Israel elections: rising panic in Likud ranks as opposition gains momentum

[Fred Sanders]

Source: The Guardian


Peter Beaumont in Be'er Sheva
Wednesday 11 March 2015 12.22 GMT

-Polls indicate growing lead for Zionist Union led by Isaac Herzog over Binyamin Netanyahu’s party with less than a week before vote -

Israel’s opposition leader, Isaac Herzog, appears to be gaining momentum in the runup to next week’s general election, triggering a rising sense of panic in Likud, the party of the prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu.

Two new polls suggest a lead of three to four parliamentary seats for the Zionist Union, with internal polling from both parties indicating a wider gap.

A text message sent to Likud activists, imploring them them to get out friends and relatives to vote on Tuesday, reads: “We are in danger of really losing!”

It goes on: “We must save the day and make sure that every single one of our friends/acquaintances/family makes it to the polls on election day and votes for the Likud. Wake up!”


Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/11/israel-elections-rising-panic-in-likud-ranks-as-opposition-gains-momentum

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Apparently the snubbing of the American Presidency and a bald faced and transparent campaign speech to a foreign legislative body intended to circumnavigate Israeli campaign and election finance law turned out to be not that popular in Israel.

What the GOP is really doing is also panicking at the prospect of a Likud loss....the #47Traitors letter was not targetted just at Obama, it was also targetted at the Israeli elections, a logical and equally treacherous follow up to the free televised election campaign speech the Likud Party leader gave to Congress.

Even Sheldon Adelson's purchase of a major Israeli newspaper to be the mouthpiece of Bibi will not be enough.

The Israel election is next week......understand that and you understand better.

[LiberalFighter]

1. Hope they all turn on him.

[Chipper Chat]

2. Perhaps BiBi will invite Boehner over to drum up support.

War! War! War!

[liberalgunwilltravel]

3. Expect an "attack"

I fully expect that Israel will be conveniently "attacked" by unknown assailants between now and the election if these polling trends continue.

[Buzz Clik]

4. It would be amusing if Bibi's appearance in Congress marked the beginning of his demise.

One can only hope...

[leftynyc]

5. My family in Israel hates bibi

They've never voted for him and are campaigning for Herzog today. They're very hopeful but realize bibi still has the clearest path to a 61 seat government than anyone else.

[Fred Sanders]

6. Time to expose and put to an end to the media approved and supported "politics of FEAR".

"According to MP Erel Margalit, Zionist Union supporters were buoyed by the large turnout at an anti-Netanyahu rally in Tel Aviv at the weekend and by leaks of internal surveys that suggest Netayanhu’s position is worse than published polls suggest.

I’ve become optimistic in the last few days,” Margalit said. “I wasn’t so optimistic before. In the last few days I have felt a sense of building momentum. I feel a change is coming. People want a leadership based on something else than fear.

The sense of fatalism that has been around in a large part of the campaign - people thinking that what ever happens they will get Netanyahu as prime minister again - I think that is what has changed.”

[global1]

7. So Is This Senate Letter An Attempt To Help Bibi?....

Make him look like he was right in his speech.

Are they hoping the Iranians drop out of the negotiations before the election so Bibi can say - see I told you so - you can't trust the Iranians.

Was the letter a 'hail Mary' pass to help Bibi win his election?

[BumRushDaShow]

8. The GOP has spent the last 6 years throwing "hail Marys"

Everything they do is out of desperation in order to get out of a hole they dug themselves into or out of a corner that they painted themselves into. And the media is right there to help them out.