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| Israel's Netanyahu declares victory in tight race | |
| 2015-03-18 | |
| [APNEWS.MYWAY] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared victory after a tight national election appeared to give him the upper hand in forming the country's next coalition government. In a statement released on Twitter, Netanyahu says that "against all odds" his Likud party and the nationalist camp secured a "great victory." Initial exit polls showed Netanyahu's Likud Party deadlocked with the center-left Zionist Union. But the results indicated that Netanyahu will have an easier time cobbling together a majority coalition with hard-line and religious allies. Netanyahu said he had already begun to call potential partners.
Likud 31 seats Zionist Union 24 seats Yesh Atid 11 seats Joint Arab List 11 seats Kulanu 9 seats Bayit Yehudi 8 seats Shas 8 seats Yisrael Beytenu 7 seats United Torah Judaism 6 seats Meretz 5 seats | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 As per #6, Netanyahu's fear of Israeli Arabs-Muslims "voting in droves/large masses" indics to me that the clock is ticking agz traditional Israeli policies. However imperfect or unsettling, DEMOGRAPHICS DON'T LIE - THE TIME IS NOW FOR ISRAEL TO LOOK "OUTSDIE THE BOX" + FORMALLY JOIN NATO-EU + OTHER POLITIES IN ALLIANCE. Moreso wid OWG Globalism leading or inducing the US to engage in WORLD-WIDE STRATEGIC SELF-RETREAT = "MILPOL/GEOPOL SELFIE". GOD HELP ISRAEL + WEST IFF THE BAMMER'S POST-JAN. 2017 SUCCESSOR IS ANOTHER SUPER-PC, ANTI-US US = ANTI-AMERICAN AMERIKAN GLOBALIST. * FYI TOPIX, WORLD NEWS > NYT COLUMNIST THOMAS FRIEDMAN CALLS FOR US TO ARM ISIS AGZ IRAN. IIRC Mr. Friedman is Jewish - not unlike the USA vee Rising Iran, Friedman is calling on the US to support-n-arm the anti-Israel, anti-US ISIS in order to offset Going-Nuclear-wid-US-n-Western-Help-n-Support Shia Iran, I.E. EMPOWERING = MAKE STRONGER AN ENEMY OR RIVAL, + ALIGNED, THAT COULD TURN AROUND + EXISTENTIALLY DESTROY ISRAEL + US-WEST. Such is the flux we are in. WESTERN CHRISTIANS ARMING THE OTTOMANS IN ORDER TO DEFEAT CONSTANTINOPLE = BYZANTIUM. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-03-18 23:52 |
| #6 Dir, I saw as low as 17 seats. Apparently the thought of Arabs in charge of the government, along with Obama's interference in the election, swung things to Likud BIG. It also didn't help the opposition that their leader said he'd trust Obama to get a good deal with Iran. I think that more than anything else panicked people and won Likud the day. But what do I know, I'm not an Isreali. |
| Posted by: Charles 2015-03-18 16:22 |
| #5 Way to go Israelis. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2015-03-18 12:53 |
| #4 31 for Likud is astonishing good. Four days ago The Economist was predicting they would get 21. |
| Posted by: dlr 2015-03-18 09:43 |
| #3 Zenobia, do you take requests? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-03-18 02:38 |
| #2 Go home 8200 boy! |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-03-18 02:10 |
| #1 With nearly 90 percent of precincts reporting before dawn on Wednesday, the Likud opens up a significant edge over Zionist Union in the distribution of Knesset seats. According to the official up-to-the-minute tally, Likud wins 30 seats while Zionist Union comes in second at 24 seats. The parties that follow are Joint Arab List (13); Yesh Atid (11); Kulanu (10); Bayit Yehudi (8); Shas (7); United Torah Judaism (7); Yisrael Beytenu (6); and Meretz (4). |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-03-18 02:08 |