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Live thread: Israelis vote for 20th Knesset (polls close at 4pm EDT)
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Posted on 03/17/2015 5:18:27 AM PDT by Dave346

Polls scheduled to close 10pm local time / 4pm EDT.

Turnout as of 9am was 7.4%, at 10am was 13.7%, and at 12pm was 26.5%.

Exit polls will be released when polls close in less than 8 hours.

For live coverage in English, click on link below:

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bibi; bomb; elections; israel; israelelection; knesset; likud; liveisraelelection; netanyahu; netanyahuvictory; nuclear; terror; war
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To: Dave346

Apartheid? Meet the Arab in Charge of Israel’s Elections

http://www.israeltoday.co.il/NewsItem/tabid/178/nid/26256/Default.aspx


61 posted on 03/17/2015 8:19:36 AM PDT by Wiz-Nerd
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To: Dave346

We’ll see if the Joint Arab List gets substantially more than the 11 seats they got last time. If they do it could be trouble for Bibi.


62 posted on 03/17/2015 8:20:18 AM PDT by Dave346
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To: goldstategop

Mark


63 posted on 03/17/2015 8:20:40 AM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: Wiz-Nerd

Yup, Israel has laws on the books prohibiting foreign funding but they haven’t been enforced in the past when Bill Clinton interfered, and they aren’t being enforced this time either!

But from what I’ve read, the amount of foreign money and operatives working to aid the left in this election is unprecedented.


64 posted on 03/17/2015 8:22:56 AM PDT by Dave346
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To: Dave346

Because of all the “transparency” [/s]
Americans will never find out how much
US taxpayer money was sent by corrupt Obola
to Arabs and impostors in Israel
to vote against Netanyahu?


65 posted on 03/17/2015 8:23:00 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: Dave346

They will get more. 14-15 is realistic.

Actually, it means trouble for Buzi for you have a radical anti-Israel party that is not a suitable coalition partner.

If Meretz is shut out and centrist parties fall short, he would have to turn to Netanyahu to form a grand coalition government.

I predict that is in the cards regardless of who finishes first tonight.


66 posted on 03/17/2015 8:23:25 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: piasa

Honestly, seeing that makes me angry.

I appreciate the link. It just confirms what we’ve been saying.

No good S... .. ....... ... .. ........ .. ....


67 posted on 03/17/2015 8:24:58 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (The question is Jeb Bush. The answer is NO!)
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To: goldstategop

I feel good about Bibi’s chances but the stakes are so high.

If BHO succeeds in installing Herzog, at the very same moment he is paving the way for Iranian nukes, the consequences for the world will be horrific.


68 posted on 03/17/2015 8:26:20 AM PDT by Dave346
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To: Dave346

5:25 p.m. Likud MK Ze’ev Elkin’s grandfather, Arkadi Verchovsky, died at age 90 at his polling place in Neve Ya’akov, immediately after voting.


69 posted on 03/17/2015 8:28:47 AM PDT by Dave346
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To: Dave346

Iran says agreement reached on 90% of technical issues in nuclear talks

http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Iran-says-agreement-reached-on-90-percent-of-technical-issues-in-nuclear-talks-394189


70 posted on 03/17/2015 8:37:14 AM PDT by Wiz-Nerd
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To: ken5050
the Brits did that to Churchill after he led them to victory in WW II...

Yeah,,..because the Labour party under Atlee promised free health care for the returning soldiers and their families,,,then promptly nationalized coal, electricity, and railways

71 posted on 03/17/2015 8:43:11 AM PDT by spokeshave (He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people,)
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To: goldstategop
If Meretz is shut out and centrist parties fall short, he would have to turn to Netanyahu to form a grand coalition government. I predict that is in the cards regardless of who finishes first tonight.

I think that very well may happen.

72 posted on 03/17/2015 8:46:43 AM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: goldstategop
If Meretz is shut out and centrist parties fall short, he would have to turn to Netanyahu to form a grand coalition government. I predict that is in the cards regardless of who finishes first tonight.

I think that very well may happen.

73 posted on 03/17/2015 8:46:43 AM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: goldstategop

Unless there are real surprises, the only bloc shifts in the Knesset will be because of the switch from two seats to four seats to get representation. Netanyahu will again have to decide if he wants to make common cause with the Left like he did after the last election.

Kulanu/Kahlon might be the decisive broker.


74 posted on 03/17/2015 8:53:14 AM PDT by hlmencken3 (I paid for an argument, but you're just contradicting!)
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To: Wiz-Nerd

Unbelievable that Israeli’s would even consider such a candidate considering they’re literally on the brink of war.

God’s in control anyways, but this is insanity!


75 posted on 03/17/2015 9:11:09 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: Dave346

And just like Dems are busing blacks & minorities to vote for them once or twice....looks like leftist Hellenized Jews are doing the same with Arabs.

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-Elections/Netanyahu-warns-The-Left-is-busing-Arabs-to-vote-the-Right-is-in-danger-394176


76 posted on 03/17/2015 9:13:06 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: Dave346

18:07
Election Committee bars PM’s press conference

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls a press conference for 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, just four hours before polls close on Election Day.

But the Yesh Atid and Zionist Union parties appeal to Supreme Court Justice Salim Joubran, who heads the Central Election Committee, to forbid the press conference.

Campaigning is forbidden on Election Day itself, and Joubran rules that a live press conference would constitute a campaign ad by default.

Likud has until 6:30 p.m. to appeal Joubran’s decision.


77 posted on 03/17/2015 9:19:30 AM PDT by Dave346
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To: Dave346

Jourban who issued this decision is Arab.

Will be interesting to see if this ruling gets appealed and overturned or not.

I assume Bibi wants in a press conference to issue the same message over V15 buses for Arabs as he’s been discussing earlier in the day and to rally his supporters in the final hours.


78 posted on 03/17/2015 9:21:50 AM PDT by Dave346
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To: Dave346

Jourban also banned musical performances at the major right wing rally 2 days ago, even though musical performances were used in prior rallies during the campaign.


79 posted on 03/17/2015 9:23:17 AM PDT by Dave346
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To: Dave346

5:59: 51 criminal cases have been opened thus far Tuesday for people impersonating others at voting booths, theft of vote slips, or for threatening staffers.


80 posted on 03/17/2015 9:24:10 AM PDT by Dave346
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