Netanyahu, Eisenkot Deadlocked As Both Fall Short Of Majority; Bibi Bloc Taking Edge
Exit polls show Netanyahu’s Likud as the biggest party, but the anti-Netanyahu bloc leads overall, with neither side near the 61 seats needed to govern.
Exit polls show Netanyahu’s Likud as the biggest party, but the anti-Netanyahu bloc leads overall, with neither side near the 61 seats needed to govern.
Israeli voter turnout hit 16.68% by 10 a.m., the highest at that hour since 1981, and 31.5% by noon as polls stay open until 10 p.m.
Two Israeli soldiers were killed and three wounded at a checkpoint near Hebron four days before Israel’s election. Netanyahu ordered preparations for a full West Bank closure and promised to build more settlements, while Turkish naval officers visited Syria’s port of Latakia.
Former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett declared Israel has reached “the most terrible low point” in its international standing and laid out a bold agenda — including a new Unit 8300 for information warfare, Saudi normalization, and a regional alliance against Iran and Qatar.
Benjamin Netanyahu Defeats Benny Gantz With Striking 60-Seat Bloc.
Half-hearted rejection of the Deal of the Century by the normally militant Arab League opens the door for Israel to take unilateral actions that would cement its victory over the Palestinians.
Imminent disclosure of the “deal of the century” will give Israeli politicians the opportunity to be for it or against it presenting Israeli voters with a clear choice
President Trump has just blown up the upcoming Israeli election by refusing to wait for its outcome prior to releasing the key details in his “deal of the century”
If early polling is correct, Avigdor Lieberman will emerge from the new election empowered to end the era of religious parties sitting at the government table and sher in a new, much more secular, Israel
Consolidations in Israeli politics give Israelis a clear choice in the March election, but expect plenty of surprises nonetheless