Marvi Sirmed

#IsraelElections Eisenkot Bloc: (Total: 56) - Yashar: 23 - Together: 15 - The Democrats: 10 - Yisrael Beiteinu: 8 Netanyahu Bloc: (Total 50) - Likud: 21 - Shas: 8 - Otzma Yehudit: 8 - UTJ: 7 - Religious Zionism: 6 - Amcha Yisrael: 0 Arab Parties: (Total: 14) - Joint List: 9 - UAL: 5 [Source: Channel 12]

There are people who still think a minority government involving Eisenkot and the Arab parties is coming. It is absolutely not happening. Recent events have confirmed that: 1) Eisenkot’s own party is split. Amit Segal reported Wednesday that at least four Yashar members told the faction meeting they would not support a government relying on Ra’am with Joint List backing, even temporarily. Segal put its chances at “almost zero.” 2) One Yashar member has drawn this line in public. Hili Tropper, sixth on the list, told N12 in July: “I support only a Zionist government.” Haredi and Arab parties, he said, “chose not to be part of the Zionist story.” Matan Kahana, fifth on the list, told Arutz 7 on election night that Yashar will not form a government relying on the Arab parties. He cited their position on Hamas. 3) Liberman closed the door in August. “Yisrael Beytenu will not be a partner in any constellation for a minority government. Period.” In October he repeated that he would not back one even as a transitional government. Leaks close to him say he has not changed his mind. 4) Bennett has refused to depend on Arab votes or abstentions. On election night he pledged only “a Zionist government.” All told, I estimate that around 20 members of the opposition would just not join. Many of the others would have serious reservations. It is simply not happening.

#IsraelElection With 85.6% of the votes counted, the scoreboard now is: Eisenkot bloc 48 Netanyahu bloc 53 Arab parties 19

A map of bleak future!!

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NOT a good week so far for political strongmen. • Flávio Bolsonaro flees to the US after Brazil’s election defeat and is seeking refuge in the country . • Benjamin Netanyahu is not out yet but he is down with exit polls pointing to no clear winner in Israel, leaving coalition arithmetic wide open. • And the latest US midterm forecasts suggest Donald Trump could face a difficult ride next week. Net net: Strongmen thrive on the illusion of invincibility. The ballot box has a way of puncturing it.🙏

Israeli opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot says millions of Israelis voted for change, tired of Benjamin Netanyahu’s ‘lies’. In his first public comment after polls closed, Eisenkot warned rival Netanyahu not to use Israel’s security to ‘serve his political interests’.