Israel might crash and burn after all. After Iran nukes them I guess the US will end missile defense
I cannot believe that the Israeli people have chosen to place themselves in such grave danger. Do they not know that on this election day Obama has chosen to kiss the boots of Syria?
Wait, so Livni won, Netanyahu lost, I thought he was winning
A sad development indeed. Bebe Netanyahu is the man they at this moment in their history. Anything less and they will flinch in their stand against Iran. That may give Ahmadinejad all the time he needs to complete and deploy his nukes.
There seems to be no end to the bad news today.
Maybe the Isreali exit polls suck as much as American exit polls.
John Kerry won the exit polls, too.
Kadima 28 + Labor 14 = 42
Likud 26 + Yisrael Beiteinu 16 = 42
This should be interesting.
If true, the Israeli citizens just put the stamp of approval on two lost wars, all while rockets still punctuate the second of the two.
I guess they don’t care.
Just friggin wonderful.
Unbelievable.
With voting stations officially closed, exit polls at 10 p.m. suggested that Kadima would win the general elections on Tuesday.
However, due to the dramatic rise in support of the Likud and Israel Beiteinu, it seemed that Likud chairman Binyamin Netanyahu would have a better chance than Kadima head Tzipi Livni of forming the next coalition.
The Channel 1 poll showed Kadima winning 30 mandates, and Likud trailing closely behind with 28 seat. Israel Beiteinu was predicted to earn 14 mandates, and Labor was slated to get 13 seats.
The Channel 2 poll narrowed the gap between first and second place, showing Kadima with 29 mandates, and Likud with 27 seats. Israel Beiteinu was predicted to earn 15 mandates, and 13 seats.
Channel 10 followed the same pattern, predicting Kadima with 30 mandates, Kadima with 28 seats, Israel Beiteinu with 15 mandates, and Labor with 13 seats.
Once the final results of the election are known, President Shimon Peres will begin a round of consultations with party leaders, to hear who they are recommending for prime minister. In the past, the task of forming a coalition has been given to the head of the largest party. But election legislation gives Peres wide leeway, and he can grant the first opportunity to the party leader who he judges has the best chance in forming a government, even if that party did not earn the most mandates in the election.
Exit polls showed Shimon Peres winning against Netanyahu in the 95 election. They were wrong then, they could be wrong now.
Or the exit polls are right and G-d is preparing us for the End Times.
The exit polls in Israel ARE NOT RELIABLE!!!! Just a few months ago they had Livni beating Mofaz by about 10%, and the vote counting went on all night until she won by 1% (and even that was questionable due to vote cheating).
I still think Netanyahu will win — we should know sometime this evening.
"It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising the sovereignty. Usurpation is then an easy attainment, and an usurper soon found. The people themselves become the willing instruments of their own debasement and ruin." -James Monroe
What is going on in the world?
These are only the exit polls, right?
This is why the Jews have so often fallen from the grace of God . When it is important , they do not listen to Him.
Something has happened in the last 100 yrs. They have gone from prosperous to utter victims , to brave and indomitable heroes and heroines , to clueless liberal doves courting extinction. The former unity has dissolved into a morass of liberal crappola here in the US ,and hesitant confusion at home in Israel . Maybe they no longer believe that Jehova is watching them? He is .....
According to Channel 1, the right-wing bloc won 63 Knesset seats and the left wing 57; Channel 2 predicted 64 for the right and 56 for the left; and Channel 10, like Channel 1, predicted 63 and 57.
The three exit polls, on average, found Shas to be the fifth largest party with 9-10 seats, followed by United Torah Judaism with 5, Meretz 4-5, Chadash 4, Jewish Home 3-4, National Union 3, Balad 2-3 and Ra'am Ta'al with 2-4 mandates.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304741384&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull