By Ted Belman
Bibi makes a huge comeback in the last 72 hours.
He said he will first invite Bayit Yehudi to join him and will not invite Labour.
Bibi will have a nationalist government of about 64 seats but it will be stable.
Eli Yishai’s party did not reach the threshold.
Remember Bibi promised:
– thousands of houses in Jerusalem
– no Palestinian state
– no dividing Jerusalem
-not to release any more prisoner’s
One more thing about Likud’s unexpectedly large victory — never underestimate the power of a Chuck Norris endorsement.
🙂
With kudos also to Jon Voigt for his Likud endorsement as well.
Other than the left’s rather stunningly large loss, there is another big loser here, based on the results that I am seeing.
Naftali Bennett.
With only 8-9 seats, he will not have the clout that he had in the previous government.
@ Bear Klein:
I think Buzi lost the election when he revealed himself to be another cynical politician. Keeping your promises should matter no matter how you might fare at the polls. Its a test of your character.
Obama lost the midterms and now he lost the Israeli election.
Livni is right she is not the rotating Prime Minister nor is Herzog!
@ yamit82:
Netanyahu is shrewd. He managed to get Lapid to slash his own throat as Finance Minister and eliminated a threat. He will be happy to give Kahlon that thankless job.
Then he can escape blame for whatever happens to the economy. The man is a survivor.
with 30 mandates Bb is in the drivers seat forming coalitionand not sure even kahlon can now dictate his choice of finance minister. he is out of his league in that position and can damage the economy. Just like lapid did.
Lkud won in Landslide Pollsters all failed to predict results the Likud so far has 29-30 mandates Labor 24. wasn’t even close.
@ NormanF:
Their mistake was to try to maximize the Arab vote hoping some of it would go to ZU.
How moronic is that?
@ Avigail:
The Israeli Left is going to wonder how they lost a sure thing with Obama’s campaign staff and huge influx of money behind them.
Steven Plaut won’t have to retire his Buzi Bozo riff! 🙂
@ ArnoldHarris: Kahlon will negotiate for what he wants and become Finance Minister and try to great power in the social economic arena.
If he were to push to crazy levels the left can NOT form a coalition so Bibi would go the Labor and see if they want to join leaving out Kahlon.
I do not forsee this because Kahlon would be an idiot and I do not think he is an idiot.
The coalitition agreements could take quite a while! Less cabinet seats this time around thanks to Lapid. My guess is the Likud will get the bulk of the most important cabinet seats with the exception of Kahlon.
@ ArnoldHarris:
I realize that you probably aren’t that familiar with Canadian politics but having political parties that won’t even recognize your country is an area we are familiar with.
We had the Bloc Quebecois – separtist party that worked it’s way up to be the Leader of the Opposition. Finally Canadians woke up to the serious implications. They were a treasoness party that never should have been allowed to be a Federal Party as only Quebecors could vote for them. We finally got rid of them.
More recently….a heated provincial election in Quebec almost saw the Parti Quebecois (separtist Provincial Party) win the election again….they lost miserably because of their stupid platforms – they now have the lowest number of seats since 1989 in the province and NO Federal Seats.
In the 60’s we had
The Front de libération du Québec (FLQ; English: Quebec Liberation Front) was a separatist and Marxist-Leninist paramilitary group in Quebec.[2] Founded in the early 1960s, it militantly supported the Quebec sovereignty movement. It was active between 1963 and 1970, and was regarded as a terrorist organization for its violent methods of action,[3]
The army had to be called in when there had been kidnappings.
So….bye bye Arabs……it’s just a matter of time.
As of 4:25 a.m. (Israel time), 99.5% of the ballots have been counted and the Likud is leading the pact with 30 seats. The “Zionist Union” of Labor and Hatnua has 24 seats.
The Joint Arab List has 13 seats, followed by Yesh Atid with 11 seats and Moshe Kahlon’s Kulanu with ten.
The Jewish Home has eight seats, the haredi parties Shas and United Torah Judaism each have seven seats, Yisrael Beytenu has six and Meretz closes out the list with four seats.
Despite earlier indications that it may have passed the threshold, it appears as though Eli Yishai’s Yachad party will be left out of the Knesset.
Netanyahu addressed supporters of the Likud earlier Tuesday night, saying the results were a “great victory” for the nationalist camp in Israel.
@ ArnoldHarris:
Kahlon has already said he would NOT sit with the Arabs.
@ Economist:
Media know only one reality: the one they invent every minute.
From The Guardian (UK, I presume):
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With 90% of votes counted, the latest tally is:
Likud 30 seats
Zionist Union 24
Joint Arab List (Hadash) 13
Yesh Atid 11
Kulanu 10
Jewish Home 8
Shas and UTJ (United Torah Judaism) each on 7
Israel Beitenu 6
Meretz 4
Yahad 0
How many Jewish parties in Israel really want to be part of a Knesset coalition that largely hangs on inclusion of 13 Arab Knesset members?
And no, I really do not think Kahlon wants to part of any such weird coalition, especially inasmuch as the prime minister already has offered him control of the Ministry of Finance. Which is precisely what Kahlon wants the most. Too bad about Yishai. I was hoping they could get into the Knesset and add three seats to Mr Netanyahu’s winning coalition, making it 71 seats. Maybe they can still do so with extra votes from Shas.
Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb WI
Likud Leads with 30 Seats After 95% of Ballots Counted
Binyamin Netanyahu appears to be headed into a greater victory than predicted by exit polls, with 30 seats. “Zionist Camp” has 24.
As counting of votes continues in the elections for the 20th Knesset, the Likud party may be headed for an even bigger victory than exit polls predicted.
As of 4:00 a.m. (Israel time), 95% of the ballots have been counted and the Likud is leading the pact with 30 seats. The “Zionist Union” of Labor and Hatnua has 24 seats.
The Joint Arab List has 13 seats, followed by Yesh Atid with 11 seats and Moshe Kahlon’s Kulanu with ten.
The Jewish Home has eight seats, the haredi parties Shas and United Torah Judaism each have seven seats, Yisrael Beytenu has six and Meretz closes out the list with four seats.
Despite earlier indications that it may have passed the threshold, it appears as though Eli Yishai’s Yachad party will be left out of the Knesset.
A projection in seats based on real ballots:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAV_bYmUUAA9kBh.png:large
I’m quite saddened for Yachad (and quite angry about Deri and his shenanigans): I won’t be represented in the next Govt.
Which may be a good thing since I don’t want to have any responsibility in any abandonment of Jews or/and the land (Only G-d knows what they are capable of).
@ bernard ross:
BR:
What’s this about exit polls predicting this or that? More than 2/3 of the actual votes have already been counted. You should be looking at the live feeds on Arutz Sheva, or even better, the Ivrit language official Knesset vote counts as they accumulate. By the time more than 2/3 of the votes are counted, the chances of any major surprises in the final outcome grow increasingly slender.
As matters stand now, Prime Minister Netanyahu no longer even has to think about a so-called “national unity coalition”. In any case, combining two ideologically opposed parties into a single governing coalition would lead to nothing except national deadlock on most issues, and especially so for the important ones. The way I see it now, it doesn’t really matter what President Rivlin calls for.
I know that Yamit trusts nothing whatsoever about Mr Netanyahu. But if your party controls something approaching 28 or 29 seats in the Knesset, and your nearest competitor — and a cobbled-together competitor at that — controls 22-23 seats in the Knesset, and you have a string of little factions that all lead by people who want ministerial appointments, you have the power to run the show.
Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb WI
@ ArnoldHarris:
Vote sharing arrangement means if one party has extra seats that do not amount to a full seat those will go to a party it had previously singed a vote sharing agreement with provided it will get them an extra seat. I think but I am not sure that Yachad and Shas had signed a vote sharing agreement.
Until the official tally is in one can know about an extra seat coming from vote sharing arrangement.
Israel lives on!
That was harrowing.
You may be right, but I buy into the promises he made with hopes is word is negotiable at the bank.
Herzob’s faith in Ovomit scares me.
Whom ever the winner is, the new government must stand by > 1 State, Sovereigns Jewish Nation of Israel, an undivided city, Jerusalem, the capital of Israel. And by all means the men and women who serve the IDF, should be entitled to affordable housing, their earn it,
@ yamit82:
@ yamit82:
@ yamit82:
Your comments regarding Bibi are spot on Yamit. The tide may have been temporarily stemmed, but Netanyahu is absolutely NOT to be trusted. He is a snake and it is a true sad state of affairs that he was our best bet this time around.
The thing to keep in mind is that for now it definitely beats the alternative.
Be safe achoti
Reporting before dawn on Wednesday, the Likud holds a seven-seat edge over Zionist Union.
According to official vote-counters, Likud wins 31 seats while Zionist Union comes in second at 24 seats.
The parties that follow are Yesh Atid (11); Joint Arab List (11); Kulanu (9); Bayit Yehudi (8); Shas (8); Yisrael Beytenu (7); United Torah Judaism (6); and Meretz (5).
Eli Yishai’s far-right outfit Yahad has so far failed to attract the sufficient number of votes to gain entry into the Knesset.
@ mar55:
Sorry I missed you have had a few problems but I am glad your operation went well and you are not in any great discomfort.
@ mar55:
No doubt! I’d love to be a fly on Obamanations wall to see his pout face. He already has his henchmen hear in Canada hoping to interfere in the upcoming elections – and of course giving all the amo to the left. You can see it on MSM already.
The elections aren’t until the fall so I am going to take as much time off this summer as I can. Very pleased with the results so far. I think BB’s getting the message. Don’t cave. Don’t give away any more of the family farm!! And please don’t renege on the Pal issue and an undivided Jerusalem!
This will give a little time before the next hurdle comes.
@ rongrand:
He is a compulsive pathological liar not a word of his shoud be believed. Only his actions or non actions should be his judge. So far over the past 3 terms as PM his batting average is not even up to minor league standards.
During his acceptance speech the large crows chanted “No Unity government” over and over! He ignored them as though they were not their. He will bring anyone into his coalition to strengthen his hand but his hand is not Israels it’s his. I don’t think he would acept Yachad party if they pass the threshold but would try to entice lapid back into the fold. Each small party willing to join a coalition will be demanding max concessions from BB as he wo’t be able to form a coalition without them. There won’t be many choice portfolios fro Likud MK’s and they might revolt because if BB is true to form to make it a quick process, he will give away the store to all of them to wrap it up quickly .
Right now he is running at the head of the pack but he isn’t home yet there could be many bumps on the way.
Congratulations to Israpundit and all Israpundit bloggers who live in Israel and shortly will be able to have a government who opposes Obama’s ideological bend.
Instead of interfering in Israeli elections Obama should claim of the only job he is qualified to do.
“Camel valet parking in the Arabian desert”.
CONGRATULATIONS ISRAEL!
According to the live feeds, which I am watching with continual and growing amazement, more than two-thirds of the votes have been counted. Real votes, not exit polls. HaLikud is pulling just short of one-fourth of the Knesset seats. Herzog+Livni, in direct contrast, is puilling less than one-fifth of the Knesset seats. The whopping big all-Arabs in one tent vote that the pollsters have been frightening us with, are more or less one-twelfth of the Knesset — which means about 10 seats.
All told, and with the percentage of the actual votes rising each hour, I think we are looking at a Likud-led coalition of some 67 seats. Or it could be 71 seats, if some vote exchange agreement can be worked out to get Yishai a minimum of 3.25 percent of the total votes.
One thing I have learned from this experience of following a Knesset election campaign in detail — which I never before have done — is just this: “Arnold, don’t pay too much attention to the election polls in Israel.” I think it was either Yamit or one of the other regulars who warned me about that. In any case, they were right and I was wrong.
I have never felt more proud to call the Jewish nation my worldwide extended family.
By the way. What does it take to get more than 56-57 percent of the eligible voters to actually vote? As for the non-voters, don’t they understand the ones who do take the time and trouble to research and think about the issues, actually form a sort of democratic aristocracy, choosing the government for everyone else?
All of you, or least those who live in Jerusalem. Go out tonight and celebrate with a good old fashioned chaitsi falafel sandwich and enough charif sauce to make you feel its presence. I sure wish I could do that tonight.
Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb WI
From The Canadian Press:
Israeli election: Benjamin Netanyahu declares victory, Isaac Herzog disputes claim
No party has ever won a majority in the 120-member parliament
The Associated Press Posted: Mar 17, 2015 4:13 PM ET Last Updated: Mar 17, 2015 7:00 PM ET
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Likud party supporters react to exit poll results at the party’s election headquarters In Tel Aviv. The party is in a slightly better position to form Israel’s next government but victory is still not guaranteed.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Likud party supporters react to exit poll results at the party’s election headquarters In Tel Aviv. The party is in a slightly better position to form Israel’s next government but victory is still not guaranteed. (Oded Balilty/Associated Press)
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The mixed results were sure to disappoint Herzog, who opinion polls had suggested could topple Netanyahu, and set off wild celebrations at Likud campaign headquarters in Tel Aviv.
In a statement released on Twitter, Netanyahu said that “against all odds” Likud had won a “great victory.”
“This is a great victory. It’s almost a miracle,” Likud lawmaker Ofir Akunis told The Associated Press. “For months, everybody attacked the Likud. And today is a beautiful day for the Likud. It sends a message that the people of Israel will decide for themselves.”
Two polls showed the parties deadlocked with 27 seats each, and a third gave Likud a slight lead of 28-27.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called the election a ‘great victory’ for his party – though opponents said the question of who will form the next government is not yet settled. (Sebastian Scheiner/Associated Press)
Herzog, disputed Netanyahu’s victory claim in Israel’s election on Tuesday, saying “everything is open”.
“This result allows us to return to power,” Herzog told supporters at party headquarters in Tel Aviv.
“We will wait for the real results – everything is open,” he said, adding that he intends to “make every effort to form a real socially-minded government for Israel” and that he had already spoken to some party leaders about putting together a coalition.
Since the parties all fall short of the required 61-seat majority in parliament, the country will now head into weeks of negotiations as they try to form a coalition.
Israel is divided between two major “blocs” of voters — right wing and religious parties that tend to take a hard line toward the Palestinians, and dovish parties focused on establishing a Palestinian state as part of a peace agreement.
The left wing appeared to have slightly more seats, but would rely heavily on a new Arab list that has said it will not sit in a coalition.
That gives Netanyahu and his right-wing allies the upper hand. But Kahlon, who has already demanded control of the Finance Ministry, is likely to drive a hard bargain before agreeing to join the government.
The vote was largely seen as a referendum on Netanyahu. While he focused his campaign almost entirely on security matters, his opponents, including Kahlon, turned their attention to bread and butter issues and the country’s high cost of living.
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Zionist Union Leader Isaac Herzog cast his vote in Tel Aviv. Voter turnout topped 70 per cent, the Jerusalem Post reports. (Ariel Schalit/Associated Press)
Stav Shaffir, a leader of the Zionist Union, called the results a “clear vote of no confidence in Netanyahu.”
She said the Zionist Union would wait for the official results before declaring victory or defeat, but claimed Netanyahu’s opponents “have a majority.”
Channel 2 TV’s commentator Amnon Abramovitch predicted Netanyahu would form a rickety coalition, and that “he will be a prisoner in his own
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On mobile? Read the Live Blog here
Exit polls conducted by the country’s three major TV stations late Tuesday gave mixed results, showing an extremely tight race between Netanyahu’s Likud Party and opposition leader Isaac Herzog’s Zionist Union.
All showed the centrist newcomer Moshe Kahlon with enough seats to determine who will be the next prime minister. Kahlon, a Likud breakaway, has not said whether he favors Netanyahu or Herzog.
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The mixed results were sure to disappoint Herzog, who opinion polls had suggested could topple Netanyahu, and set off wild celebrations at Likud campaign headquarters in Tel Aviv.
In a statement released on Twitter, Netanyahu said that “against all odds” Likud had won a “great victory.”
“This is a great victory. It’s almost a miracle,” Likud lawmaker Ofir Akunis told The Associated Press. “For months, everybody attacked the Likud. And today is a beautiful day for the Likud. It sends a message that the people of Israel will decide for themselves.”
Two polls showed the parties deadlocked with 27 seats each, and a third gave Likud a slight lead of 28-27.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called the election a ‘great victory’ for his party – though opponents said the question of who will form the next government is not yet settled. (Sebastian Scheiner/Associated Press)
Herzog, disputed Netanyahu’s victory claim in Israel’s election on Tuesday, saying “everything is open”.
“This result allows us to return to power,” Herzog told supporters at party headquarters in Tel Aviv.
“We will wait for the real results – everything is open,” he said, adding that he intends to “make every effort to form a real socially-minded government for Israel” and that he had already spoken to some party leaders about putting together a coalition.
Since the parties all fall short of the required 61-seat majority in parliament, the country will now head into weeks of negotiations as they try to form a coalition.
Israel is divided between two major “blocs” of voters — right wing and religious parties that tend to take a hard line toward the Palestinians, and dovish parties focused on establishing a Palestinian state as part of a peace agreement.
The left wing appeared to have slightly more seats, but would rely heavily on a new Arab list that has said it will not sit in a coalition.
That gives Netanyahu and his right-wing allies the upper hand. But Kahlon, who has already demanded control of the Finance Ministry, is likely to drive a hard bargain before agreeing to join the government.
The vote was largely seen as a referendum on Netanyahu. While he focused his campaign almost entirely on security matters, his opponents, including Kahlon, turned their attention to bread and butter issues and the country’s high cost of living.
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Zionist Union Leader Isaac Herzog cast his vote in Tel Aviv. Voter turnout topped 70 per cent, the Jerusalem Post reports. (Ariel Schalit/Associated Press)
Stav Shaffir, a leader of the Zionist Union, called the results a “clear vote of no confidence in Netanyahu.”
She said the Zionist Union would wait for the official results before declaring victory or defeat, but claimed Netanyahu’s opponents “have a majority.”
Channel 2 TV’s commentator Amnon Abramovitch predicted Netanyahu would form a rickety coalition, and that “he will be a prisoner in his own government.”
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Exit polls call it a deadlock race, only Netanyahu would declare that a victory.
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If Bibi is successful, I fear this dangerous and ugly world is going to get even more dangerous and ugly. His statement that there will never be peace under his watch is insane. What a message to send. What could encourage the other side to negotiate now? In the coming months how will his win impact the entire ME, the US efforts with Iran and of course, Putin’s role in all of this mess. I remember the right wing Christians in the West rejoicing every time Israel attacked a neighbour because… » more
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All the Palestinians need to do is acknowledge the Jewish State and their right to exist. We only hear how it is Israel’s fault, but the Palestinians have to say the Jews have the right to exist, and Muslim Arabs will NEVER say that because of their blinding hatred for the Jews. Now all the Jew haters on here can scream and froth at the mouth.
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If Netanyahoo is involved in the next Israeli government there is zero chance of peace in the Middle East and maximum chance of war against Iran.
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Its a landslide win for the Likud and Netanyahu! Every one thought it was a dead heat. The popular vote count shows the Likud way ahead with a comfortable lead that seems to certain to grow as the night wears on.
All the polls in Israel were WAY off!
Perhaps someone more familiar with the vote count process can explain to me why the media claims Bibi and Herzog are within a seat of each other or tied, while the official count with 67% of the votes counted shows about a 6 seat lead for Bibi. http://www.votes20.gov.il/nationalresults
HUH?????
Just now found this on I24, posted at 1:40am your time:
News Israeli elections
Results after 30.1% of votes counted: 32 Likud; 25 Zionist Union; 11 Yesh Atid; 10 Kulanu; 9 Joint Arab List
Is that truly possible? 32 Likud; 25 Zionist Union?
What am I missing here?
Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb WI
I hope BB remembers this time WHO is the constituency who elected him, during his term rather than just at the next election. I hope he sees the link between his lack of movement for the right, during his term, and the almost loss of his lead.
…and lastly, I am very pleased to have been wrong regarding the potential low voter turnout.
At 72%, it’s the largest since ’99.
Kol hakavod!
…….and by the way, the soldiers vote is yet to be counted, which I can imagine will only strengthen Likud, Shas, Israel Beteinu, et al.
Hope Yachad makes it.
Latest results have Yishai passing the threshold, and sitting with 4 seats.
Bibi can garner a minimum of 64 seats without involving the Left.
Now if he can just remember that Iran is not our only problem, serious as it is.
We need affordable homes for our young citizens who have sacrificed some of their best years for their country.
@ yamit82:
The actual vote count leans right so I expect the Likud to emerge with a plurality.
The big loser tonight is Obama and the other loser is Ayatollah Khamenei.
@ yamit82:
As an outsider it’s not for me to say who should win as I don’t know the parties.
Having said that, if what the PM Netanyahu said about there will not be two states and communities will continue to be constructed, I hope he is re-elected.
Herzog’s confidence in Ovomit is scary.
@ Bear Klein:
BK:
I am sure all of us commenting on Israpundit hope Yeshai can cross the line for seats in the Knesset, which will help Prime Minister Netanyahu to get an even stronger coalition.
Could Israel’s vote trading rules help Yeshai get their few seats? What about that, Ted?
Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb WI
@ yamit82:
I hope they get in!
Fox News says exit polls show Netanyahu’s and Herzog’s parties too close to call. Netanyahu’s victory claims suggest he has the winning coalition locked up.
The final numbers aren’t in, and Yachad is sitting right on the wire.
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Jewish Press News Briefs has published “Eli Yishai Sitting Right on the Threshold” on JewishPress.com.
http://www.jewishpress.com/…/eli-yishai-sitting…/2015/03/18/
Eli Yishai Sitting Right on the Threshold
The final numbers aren’t in, and Yachad is sitting right on the wire.
@ Eric R.:
Eric:
The game plan is to rebuild the Jewish nation on the soil of Eretz-Yisrael, with appropriate governance, self-discipline, willingness to work together for great national purposes, and defenses that can stop any enemy attack.
As that goal changes over from wishes to actual accomplishments, then the annoyances of all the Mr Obamas in the world become irrelevant to us.
Spite gets us nowhere and nothing. The vital combination of national power, national unity, and national independence gets us everywhere and everything.
Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb WI
The best part of this is the aggravation it causes the Marxo-Islamist appeaser-in-chief
I find myself quite delighted tonight.
Obama tried to buy a compliant Israeli government that would give him a free hand vs Iran.
Israeli voters decided to retain their country’s independence.
Its a huge win for the State Of Israel and the Jewish people.
This indeed is a great day for Prime Minister Netanyahu, HaLikud, the Jewish nation rebuilding itself in Eretz-Yisrael, and, as Chuck Norris indicated, for the United State of America as well. Because nobody here will soon forget Mr Netanyahu’s guest address to the Congress of the United States two weeks ago.
An outcome such as now predicted would have been unthinkable without both that speech to our Congress, plus the prime minister’s powerful presence before more than the police-estimated crowd of 100,000 in Rabin Square on that all-but magical evening two days ago.
Victory for the right of center plus religious Jewish coalition presupposes that Kahlon’s new party will accept the prime minister’s offer of appointment as Minister of Finance. This must include empowerment to enable him to make some basic fixes to the system that renders building construction as high as it has become in Israel.
But above all else, the new government of Israel must make the development of a large Jewish population in Area C — and especially now the Jordan Valley — a high national priority. That means no more blockages to construction of Jewish residential, commercial, and industrial development, irrespective of nagging messages from President Barack Hussein Obama. No Palestinian State on the soil of Eretz-Yisrael must mean an absolute NO, with no more ambiguities. I think everyone in Israel has come to understand that Mr Obama is an enemy of the Jewish state, with or without Jewish home construction in Shomron and Yehuda.
May HaShem forever bless the Jewish nation, assembling on the soil of Eretz-Yisrael, there to remain for the coming ages. And to all of you posters and commenters on Israpundit, who have helped me keep my old-man’s spirits alive and well: Thank you, Ted and all the rest.
Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb WI