Breaking News: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu declares victory in tight elect

Started by Solar, March 17, 2015, 02:05:30 PM

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redbeard

Quote from: Dori on March 17, 2015, 07:07:08 PM
I sure hope his slight lead holds.  They aren't expecting a final tally until tomorrow. The opposition leader refuses to concede.
Either one has to form a coalition government with other parties. Israeli politics are funny! The vote counters give BiBi the edge but there could still be surprises! :popcorn: :popcorn:

dashvinny

Quote from: The Boo Man... on March 17, 2015, 06:32:01 PM
What?

Simple. The war drumbeat from the right against Isis is helping Iran control Iraq. Iranian troops are in both Iraq and Syria with reports they and Hezbollah are massed on the Jordanian border. I figure out why the right is allied with Iran.

red_dirt

Quote from: redbeard on March 17, 2015, 07:12:35 PM
Either one has to form a coalition government with other parties. Israeli politics are funny! The vote counters give BiBi the edge but there could still be surprises! :popcorn: :popcorn:

I've been seeing those analyses on TV. I don't quite get it, yet, but I see in order to take the office, the candidate must form a coalition with the other parties. I think there are five parties in all, including one that only occupies two or three chairs, versus 25 and 26  for the two leading parties. I take it the two biggest vote getters basically go into Parliament wheeling and dealing to get the majority.  That's how that little 2-3 chair party can somehow decide the outcome.
Not quite clear on it yet, but the word is that Benjamin Netanyahu is in a better position to form a the coalition than the other guy. The other parties hold views closer to his.  Without really knowing, I am getting the picture this Zionist Party is a little big on the national socialist side of things. Not Nazi, God forbid, but a little on the Fascistic side.

kit saginaw

Netanyahu's good to go.  After he reassembles a 61-seat coalition Israel will be an even sharper thorn in the Administration's asses.

And first item on the docket is an investigation into team-obama's influence-peddling, done with US-taxpayer money... allegedly:

http://freebeacon.com/issues/group-working-to-influence-israeli-elections-still-receiving-state-department-funding/

It reminds Rush of a recipe for stuffed ACORN squash.

dashvinny

I think the reps need to impeach Obama if its true he funded Arab get out the vote efforts.

Cryptic Bert

Quote from: dashvinny on March 17, 2015, 07:23:54 PM
Simple. The war drumbeat from the right against Isis is helping Iran control Iraq. Iranian troops are in both Iraq and Syria with reports they and Hezbollah are massed on the Jordanian border. I figure out why the right is allied with Iran.
So the GOP is supporting Iran?

Solar

Quote from: dashvinny on March 17, 2015, 07:23:54 PM
Simple. The war drumbeat from the right against Isis is helping Iran control Iraq. Iranian troops are in both Iraq and Syria with reports they and Hezbollah are massed on the Jordanian border. I figure out why the right is allied with Iran.
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Are you referring to old news, or is this some sort of new secret development no one else has heard about?
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Cryptic Bert

Netanyahu and his party have a five seat lead. No idea what that means.

walkstall

Quote from: The Boo Man... on March 17, 2015, 09:01:45 PM
Netanyahu and his party have a five seat lead. No idea what that means.

Looks like another b o disaster going down.  Did b o not send the varsity team over, to take out Netanyahu.   
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Always remember "Feelings Aren't Facts."

redbeard

Quote from: The Boo Man... on March 17, 2015, 09:01:45 PM
Netanyahu and his party have a five seat lead. No idea what that means.
I read were Netanyahu's party won 20 seats in 2013 with means they have 25 now, But a report I saw earlier said they would end up with 27 to 28. must be a few close districts still counting. Netanyahu needs 61 seats for control so they form collations with other parties. probably the same ones he had before!! :popcorn: :popcorn:

Dori

Quote from: The Boo Man... on March 17, 2015, 09:01:45 PM
Netanyahu and his party have a five seat lead. No idea what that means.

It's a parliamentary election.  Each party wins seats according to votes, I think there are 120 total seats, and then they all get together, called the Knesset, similar to our congress, and form a new government, then they choose the PM. 

This is how it breaks down for the first three out of 16, after 99% of the counted votes

Likud
מחל 23.26%
924,686

Labor
אמת 18.73%
744,629

Arabs
ודעם 10.98%
436,529

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/192796#.VQj6Jcp3t1o

This is how the last Knesset was made up according to Wikipedia;

Coalition members (43)

Likud (18)
Yisrael Beiteinu (13)
The Jewish Home (12)

Opposition (59)

Yesh Atid (19)
Labor Party (15)
Hatnuah (6)
Meretz (6)
Hadash (4)
UAL-Ta'al (4)
Balad (3)
Kadima (2)
Crossbench (18)

Shas (11)
United Torah Judaism (7)



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Cryptic Bert

Quote from: Dori on March 17, 2015, 09:23:49 PM
It's a parliamentary election.  Each party wins seats according to votes, I think there are 120 total seats, and then they all get together, called the Knesset, similar to our congress, and form a new government, then they choose the PM. 

This is how it breaks down for the first three out of 16, after 99% of the counted votes

Likud
מחל 23.26%
924,686

Labor
אמת 18.73%
744,629

Arabs
ודעם 10.98%
436,529

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/192796#.VQj6Jcp3t1o

This is how the last Knesset was made up according to Wikipedia;

Coalition members (43)

Likud (18)
Yisrael Beiteinu (13)
The Jewish Home (12)

Opposition (59)

Yesh Atid (19)
Labor Party (15)
Hatnuah (6)
Meretz (6)
Hadash (4)
UAL-Ta'al (4)
Balad (3)
Kadima (2)
Crossbench (18)

Shas (11)
United Torah Judaism (7)

So they like things complicated....

Cryptic Bert