Israel goes to the polls!!!

[Anonymous]

It must be nice to have two good candidates to pick from Lieberman and Netanyahu. We usually don't even have one (at least we didn't before Trump).  I'm envious.

We don't have one good candidate in Canada. We vote for the least bad or least proggy.

Politics in doesn't really offer much choice.

[Anonymous]

It must be nice to have two good candidates to pick from Lieberman and Netanyahu. We usually don't even have one (at least we didn't before Trump).  I'm envious.

We don't have one good candidate in Canada. We vote for the least bad or least proggy.

I can empathize before Trump look at our last three choices Bush, Romney, Mccain, all terrible.

One of the top people in the Conservative party, Maxime Bernier left the Tories and started his own party. He is forcing the weak leader of the Conservatives, Andrew Scheer, to grow a pair.

[Anonymous]

It must be nice to have two good candidates to pick from Lieberman and Netanyahu. We usually don't even have one (at least we didn't before Trump).  I'm envious.

We don't have one good candidate in Canada. We vote for the least bad or least proggy.

I can empathize before Trump look at our last three choices Bush, Romney, Mccain, all terrible.

One of the top people in the Conservative party, Maxime Bernier left the Tories and started his own party. He is forcing the weak leader of the Conservatives, Andrew Scheer, to grow a pair.

Scheer will be better than Justine because simply because he won't have a resource industry hating progtard like Gerald Butts pulling his strings. But, Scheer is still a frickin prog.

[Anonymous]

It must be nice to have two good candidates to pick from Lieberman and Netanyahu. We usually don't even have one (at least we didn't before Trump).  I'm envious.

We don't have one good candidate in Canada. We vote for the least bad or least proggy.

I can empathize before Trump look at our last three choices Bush, Romney, Mccain, all terrible.

One of the top people in the Conservative party, Maxime Bernier left the Tories and started his own party. He is forcing the weak leader of the Conservatives, Andrew Scheer, to grow a pair.

Scheer will be better than Justine because simply because he won't have a resource industry hating progtard like Gerald Butts pulling his strings. But, Scheer is still a frickin prog.

Mad Max is forcing Scheer in the "right"  direction.

[Gaon]

The Jeffrey Epstein scandal has found its way into Israel's elections



Jeffrey Epstein is suddenly the biggest name in Israeli politics.



Six weeks into what has been an otherwise quiet election campaign, the Jewish-American multi-millionaire, who was charged in New York with sex trafficking of minors on Monday, is now the focus of a war of words between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and rival Ehud Barak.

Netanyahu attacked the man who once served as his Defense Minister for his connections to Epstein -- who has pleaded not guilty to the charges -- while also accusing the media of burying the story.

In a slickly produced video released on Netanyahu's Twitter account on Tuesday, a narrator says: "Meet Jeffrey Epstein. Suspected of pedophilia and a rich past in sexual offenses. Epstein was the head of the Wexner Foundation that gave Barak 2.3 million dollars for a research program that never was and never came to be. What else did the sexual offender give Ehud Barak? Is the media going to wake up?"

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/11/middleeast/jeffrey-epstein-barak-netanyahu-israel-elections-intl/index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/11/middleea ... index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/11/middleeast/jeffrey-epstein-barak-netanyahu-israel-elections-intl/index.html

[Anonymous]

The Jeffrey Epstein scandal has found its way into Israel's elections



Jeffrey Epstein is suddenly the biggest name in Israeli politics.



Six weeks into what has been an otherwise quiet election campaign, the Jewish-American multi-millionaire, who was charged in New York with sex trafficking of minors on Monday, is now the focus of a war of words between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and rival Ehud Barak.

Netanyahu attacked the man who once served as his Defense Minister for his connections to Epstein -- who has pleaded not guilty to the charges -- while also accusing the media of burying the story.

In a slickly produced video released on Netanyahu's Twitter account on Tuesday, a narrator says: "Meet Jeffrey Epstein. Suspected of pedophilia and a rich past in sexual offenses. Epstein was the head of the Wexner Foundation that gave Barak 2.3 million dollars for a research program that never was and never came to be. What else did the sexual offender give Ehud Barak? Is the media going to wake up?"

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/11/middleeast/jeffrey-epstein-barak-netanyahu-israel-elections-intl/index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/11/middleea ... index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/11/middleeast/jeffrey-epstein-barak-netanyahu-israel-elections-intl/index.html

He is a big name in the UK too. Prince Andrew and possibly Tony Blair enjoyed being close friends of Epstein.

[Gaon]

Former Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked could be the new power broker in September election.

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Former Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked takes helm of party she founded with Bennett, urges right wing to join forces

On eve of existential election, Israel's center-left is on the verge of implosion

Is Labor's new partner a bridge or a barrier for Israel's left?



 

A coalition of prominent Israeli right-wing parties led by former Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked would receive 12 to 13 Knesset seats after the September 17 election, setting it to become the third largest party in parliament, polls published by Israeli media on Sunday project.



Channel 12 News and Kan public broadcaster published opinion polls after Shaked formally announced that she would lead Hayamin Hehadash, the party she co-founded with Naftali Bennett.



Their party is projected six to eight seats, according to the polls, but amid speculations over a possible team-up with the far-right Union of Right-Wing Parties, polls suggest a joint run would possibly garner the larger coalition more Knesset seats than their number of seats combined, should they run in two separate slates.



According to the Kan poll, Likud is neck and neck with Kahol Lavan, with both projected to win 30 seats. Should Hayamin Hehadash and the Union of Right-Wing Parties run on a joint ticket, Likud is projected 28 seats and Kahol Lavan 29.



Both major parties are projected to lose some seats to smaller parties, but former Prime Minister Ehud Barak's Democratic Israel, which was seen by some on the left as a potential game-changer, is projected merely four Knesset seats by Channel 12, while Kan says it would not even pass the 3.25-percent electoral threshold.



According to the polls, the Labor Party would earn seven to eight Knesset seats following its recently-announced joint run with Gesher's Orli Levi-Abekasis, one to two seats more than it generated in April's election.



Should the Joint List, a coalition of Arab-majority parties, run on a joint ticket, it would receive 10 to 11 seats, the polls suggest, while Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu would garner nine to 10 seats.



The ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party is meanwhile projected to receive eight seats, whereas Shas is projected to seven, according to both polls.



Left-wing Meretz is projected to receive four to five Knesset seats.



The Channel 12 News survey was conducted by the Midgam Institute and IPanel on July 21, 2019, among 502 respondents in a nation-wide, representative sample of the population age 18 and over. Margin of error: 4.4 percent.



The Kan survey was conducted online by the Kantar Institute on July 21, 2019, among 546 out of a pool of 1,635 respondents, representative sample of the population age 18 and over. Margin of error: 4.3 percent.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/polls-joint-run-of-israeli-right-wing-parties-generates-12-13-knesset-seats-1.7546786">https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/ele ... -1.7546786">https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/polls-joint-run-of-israeli-right-wing-parties-generates-12-13-knesset-seats-1.7546786

[Anonymous]

Former Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked could be the new power broker in September election.

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Former Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked takes helm of party she founded with Bennett, urges right wing to join forces

On eve of existential election, Israel's center-left is on the verge of implosion

Is Labor's new partner a bridge or a barrier for Israel's left?



 

A coalition of prominent Israeli right-wing parties led by former Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked would receive 12 to 13 Knesset seats after the September 17 election, setting it to become the third largest party in parliament, polls published by Israeli media on Sunday project.



Channel 12 News and Kan public broadcaster published opinion polls after Shaked formally announced that she would lead Hayamin Hehadash, the party she co-founded with Naftali Bennett.



Their party is projected six to eight seats, according to the polls, but amid speculations over a possible team-up with the far-right Union of Right-Wing Parties, polls suggest a joint run would possibly garner the larger coalition more Knesset seats than their number of seats combined, should they run in two separate slates.



According to the Kan poll, Likud is neck and neck with Kahol Lavan, with both projected to win 30 seats. Should Hayamin Hehadash and the Union of Right-Wing Parties run on a joint ticket, Likud is projected 28 seats and Kahol Lavan 29.



Both major parties are projected to lose some seats to smaller parties, but former Prime Minister Ehud Barak's Democratic Israel, which was seen by some on the left as a potential game-changer, is projected merely four Knesset seats by Channel 12, while Kan says it would not even pass the 3.25-percent electoral threshold.



According to the polls, the Labor Party would earn seven to eight Knesset seats following its recently-announced joint run with Gesher's Orli Levi-Abekasis, one to two seats more than it generated in April's election.



Should the Joint List, a coalition of Arab-majority parties, run on a joint ticket, it would receive 10 to 11 seats, the polls suggest, while Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu would garner nine to 10 seats.



The ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party is meanwhile projected to receive eight seats, whereas Shas is projected to seven, according to both polls.



Left-wing Meretz is projected to receive four to five Knesset seats.



The Channel 12 News survey was conducted by the Midgam Institute and IPanel on July 21, 2019, among 502 respondents in a nation-wide, representative sample of the population age 18 and over. Margin of error: 4.4 percent.



The Kan survey was conducted online by the Kantar Institute on July 21, 2019, among 546 out of a pool of 1,635 respondents, representative sample of the population age 18 and over. Margin of error: 4.3 percent.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/polls-joint-run-of-israeli-right-wing-parties-generates-12-13-knesset-seats-1.7546786">https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/ele ... -1.7546786">https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/polls-joint-run-of-israeli-right-wing-parties-generates-12-13-knesset-seats-1.7546786

I would not kick her out of the sack for eating crackers.

[Anonymous]

Former Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked could be the new power broker in September election.

https://images.haarets.co.il/image/upload/w_2200,h_1278,x_0,y_190,c_crop,g_north_west/w_857,h_482,q_auto,c_fill,f_auto/fl_any_format.preserve_transparency.progressive:none/v1563739658/1.7546818.3798985650.jpg">

Former Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked takes helm of party she founded with Bennett, urges right wing to join forces

On eve of existential election, Israel's center-left is on the verge of implosion

Is Labor's new partner a bridge or a barrier for Israel's left?



 

A coalition of prominent Israeli right-wing parties led by former Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked would receive 12 to 13 Knesset seats after the September 17 election, setting it to become the third largest party in parliament, polls published by Israeli media on Sunday project.



Channel 12 News and Kan public broadcaster published opinion polls after Shaked formally announced that she would lead Hayamin Hehadash, the party she co-founded with Naftali Bennett.



Their party is projected six to eight seats, according to the polls, but amid speculations over a possible team-up with the far-right Union of Right-Wing Parties, polls suggest a joint run would possibly garner the larger coalition more Knesset seats than their number of seats combined, should they run in two separate slates.



According to the Kan poll, Likud is neck and neck with Kahol Lavan, with both projected to win 30 seats. Should Hayamin Hehadash and the Union of Right-Wing Parties run on a joint ticket, Likud is projected 28 seats and Kahol Lavan 29.



Both major parties are projected to lose some seats to smaller parties, but former Prime Minister Ehud Barak's Democratic Israel, which was seen by some on the left as a potential game-changer, is projected merely four Knesset seats by Channel 12, while Kan says it would not even pass the 3.25-percent electoral threshold.



According to the polls, the Labor Party would earn seven to eight Knesset seats following its recently-announced joint run with Gesher's Orli Levi-Abekasis, one to two seats more than it generated in April's election.



Should the Joint List, a coalition of Arab-majority parties, run on a joint ticket, it would receive 10 to 11 seats, the polls suggest, while Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu would garner nine to 10 seats.



The ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party is meanwhile projected to receive eight seats, whereas Shas is projected to seven, according to both polls.



Left-wing Meretz is projected to receive four to five Knesset seats.



The Channel 12 News survey was conducted by the Midgam Institute and IPanel on July 21, 2019, among 502 respondents in a nation-wide, representative sample of the population age 18 and over. Margin of error: 4.4 percent.



The Kan survey was conducted online by the Kantar Institute on July 21, 2019, among 546 out of a pool of 1,635 respondents, representative sample of the population age 18 and over. Margin of error: 4.3 percent.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/polls-joint-run-of-israeli-right-wing-parties-generates-12-13-knesset-seats-1.7546786">https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/ele ... -1.7546786">https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/polls-joint-run-of-israeli-right-wing-parties-generates-12-13-knesset-seats-1.7546786

She could be a power broker, but not prime minister.

[Anonymous]

Netanyahu might lose this coming election. When I think of Israel, I think of him.

[Gaon]

FINAL POLLS PREDICT A SECOND STALEMATE

Likud to remain largest party.



Both the Likud Party and Gantz's Blue and White Party could get an equal amount of seats – 32 each – a poll on Channel 13 published on Friday night predicted.



The results show us that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc has 58 seats, while the Left-Center bloc receives 53 seats – with Avigdor Liberman's Yisrael Beytenu Party being the deciding factor with nine seats. The poll also showed that among those asked, 46% believe that Netanyahu is the best candidate for prime minister, while 31% believe Gantz to be the better candidate. Some 14% believe neither of them are a good fit for the role.



A Smith Research poll, however, found on Thursday that Netanyahu's Likud will be the largest in Tuesday's election – by one seat.





The poll of 650 respondents   – representing a statistical sample of the Israeli population –   predicted 33 seats for Likud, 32 for Blue and White, 12 for the Joint List, nine for Yamina, eight for Yisrael Beytenu, eight for Shas, seven for UTJ, six for the Democratic Union and five for Labor-Gesher.





Pollster Rafi Smith said his final polls indicate that Likud and Blue and White are getting stronger at the expense of their satellite parties in their political blocs. He said he expected the Joint List to do better than polls indicate due to higher Arab turnout.





Yisrael Beytenu has been falling in the polls in recent weeks, losing support to both Likud and to Blue and White, which adopted Yisrael Beytenu's call for a secular unity government.





The Right-Center bloc won 57 seats in the poll and the Center-Left bloc 55. Liberman has hinted that he would recommend Blue and White leader Benny Gantz to form the government, which could put Gantz over the top if the Joint List also recommends him

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Polls-predict-a-second-stalemate-601577">https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Polls ... ate-601577">https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Polls-predict-a-second-stalemate-601577



I voted for Yisrael Beytenu, but Lieberman would be making a big mistake by propping up a Blue and White government.

[Anonymous]

Go Likud.

[Moonpie]

So has it been determined yet?

[Anonymous]

So has it been determined yet?

Voting is still under way.

[Anonymous]

It is not looking good for Netanyahu's Likud party.