-election polls Likud led all the way, albeit with a steadily reducing lead.

Although it looks as though Kadima will be the largest single party, as things stand it is nevertheless expected that it will be Benjamin Netanyahu who will be asked to try to form a government, since the right-wing block has a clear lead over the center-left block to which Kadima belongs. The result could however lead to a constitutional crisis, since as the largest party Kadima will claim that Tzipi Livni has the right to form a government.

The projected result is a catastrophe for Labor, the worst in the party's history. Israel Beiteinu too has gained far fewer seats than the pre-election polls indicated that it would.

19 posted on 02/10/2009 12:30:46 PM PST by SJackson (most merciful thing that a large family does to one of its infant members is to kill it, M Sanger)
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To: B Knotts

Can the Religious Orthodox parties ally with LiKud and Yisrael Beiteinu?


20 posted on 02/10/2009 12:30:52 PM PST by JSDude1 (R(epublicans) In Name Only SUCK; D(emocrats) In Name Only are worth their weight..)
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