Posted on 03/17/2015 2:12:21 PM PDT by Star Traveler
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared victory after the first exit polls released following Tuesday's elections showed the Likud ahead of, or tied with, the Zionist Union.
Netanyahu wrote on his Facebook page: "Against all odds, a great victory for the Likud, for the nationalist camp led by the Likud, and for the people of Israel."
The numbers for Netanyahu's Likud were better than expected after pre-election polls had showed him trailing Isaac Herzog's Zionist Union by as much as five mandates.
The Zionist Union rejected conjecture that the results of the exit polls show that Netanyahu will form the next coalition.
"The Likud continues to err. The right-wing bloc has gotten smaller. Everything is open until the final results are in and we will know which parties passed the electoral threshold and what kind of government we can form. All of the spin and the commentary is too early. We have formed a negotiating team with the goal of putting together a coalition led by Herzog."
(Excerpt) Read more at jpost.com ...
Guess those Israelis are just a bunch of racists, huh?
I’ll bet they have voter I.D. in Israel.
Well, take Israeli time and subtract six hours. OR, take East Coast time and add six hours. That’s your formula ... :-) ...
.
>> “The Jews have faced the Egyptians...” <<
Really, no. Israel has faced much, but the faction known as “Jews” has faced only Babylon, Rome and the United Nations.
When Babylon, Rome, and the united Nations are gone, Israel will govern the world under King Yeshua.
.
Heard the military came out in force voting.
Yeah they do, and also everyone is assigned a particular place. You get your assignment in the mail. The vote is inside an outside envelope (two envelopes total). The outside envelope has your identifying information. If you vote at the wrong place, your vote is discarded. So, you don’t drop your vote into a box and no one knows where it came from. You have to clear all the checks before your vote is counted, and only then is it anonymous ... :-) ...
When the celebratory dust settles, I’ll be interested in seeing how Netanyahu 1. handles the wound injected today on Arab Israeli voters, 2. whether he walks back his “no two states” pledge or moves toward a one-state solution and 3. what he does about the cost of living in Israel.
Interesting times indeed!
For the love of Israel, let's not rub his nose in it. Obama still controls the UN vote.
The only people upset with Bibi’s victory are the Obamist jihadists and Iranians (sounds redundant and perhaps it is)
They only have them in the USA ... LOL ...
Quick! Get the Hanging Chad guy!
There will be the official results that come out for which party won, and then the next step is who will form the new government. If Likud wins, the Netanyahu will be tasked with forming the new government. If it’s not a win, then who knows. We’ll see when the official results are released.
Wait.....what?
I'm pretty sure the millions of Israeli's who did not vote for Netanyahu are pretty upset/disappointed tonight. Are you saying that THEY are Obama jihadists and Iranians, too?
He’ll go to the Hague? Snicker.
LOL ... no hanging chads in Israel ... :-) ...
No those liberals, they’re way lower than anyone else.
I’m off to visit every left-leaning forum I can think of to indulge in some schadenfreude.
The tears of the left bring nourishment to my soul.
Mmmm...salty.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.