Posted on 03/17/2015 7:49:55 PM PDT by Star Traveler
Binyamin Netanyahu appears to be headed towards a greater victory than predicted by exit polls, with 30 seats. "Zionist Camp" has 24.
As counting of votes continues in the elections for the 20th Knesset, the Likud party may be headed for an even bigger victory than exit polls originally predicted.
As of 4:25 a.m. (Israel time), 99.5% of the ballots have been counted and the Likud is leading the pact with 30 seats. The “Zionist Union” of Labor and Hatnua has 24 seats.
The Joint Arab List has 13 seats, followed by Yesh Atid with 11 seats and Moshe Kahlon’s Kulanu with ten.
The Jewish Home has eight seats, the haredi parties Shas and United Torah Judaism each have seven seats, Yisrael Beytenu has six and Meretz closes out the list with four seats.
Despite earlier indications that it may have passed the threshold, it appears as though Eli Yishai’s Yachad party will be left out of the Knesset.
Netanyahu addressed supporters of the Likud earlier Tuesday night, saying the results were a “great victory” for the nationalist camp in Israel.
“Against all odds, we have achieved a great victory for the Likud. We have achieved a great victory for the Likud-led nationalist camp and our people,” he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
Their over-all is not much more than before, it's just that whereas before there were four Arab parties, they have now combined forces as a single party.
Story to be buried fast. Stepford media blank over with A. Shrock story.
And having an alliance between Islamists and Communists is fragile at best...
I think a strong case can be made America is turning out the way he wants: gelded internationally, bereft of liberty at home, in thrall to the race-mongers, slaves to the Federal Leviathan, and down the sh!tter.
That won’t happen. There will be no unity government. Netanyahu has the political strength in the new government to form a coalition out of the political right wing and the religious Jewish parties.
Besides, he vowed not to let there be a Palestinian state as long as he is Prime Minister, and the left is all about “two states for two peoples” and a belief that maintaining Jewish control of Judea and Samaria somehow will dilute Israel’s ability to function as a Jewish state.
The forming of the government will be the next problem, and there is talk about a posdible UNITY GOVERNMENT with the Zionist Union. It depends on a couple of the smaller parties, though ... who have said they are waiting for a bit before saying which they will go with.
Oops. What happened to the 27-27 tie the American press is STILL REPORTING on radio tonight?
SO glad!!! I have a question for ya,
How meny seats did the Likud Party have before this
election?
"Elizabeth Drew@ElizabethDrewOH 3H...Admin officials told Bibi that if he's reelected, his egregious ambo to US Ron Dermer, co-plotter with Boehner, has to go"
It gives them more clout ... operating that way ... :-) ...
So is Netanyahu going to comply?
This story can’t be buried.
But it may happen in a future election...
Pretty scary.
Not only can Netanyahu form a government with the religious parties, he has the option of booting them and inviting Yesh Atid instead (as long as he has Kulanu).
AMEN!
The good people of Israel get it.
We're the ones with low info, stupid voters.
2016 has to be wholly different.
Looks like 31.
Here’s a quote from Wikipedia ...
In the 2013 election, the Likud Yisrael Beiteninu alliance won 31 seats, 20 of which were Likud members. Netanyahu continued as Prime Minister after forming a coalition with Yesh Atid, the Jewish Home and Hatnuah.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Likud
I suspect the author meant leading the "pack." Pact would be good if he were talking about something else.
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