Netanyahu Defies The Pollsters

NY Post;

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in the lead following a pivotal election Tuesday — making a third act for the Iran war almost certain.

The prime minister’s coalition was in the lead Wednesday with 53 seats after Gadi Eisenkot’s Change bloc failed to deliver a knockout blow following the highest election turnout in decades.

Eisenkot had 49 seats with more than 90% of the vote counted. Both sides were notably well short of the 61 seats needed for a majority.

More: why Netanyahu is right to recognize the Arab parties within Israel as dangerous.

Ben Shapiro explains the results.

7 Replies to “Netanyahu Defies The Pollsters”

  1. BBC has said since voting started that exit polls are showing Netanyahu will lose by a slight amount. When I looked this am at BBC they showed the reverse of course. My hope is that there are BBC employees openly crying in their lunch rooms, as they’ll take this as personal defeat for their garbage Gaza cause…

    No link because BBC has moved to a subscription based access for most of their “news” … while “live” coverage was on for this election, it was visible but now it is not, while sports coverage is mostly visible as it’s morphine for the masses.

  2. I’m not a fan of Bibi, definitely not a fan of Ben S, he’s a fake conservative member of the Uniparty.

  3. Polls are not being used to gauge public opinion. Polls are being used to shape public opinion.

    That said, I cannot imagine being so spineless as to change my vote merely on what a GD pollster says. Oh, wait: [spit] Progs…

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