Posted on 03/16/2015 7:29:50 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
HAPPENING NOW: Police in Tel Aviv estimate about 100,000 people participating in a pro Likud rally in Rabin square. pic.twitter.com/hv37bEklQe
— Israel News Feed (@IsraelHatzolah) March 15, 2015
Ahead of Tuesday’s elections, an estimated crowd of 100,000 Israelis rallied in support of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square, where only one week ago an estimated 40,000 rallied in support of the opposition.
Speaking to a rally of thousands of supporters of Israel’s right-wing parties from behind a bulletproof screen at Tel Aviv’s main square, Netanyahu warned that the right-wing government he leads could be voted out of office.
“Our rivals are investing a huge effort to harm me and the Likud, to open a gap between my party, the Likud, and (our rivals), and if we don’t close this gap, there is a real danger that a left-wing government will rise to power,” Netanyahu said.
Final opinion polls published on Friday predicted the center-left Zionist Union led by Isaac Herzog and Tzipi Livni would take between 24 and 26 seats in Tuesday’s vote, compared to 20-22 seats for Likud.
No single party has ever won an outright majority in Israel’s 120-seat Knesset and the party leader with the best chance of forming a coalition would lead the new government.
While admitting he is trailing in the polls, Netanyahu is hoping that right-wing parties can narrow the gap sufficiently for him to be nominated by Israel’s president to form the next coalition and win a fourth term as prime minister.
Partisanship is at an expected high in the last days before the election, with left-wing sources coming out swinging against the prime minister and his right-wing “settler” crowd.
Meanwhile, a bi-partisan congressional investigatory committee is “probing possible Obama administration ties to the anti-Netanyahu effort” in Israel in a move that “could be seen as a rebuke to President Obama.”
Virtual dead heat in the making. I predict Bibi will be tapped to form a coalition.
Well, what to say?
Remember the Colorado Red Rocks rally in October 2012 where the Red Rocks Amphitheatre was packed to over capacity?
SEE HERE:
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_21839256/romney-ryan-rally-at-red-rocks
Remember how every said that this is a sign of American discontent and an ominous sign for the Obama administration’s demise?
RESULT: ALAS, Colorado went Obama.
Not sure if this rally means anything for Netanyahu’s prospects ( he is behind in the polls ).
Sounds familiar. No single party has an outright majority in Congress, but the coalition of the 'Rat and 'GOPe parties is enough to keep the GOP-tp out of power no matter what happens at the ballot box.
There was so much voter fraud, we may never know what the real tally might have been. The corrupt BHO won by fraud and rules by fraud.
Wonder if their polls are as biased as ours? Some of ours were off 12% last election and they all went one way.
Pray America is waking
Go Bibi! You can do it.
Is there a SkewedIsraelPolls.com to help us feel better?
Go! Bibi. Go!
I hope Bibi wins another term.
Based on exit polling, W himself told his family to brace for a loss in 2004.
We know how obama and cult cheat so it’s a sure bet they’re working overtime on ousting Bibi.
What you need to know about Israeli elections but were afraid to ask
http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-election-2015/1.646418
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
Even if Likud loses, Netanyahu could become prime minister
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3268302/posts
Netanyahu Shifts Tactics as His Likud Party Appears to Slip in Final Surveys
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3268340/posts
The GOPe is never in power. Its the White Flag Party.
You might check this out ...
Final Knesset Jeremy Poll of Polls 2015 – Weekly Average #15/Final Prediction: Zionist Union 25, Likud 22, The Joint (Arab) List 12, Yesh Atid 12, Bayit Yehudi 12, Kulanu 9
Jeremy’s Knesset Insider
Your Israeli 2015 Election Center – Polls & Analysis
http://knessetjeremy.com/category/knesset/polls/
There’s a possibility that Netanyahu can lose and still end up being Prime Minister. It’s all in their “system” over there ...
What you need to know about Israeli elections but were afraid to ask
http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-election-2015/1.646418
They need to rename Rabin Square to Meir Kahane Square.
The GOPe is quite content at having formed a coalition with the ‘Rats to rule, in favor of big govt. This coalition includes the Greens, and the ChamberOfCronyism as well as the Enviro’Rats fringe party.
It’s possible Netanyahu could lose and yet be asked by the President to form the government. And that’s why Netanyahu was asking voters to help “close up the gap” so that the opposition wouldn’t be so far ahead.
See the link in Post #17.
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