Posted on 03/24/2021 7:01:29 AM PDT by SJackson
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is heading toward a narrow victory if current exit polls hold and he is able to form a coalition as anticipated.
To maintain power, Netanyahu will have to secure a majority of the 120 seats in the Knesset. All three of the exit polls taken after the election indicate that he should have just that, with 61 seats.
This assumes the further right Yamina Party will join his government. The party’s leader, Naftali Bennett, previously indicated he was open to joining a coalition government with either political bloc, so this should not be an insurmountable obstacle to Netanyahu assuming he is asked to form a government.
It should be said that just like in the U.S., exit polls in Israel are known to shift. So with the results this close, we’ll have to remain cautious and wait until all the votes are counted to be absolutely confident in the outcome.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
In the US vote totals shift.
I’m sure that the Biden Crew is enroute to save the day!
Is this their third or fourth election in as many years? This has to be some kind of record.
More evidence that parliamentary systems can be whack.
Even if it winds up deadlocked, Bibi's unlikely to not form the gov't. Thanks SJackson.
The Religious Zionist Party “defies expectations” according to some headlines, and from the look of ‘em, they aren’t going to partner with any two-state losers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_Zionist_Party
Bezalel Smotrich would be my ideal choice for PM of Israel in a sane world. The guy doesn’t buy into the “two state solution” fantasy and thinks Israel glorifying homosexuality is disgusting.
But I don’t think they “defied expectations”, it appears they won the same number of seats they won in the last election, a paltry 2 seats.
If Bezalel Smotrich’s party DOES end up winning 7 seats when all the votes are counted, that would be excellent news.
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