Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Free ThinkerNY

We need an Israeli to explain what the parties are and what this means.


7 posted on 02/10/2009 10:19:25 PM PST by tvdog12345
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


To: tvdog12345

Left: Kadima-28, Labor-13, Meretz-3 = 44

Right: Likud-27, Yisrael Beiteinu-14, Shas-11, United Torah Judaism-5, Ichud Leumi-4, Jewish Home-3 = 64

The Right owns over 60 seats. There are 120 Knesset seats, and it takes 61 to form a government. They can form the next government.


9 posted on 02/10/2009 10:40:47 PM PST by Jeb21 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaE98w1KZ-c)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies ]

To: tvdog12345

Not an Israeli, but right-leaning parties (Likud and others) have won more seats in the Knesset than Kadima and left-leaning parties. Shimon Peres, as head of state, will have to ask one of the leading party heads (Livni or Netanyahu) to try to form a coalition government with the other parties involved to create a “working” majority.

Right now, Netanyahu has a much better chance of forming a coalition than Livni and Kadima considering the 3rd biggest vote getter was a nationalist party who’s head has already stated that it can’t work with Livni.


10 posted on 02/10/2009 10:43:36 PM PST by JoenTX
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson