The 2015 Israeli legislative (Knesset) election thread

[tinydancer]

Barry about to throw in the towel...claims "he can work with whoever wins"...yeah right....work with THIS

Netanyahu declares victory but Herzog in no hurry to concede The Times of Israel

you dumb goy the people of Israel didn't vote on Obama

Bullshit. The analyst I just heard from JPost said flat out the increase in the voter turnout was in response to foreign nations America AND Europe interfering in the Israeli election process.

And it drove the right.

 

[aris2chat]

So....how does building a coalition work - is it the winner who has to try to build it or can any of the groups try to form coalitions to build a majority?

The leading parties try to assemble a coalition, but they can aso fail in doing so. That what happened with Tzipi Livni years ago. She won by voted, but couldn't assemble a coalition, so Bibi rose as PM with the Likud.

Interesting - so who ever can finagle a majority through a coalition is the winner...must make for some strange bedmates at times.

At the end of the day, that party that has the most seats gets first crack at making a working coalition that brings the combined party-forces to 61.

Right now, the "Hochrechnungen" are still showing 27 / 27 for Likud / Zionist Union, so at the moment, both have equal chances at forming a coalition that will work.

54 seats combined as both are right wing parties. 7 more seats and he has a coalition. There are two other parties likely to join.

 

[Jroc]

Barry about to throw in the towel...claims "he can work with whoever wins"...yeah right....work with THIS

Netanyahu declares victory but Herzog in no hurry to concede The Times of Israel

you dumb goy the people of Israel didn't vote on Obama

Bullshit. The analyst I just heard from JPost said flat out the increase in the voter turnout was in response to foreign nations America AND Europe interfering in the Israeli election process.

Obama crony's bused in Arabs to vote

 

[theDoctorisIn]

So....how does building a coalition work - is it the winner who has to try to build it or can any of the groups try to form coalitions to build a majority?

The leading parties try to assemble a coalition, but they can aso fail in doing so. That what happened with Tzipi Livni years ago. She won by voted, but couldn't assemble a coalition, so Bibi rose as PM with the Likud.

Interesting - so who ever can finagle a majority through a coalition is the winner...must make for some strange bedmates at times.

At the end of the day, that party that has the most seats gets first crack at making a working coalition that brings the combined party-forces to 61.

Right now, the "Hochrechnungen" are still showing 27 / 27 for Likud / Zionist Union, so at the moment, both have equal chances at forming a coalition that will work.

54 seats combined as both are right wing parties. 7 more seats and he has a coalition. There are two other parties likely to join.

ZU is not a "right-wing" party. They're not going to ally with Bibi, their entire purpose in existing is to defeat him.

It's Labor and Hatnuah.

 

[TemplarKormac]

And now it is being reconfirmed that Yachad has failed to meet the threshold.

 

[theDoctorisIn]

Channel 1's updated polls now say that Yahad had not crossed the threshold.

 

[theDoctorisIn]

That was well-timed.

 

[Jroc]

Barry about to throw in the towel...claims "he can work with whoever wins"...yeah right....work with THIS

Netanyahu declares victory but Herzog in no hurry to concede The Times of Israel

you dumb goy the people of Israel didn't vote on Obama

Bullshit. The analyst I just heard from JPost said flat out the increase in the voter turnout was in response to foreign nations America AND Europe interfering in the Israeli election process.

Obama crony's bused in Arabs to vote

why in the hell don't you move to Israel, we can do without the likes of you.

It's a good day

 

[TemplarKormac]

Why the Israeli election results are great news for Netanyahu in one chart - Vox

Ugh, I can't believe I'm citing Vox... bleh

 

[TemplarKormac]

Okay, there are conflicting reports out there about the Yachad, this one saying that Channels 1, 10, and 20 are indicating it will pass the threshold:

Eli Yishai Is In with 4 MKs Say Two Polls - Inside Israel - News - Arutz Sheva

The votes of the IDF soldiers have yet to be counted yet however, so there is a possibility that Yachad could pull it out of the fire.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Kulanu will demand certain ministerial portfolios and a right to check some of Bibi's adventurism in return for giving him the government.

Let's see what Bibi says in return.

 

[Statistikhengst]

And again, I strongly recommend, wait until the actual votes are counted. It can be that the aggregate polling last week was actually spot on. You would think that after the 2000 US presidential election, we Americans would understand that in a close election, wait until every vote is counted.

 

[TemplarKormac]

Take note that Yachad entering the Knesset is critical to the Likud's hopes of getting to 61 seats.

 

[Jroc]

And again, I strongly recommend, wait until the actual votes are counted. It can be that the aggregate polling last week was actually spot on. You would think that after the 2000 US presidential election, we Americans would understand that in a close election, wait until every vote is counted.

this is Israel not the U.S. Mr "election scholar" The right runs the elections in Israel. no shenanigans by the leftist like in the United states. This is a good day

 

[BullKurtz]

Wednesday
12:31 a.m. Officials close to President Reuven Rivlin told Channel 1 late Tuesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will form the next coalition if Kulanu head Moshe Kahlon offers his endorsement of the incumbent.

Race to the Knesset Follow the latest Election Day updates - Israel Elections - Jerusalem Post

 

[JakeStarkey]

Bibi has to conciliate his coalition, Mr J-Totalitarian-Roc, and we don't know that he has one, and if he does, what the other parties will demand. I wonder what Moshe Kahlon is going to want.

 

[tinydancer]

This is funny. I wish I could see him waving

6.56pm 22:56

Netanyahu is now taking the stage at the Likud headquarters for his own post-election speech.

— joshmitnick (@joshmitnick) March 17, 2015
BIBI To address likudniks now pic.twitter.com/oYfQehEFQ1

— Lahav Harkov (@LahavHarkov) March 17, 2015
Netanyahu is literally walking across the stage and waving like Miss America

Israel elections Netanyahu hails great victory as Herzog refuses to concede defeat live updates World news The Guardian

 

[JakeStarkey]

Bibi, Jroc, if he is able to form another government, will be on a much tighter leash.

 

[MACAULAY]

Its been interesting to watch and learn about Israeli elections. It looks like it now moves the the stage where Jews everywhere are most comfortable---"Lets Make a Deal." George Will just noted that an old Jewish saying is: Two Jews, three factions.

But, it is also obvious that Netanyahu has come out of this thing much better of than Pinheads were calling for just last week. And that they are sad in the White House tonight. Their tampering appears to have failed.

And this is likely linked to the most interesting thing I learned today....which is that Israelis of almost every persuasion, Likud, Labor, all the others...much as they might fight amounst themselves...mainly agree in distrusting and, in fact, loathing Barak Obama.


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[theDoctorisIn]

Stay on topic, no trolling. This is Zone 2.