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Likud officials blame Netanyahu for poor poll results
Haaretz ^ | Friday, March 13, 2015 | Jonathan Lis

Posted on 03/15/2015 3:57:18 PM PDT by Star Traveler

Officials in PM's party aren't waiting for the election results: To them, it's already clear the campaign was a 'colossal failure,' thanks to Netanyahu.

Likud officials aren’t waiting for the election results. On Wednesday, following less than favorable polls, senior officials labeled the election campaign a failure, and blamed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the party’s poor showing in the polls ahead of Election Day on Tuesday.

“The Zionist Union will be larger than Likud after the election. This, it seems, is already a fact. The question is what the gap between the two will be. Even if we manage to form the next government, this campaign was a colossal failure. Netanyahu is primarily responsible,” said a senior Likud member.

“Everything went through him during this election season, and the situation isn’t good. The election campaign didn’t function. Netanyahu kept Likud ministers far from decisions,” the senior party figure said. “His excessive focus [on himself in the campaign] and his lack of faith in the party’s Knesset members prompted him to staff the campaign with people who haven’t proven themselves.”

Another Likud official said, “Netanyahu was shown to be a very weak card in this election. He decided to put himself at the front, and forgot that he has an excellent team of ministers and MKs behind him. The public hardly saw them. It turns out the public is weary of Netanyahu, but he didn’t think that was a good enough reason to scale back his presence in the campaign."

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: anonymoussources; demagogicparty; israel; kenyanbornmuzzie; likud; memebuilding; netanyahu; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; waronterror
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To: tanknetter

You think Netanyahu would make it back for a third separate time as Prime Minister? That would be something to see ... :-) ...


21 posted on 03/15/2015 4:25:09 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: tanknetter; Star Traveler

Don’t tell Traveler that. Traveler is too busy spouting US State Department nonsense.


22 posted on 03/15/2015 4:26:28 PM PDT by Tzfat
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To: Star Traveler

i believe Bibi has said he would resign as head of Likud at 18 seats or fewer.


23 posted on 03/15/2015 4:26:37 PM PDT by avital2
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To: Tzfat

I see you took your head out of the sand long enough to post! ... LOL ...

You might try posting “news” that you see if there is a problem with the variety of articles you see here ... :-) ...


24 posted on 03/15/2015 4:27:32 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: avital2

Really?! I didn’t see that. But I’m not sure it will go that low.


25 posted on 03/15/2015 4:28:33 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Politicalkiddo; Star Traveler

Tuesday will tell. In the meantime, Traveler plays the “too worried about Netanyahu” schtick too smart by a half - trolling for the U.S. State Department.


26 posted on 03/15/2015 4:29:23 PM PDT by Tzfat
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To: Tzfat

... LOL ... I think you’re too busy chasing me around on threads ... :-) ...


27 posted on 03/15/2015 4:29:58 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Star Traveler

You call what you post “news” - either you know nothing about Israeli politics, or you think the only sources are leftist. Hmmm... And the SAME crap links on every post?


28 posted on 03/15/2015 4:31:36 PM PDT by Tzfat
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To: Tzfat; Politicalkiddo

Ummm ... now that’s something ... it’s the TROLL himself chasing around on threads calling others trolls ... LOL ...


29 posted on 03/15/2015 4:32:29 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Star Traveler

Obama is in seventh heaven.

The Israelis are going to be in some tough times of their own making.


30 posted on 03/15/2015 4:33:21 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: Tzfat

The posted news sources are across the board, from every side ... even if you don’t like them.

The links are recently posted articles on Netanyahu, which are also posted by others.


31 posted on 03/15/2015 4:34:27 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: aquila48

Yep, it’s quite unfortunate and I hate to see it working out this way!


32 posted on 03/15/2015 4:35:15 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Timber Rattler

IMHO....If the libs win in Israel, we are much closer to the Rapture and the time of Jacob’s Trouble, the Great Tribulation.


33 posted on 03/15/2015 4:38:13 PM PDT by Tucker39 (Welcome to America! Now speak English; and keep to the right....In driving, in Faith, and politics.)
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To: Star Traveler

they talking about the V15 scheme right now on Fox news.


34 posted on 03/15/2015 4:38:29 PM PDT by Paul8148
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To: Star Traveler

Really? Do you even KNOW a Zionist site?


35 posted on 03/15/2015 4:39:36 PM PDT by Tzfat
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To: Tzfat

Post them ... you obviously know how to post. Any Netanyahu post that shows up on Free Republic, I put in that list I have and post it every time. You post it and it will be in the list!


36 posted on 03/15/2015 4:43:13 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: lee martell
Let's grant him immediate citizenship, and seat him as President

I'd LOVE a warrior for a President

37 posted on 03/15/2015 4:46:01 PM PDT by knarf (linton's started)
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To: tanknetter
You really think Israel ... yay, even the planet ... HAS another chance ?

I don't

38 posted on 03/15/2015 4:47:11 PM PDT by knarf (linton's started)
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To: Star Traveler

The speech before Congress will be blamed if he loses.


39 posted on 03/15/2015 4:54:13 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: PghBaldy

You’re probably right ...


40 posted on 03/15/2015 5:04:58 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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