Israel/Palestine

shaayecanaan

(6,068 posts) Sun Dec 16, 2012, 10:51 PM Dec 2012

Israeli election polls: Netanyahu losing support to the extreme right

While these polls have considerable variations on the results for the individual parties (Tzipi Livni’s party ranges from 6.5 seats in one poll to 11 on another) a few common trends can be noticed:

- Avigdon Lieberman and Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Beitenu party is losing support to the hard right. Likud Bietenu is currently polling 37 seats (the two parties have 42 Knesset sears right now), and more importantly, the general trend is downward (Likud Beitenu had more than 38 seats in last week’s average, and closer to 40 a month ago). At the same time, Naftali Bennet’s National Religious Party now averages 12 seats, while the radical Otzma Le’Israel Party – which had a racist campaign ad disqualified by the central election committee last week – is coming very close to passing the minimum threshold. Combined, their average of 13 seats represent a rise of 6 seats from the number they have in the current Knesset. Netanyahu’s recent behavior and his willingness to confront the world on the issue of the settlements betray an understanding that his real challenge comes from the right.

http://972mag.com/israeli-election-polls-netanyahu-is-losing-support-to-the-extreme-right/62164/

In short: the left don't stand a chance. Even the left and the centre together don't stand a chance. The only way that they might stand a chance is if they accepted the support of the Arab parties, which they are loath to do.

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Israeli election polls: Netanyahu losing support to the extreme right (Original Post) shaayecanaan Dec 2012 OP

No no, don't try to cheer me up, I can handle the truth. bemildred Dec 2012 #1

And it's only going to get worse, given the birth rate of the fundamentalists there geek tragedy Dec 2012 #2

Ugh. I know some people won't like the comparison but the relationship between the US & Israel Pirate Smile Dec 2012 #3

Then the left and the center SHOULD accept the support of the Arab parties Ken Burch Dec 2012 #4

Unthinkable... shaayecanaan Dec 2012 #5

bemildred

(90,061 posts)

1. No no, don't try to cheer me up, I can handle the truth.

Reply to shaayecanaan (Original post)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 09:33 AM

Dec 2012

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geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)

2. And it's only going to get worse, given the birth rate of the fundamentalists there

Reply to shaayecanaan (Original post)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 12:37 PM

Dec 2012

The US should offer asylum to liberal/progressive Israelis to move to Brooklyn.

Pirate Smile

(27,617 posts)

3. Ugh. I know some people won't like the comparison but the relationship between the US & Israel

Reply to shaayecanaan (Original post)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 01:17 PM

Dec 2012

reminds me so much of a family with a self-destructive adult child. I'm familiar with that because it is/was my family and my (now deceased - died at 37 which we all knew was inevitable as we desperately tried to stop it) older sister. Watching someone you love and care about continue to do self-destructive things. Attempting to stop it but being limited in what you can do. They hate & lash out when you try to stop it. Battles between tough love & acceptance. They not only damage themselves but also hurt everyone else in the family (financial strain, conflict between other family members re what to do, some in denial, etc.) - while, of course, most severely hurting themselves.

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)

4. Then the left and the center SHOULD accept the support of the Arab parties

Reply to shaayecanaan (Original post)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 11:50 PM

Dec 2012

There's no way a coalition including the Arab parties could possibly be worse for Israel than a coalition made up almost entirely of the extreme right.

And damn it, Tzipi Livni should have just joined Labor or Yesh Atid. There was no excuse for her insisting on forming her own party. All she's doing is helping Netanyahu and those worse than him.

shaayecanaan

(6,068 posts)

5. Unthinkable...

Reply to Ken Burch (Reply #4)

Tue Dec 18, 2012, 12:46 AM

Dec 2012

No Jewish party will ever accept the support of an Arab party on any given motion, let alone form a Coalition with them. The Labor party is not even sure whether they want the votes of Arabs or not. Frankly, they would probably prefer that those Arabs stay home on election day. Thankfully, many Arabs are obliging in this regard.

Given the current political trends, at this rate the Arab parties will be the only anti-fascist parties left in Israel.

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