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Netanyahu declares victory in Israeli election

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This would likely NOT have happened were it not for the rocket strikes into southern ISrael from the Hamas criminals running Gaza.

I hope Hamas likes what is about to happen to them because I don't think Kadima will treat them with kid gloves.

JERUSALEM – Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu has declared victory in Tuesday's parliamentary election. Netanyahu told his supporters in a speech early Wednesday that he was proud of the gains by his hardline party. Exit polls show Likud coming in second, but in a better position to lead a coalition government because of a strong showing by other nationalist parties.

Note, this article makes a mistake in the first sentence. Netanyhu is the Kadima leader, not Likud leader.
 
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This would likely NOT have happened were it not for the rocket strikes into southern ISrael from the Hamas criminals running Gaza.

I hope Hamas likes what is about to happen to them because I don't think Kadima will treat them with kid gloves.



Note, this article makes a mistake in the first sentence. Netanyhu is the Kadima leader, not Likud leader.


No, Netanyahu is the LIkud leader. You're wrong.

With over half of the votes counted, Kadima leads Likud 29 to 28 - Haaretz - Israel News
 
I realize that. I was half-asleep when I heard the news. I wanted to edit the post, but it is too late.

I am right, however, in that the attacks my Hamas have resulted in a shift to the right in Israel. Labour has fallen to the number FOUR party in Israel.

You are correct that "in the moment" emotions have taken a toll on the sanity of Israels electorates.
 
Thankfully he did not get most seats, so as it stands now it is the Kadima part leader that has to attempt to form a government.

However saying that, the Israeli people have gone right big time. Having a far right racist facist party get 3 most seats is frankly scary as hell. Having a man like Netanyahu so close to getting power is just as scary. If he did, the welcome to the Facist State of Israel and good bye at any chance of peace in the Middle East. I would not be surprised if Israel would attack Iran even with nukes within the first half year of a Netanyahu administration, and hence proving everything the radical Islamists have said about Israel.
 
I realize that. I was half-asleep when I heard the news. I wanted to edit the post, but it is too late.

I am right, however, in that the attacks my Hamas have resulted in a shift to the right in Israel. Labour has fallen to the number FOUR party in Israel.
It was going to be a Netanyahu cake walk until the Israeli's responded before Obama's being sworn in.

Good to see Netanyahu in the driver's seat. He's got the coalition partners.

Obama won't be pushing Netanyahu around as Clinton did with Ehud Barak.

This will be fun to watch.
 
I think this analysis put it best:

il Commie said:
Israeli elections results, after 99% of the votes were counted:

Knesset (israeli parliament): 120 seats

Kadima (center): 28
Likud (right): 27
Yisrael Beytenu (secular extreme right): 15
Avoda (Labor): 13
Shas (spharadic orthodoxs): 11
Yahadut Hatora (ashkenazi orthodoxs): 5
Ra'am-Ta'al (religious muslims): 4
Ha'ikhud Haleumi (religios extreme right): 4
Hadash (communists & radical left): 4
Meretz (zionist liberals): 3
Habayit Hayehudi (religios right): 3
Balad (arab liberals): 3

Although nobody knows yet who is our new prime minister, it's obvious that this is a victory for the right. Hadash has grown since previous elections, and we have more voters and activists than we ever had since the 80's. Yet the israeli public is generaly more rightist, for several reasons:

1) Livni (Kadima) has presented herself as the only way to stop Netanyahu (Likud), which attracted many left wing voters to give her their votes, even though they don't agree with her.

2) Gaza war, and the way it was discussed in the israeli media, caused and explosion of racism against arabs. This is the reason Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu) got so many votes.

3) Kadima-Labor goverment generally failed. They got us into 2 wars, destroyed the welfare state and were very corrupted. Many israelis wanted to throw the corrupted goverment away, and voting for the right was an act of protest for them.

4) There were 4 green parties in this elections. They were not elected, but many leftists wasted their vote on them.

The face of israeli politics does not look good today. But this picture is not as worse as the polls predicted, so I am optimistic. I hope all the left will be in the opposition from this day forward, and that Hadash will join as many struggles as we can, in order to form a strong leftist alternative. May be some day we will lead this nation to peace.

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All the voting aside, Netanyahu is the most capable of putting together a coalition government. Therefore he IS the likely winner.

You're absolutely right. However, there's going to be an almost shared power between the two.
 
Inconclusive election puts Israel, peace in limbo

By KARIN LAUB, Associated Press Writer Karin Laub, Associated Press Writer – 38 mins ago

JERUSALEM – Inconclusive election results sent Israel into political limbo Wednesday with both Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and hard-line leader Benjamin Netanyahu claiming victory and leaving the kingmaker role to a rising political hawk with an anti-Arab platform.

Livni's Kadima Party won 28 seats, just one more than Netanyahu's Likud, in Tuesday's election for the 120-member parliament, according to nearly complete results. Both held victory rallies, but without a clear majority neither can govern alone. Hard-line parties won a majority of the votes, meaning that Netanyahu has more natural allies and a better chance of forming a coalition.

The results set the stage for what could be weeks of coalition negotiations. The first meetings began Wednesday, with Netanyahu meeting the head of the ultra-Orthodox Shas faction and Livni meeting Avigdor Lieberman, whose ultranationalist party received 15 seats and emerged as the third-largest force in parliament.

Two of the more likely options would see a hard-line government led by Netanyahu, leaving Livni in the opposition, or some form of accommodation between the two in the form of a centrist coalition in which they would share power.

Whatever government is forged, it is unlikely to move quickly toward peace talks with the Palestinians and instead could find itself on a collision course with President Barack Obama, who has said he's making a Mideast peace deal a priority.

Paralysis could dampen prospects for Egyptian-led attempts to broker a truce between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers after Israel's devastating offensive in Gaza last month. Hamas might be reluctant to sign a deal at the risk of having it overturned by the incoming coalition.

It's up to Israeli President Shimon Peres to decide whether Livni or Netanyahu should have the first shot at forming a government. Peres will meet next week with party leaders to hear their recommendations and he expects to assign the task around Feb. 20, presidential spokeswoman Ayelet Frisch said.

However, the final word may be up to Lieberman, a former Netanyahu protege and perhaps Israel's most divisive politician.

Lieberman says he wants to redraw Israel's borders in order to push out heavily Arab areas and require those who remain to sign a loyalty oath or lose the right to vote or run for office.

Some 20 percent of Israel's 7 million citizens are Arabs, and about a dozen serve in parliament.

Lieberman kept his options open. "We want a right-wing government," Lieberman told party activists, but added that "we do not rule out anyone."

Meeting Lieberman in an attempt to woo him, Livni said Israelis have "chosen who they want to be prime minister."

"This is an opportunity for unity which can push forward the issues which are important to you as well," Livni said, according to a statement issued by her office.

Nearly everyone seemed to agree on one thing after Israel's fifth election in a decade — that the nation's fractious election system isn't working. Livni, Lieberman, and Defense Minister Ehud Barak of the Labor Party said in post-election speeches that the system, in which votes are splintered among a proliferation of parties, must be changed to allow more stability.

Inconclusive election puts Israel, peace in limbo
 
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Yep.

Palestine, and Arabs in general, are absolutely screwed; especially now that Lieberman has a role to play.

This is still bad.
 
Some seem to believe that the choice was: Netanyahu vs No Peace.

I believe the choice was actually between Netanyahu vs a false hope for an equitable and lasting solution.

There was never any chance for an equitable lasting solution. At least with Netanyahu there might be a more peaceful stalemate...at least there will be peace after Palestinian missile attacks invite IDF retaliation again.
 
You are correct that "in the moment" emotions have taken a toll on the sanity of Israels electorates.
Yes... because 'sanity' is defined as sitting back and giving those that want to you kill you every opportunity to try.
 
Yes... because 'sanity' is defined as sitting back and giving those that want to you kill you every opportunity to try.


I think you really have no idea what you are talking about.

We are not talking about American politicians here.. we have to take our ideals of what a "left winger" and what a "right winger" are and shift it towards the right.

The moderate, but left leaning, Livni is no sissy; she will not stand idle while people try to blow things up.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article4040016.ece said:
Livni joined Mossad after leaving the army with the rank of lieutenant and completing a year at law school. From her base in Paris she travelled throughout Europe in pursuit of Arab terrorists.
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“Tzipi was not an office girl,” said an acquaintance. “She was a clever woman with an IQ of 150. She blended in well in European capitals, working with male agents, most of them ex-commandos, taking out Arab terrorists.
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Livni, who unlike her parents supports a Palestinian state, would be no soft touch as prime minister. “While Tzipi is willing to give up the West Bank to the Palestinians, she is a hawk when it comes to Syria and Iran,” said a leading political commentator. “She is against withdrawal from the Golan [Heights], and once prime minister she will want to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities.”


Livni is showing support to the "Our Home" campaign
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1063348.html said:
Livni told Lieberman on Wednesday that the people had made their choice for the next prime minister, and it was her that they had chosen.

She said that now was the time for unity, and for the Yisrael Beiteinu leader to advance his agenda. The pair agreed to hold further talks.


I think you need to get a better grasp of the situation.
I was against Netanyahu and Lieberman because of their strong anti-arab policies.
 
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