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With elections 2 weeks away, polls indicate next government will be tougher against Obama's pressure.
First Publish: 1/6/2013, 6:18 PM
By Gil Ronen
With elections two weeks away, an average of national election polls indicates that U.S. President Barack Obama will have to deal with a more religious and nationalist Israeli government after the polling booths close.
According to the average at the "Knesset Jeremy" website, which is an Israeli version of the well-known Real Clear Politics site covering U.S. elections, there is absolutely no possibility of a leftist coalition if current trends hold.
Assuming the current average reflects the true election results, even a combination of all Jewish leftist parties Labor, Tzipi Livni, Yesh Atid, Meretz and the two hareidi parties, Shas and United Torah Judaism, still falls short of the required 61 MK majority, with only 56.6 MKs.
To cross the 60-seat threshold, the leftist coalition would have to enlist the help of the Arab parties. This appears to be beyond the realm of possibility, and would cause a huge rebellion inside Yesh Atid and Shas. Even parts of Israel's ultra-liberal media would come out vehemently against such a move.
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(41,208 posts)teabagger site. Basically, it represents the hardline settlers, and is not considered very reliable. They may be indulging in some wishful thinking here.