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Center-left opposition rides a solid lead into Israeli election
Source: Reuters
Center-left opposition rides a solid lead into Israeli election
BY LUKE BAKER
JERUSALEM Fri Mar 13, 2015 5:41am EDT
(Reuters) - Israel's center-left opposition is poised for an upset victory in national elections next week, with the last opinion polls before the March 17 vote giving it a solid lead over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's party.
Polls in two of Israel's leading newspapers predicted the Zionist Union would secure 25 or 26 seats in the 120-seat Knesset, against 21 or 22 for Likud. All polls in the past three days have given the same margin of victory.
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Because there are more parties on the right and far-right of the political spectrum, Netanyahu was expected to be able to cobble together a coalition more easily than the center-left, even if he narrowly loses the vote.
But there was positive news for the Zionist Union on that score too, with a poll of Israeli-Arabs showing the overwhelming majority would favor their united Arab party joining a center-left coalition government.
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BY LUKE BAKER
JERUSALEM Fri Mar 13, 2015 5:41am EDT
(Reuters) - Israel's center-left opposition is poised for an upset victory in national elections next week, with the last opinion polls before the March 17 vote giving it a solid lead over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's party.
Polls in two of Israel's leading newspapers predicted the Zionist Union would secure 25 or 26 seats in the 120-seat Knesset, against 21 or 22 for Likud. All polls in the past three days have given the same margin of victory.
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Because there are more parties on the right and far-right of the political spectrum, Netanyahu was expected to be able to cobble together a coalition more easily than the center-left, even if he narrowly loses the vote.
But there was positive news for the Zionist Union on that score too, with a poll of Israeli-Arabs showing the overwhelming majority would favor their united Arab party joining a center-left coalition government.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/13/us-israel-election-opposition-idUSKBN0M90TL20150313
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make sure that Boehner gets all the credit for the results.
