Obama may yet long for the current Netanyahu government
There's a new poll out, and while it shows that Netanyahu would likely remain Prime Minister if he chose to call elections today, he would do so with a much more Right leaning government. While today, the Right and religious parties hold 61 of the Knesset's 120 seats, this poll indicates that they would hold 70 were elections to be held today.
The poll gives Likud 28 seats (up from 19), the Jewish Home 19 (up from 12), Yisrael Beytenu 9 (down from 12), Shas 7 (down from 11), United Torah Judaism (UTJ) is unchanged at 7.
All in all, the nationalist-religious bloc is at 70 seats – up 9 from its current 61 seats, which gives it a bare majority in the Knesset.
Also in the poll, Yesh Atid is clipped down to 11 seats from the current 19, Hatnua is at 4 seats, down from the current six, Meretz has 10 (up from 6) and Labor remains at 15. Kadima is wiped off the political map.
Israelis continue to favor Binyamin Netanyahu for prime minister. Thirty percent see him as the politician best suited for the role. Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett is in second place with 16%. Labor head Yitzchak Herzog has 11%, whereas ministers Avigdor Liberman and Tzipi Livni each enjoy 6% support. Yair Lapid is at a meager 3%, along with Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon.
We're going to see a much more hostile Obama after November. This is only going to get worse. Today (the missile shipment hold-up) was just the opening shot across the bow.The Jewish Home party has finished in second place in five of the six polls conducted since the start of Operation Protective Edge (Dialog, Smith, Midgam and Panels).
Labels: Barack Hussein Obama, Binyamin Netanyahu, Israeli polls, Jewish Home party, Likud party, Naftali Bennett, Yesh Atid party
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 10:36 PM
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The shot across the bow was the FAA thing
Please know that this administration does not reflect the wishes and sympathies of most Americans. We stand with Israel. I am physically ill over today's revelation.
The opening of this nasty scenario was Obama's phrase "meet your own standards," followed by "no vanquished, no victor," followed by, "extended ceasefire," followed by attempt to scuttle increased funding for Iron Dome, followed by Kelly's inclusion of Hamas demands in ceasefire agreement, followed by removal of some of the locally stored armament to be given to the Kurds, but never to be replenished, followed by non-replacement of artillery shells Israel used, followed by cap on Hellfire missiles
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