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| Netanyahu's Likud party wins slim majority |
| 2013-01-22 |
| Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing party alliance have won a narrow majority in parliamentary elections. His Likud-Beteinu grouping has won 31 seats in the 120-seat parliament. The right-wing faction received the most votes in Tuesday's election, but was weakened by a strong turnout for the centrist Yesh Atid, according to television exit polls. Figures released by Israel's three main television stations showed that Netanyahu's Likud-Beteinu appeared to have 31 seats in the 120-seat Knesset - 11 fewer than the 42 they had in the previous parliament. In a victory speech, he said that preventing Iran from becoming a nuclear power was to be the priority of any new government he will aim to form. "The government we build will be based on three main principles. First of all, military strength in the face of the big challenges we face. The first challenge was and remains preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons." The secular Yesh Atid followed with 18-19 seats, the center-right Labor party with 17 and the far-right religious nationalist Jewish Home with 12. Once results are finalized, Netanyahu will be on course to secure a third term in office. Despite the win, Netanyahu's party still faces the uphill battle of pulling together 61 members of parliament to form a majority coalition. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #1 PM-Reelect Benji is repor proclaiming that he will prioritize Iran not getting nukes. Just as in NE Asia vee China, POTUS Bammer = USA stands between a rock + hard place. Both Russia + China have warned the US + Israel NOT to unilaterally attack Iran, + the latter has said that any attack by Israel will treated both as approved by the US = US-NATO, as well as an attack by the USA itself, either of which invites "justified" Iranian military retaliation + Iran-sponsored TerrorOPs agz the US-Israel + Allied. IFF THE BAMMER DOES NOT ATTACK IRAN, HE + USA WILL LOSE ADMIN + GEOPOL CREDIBILITY WID BOTH ISRAEL + ANTI-IRAN/SHIA SUNNI MUSLIM STATES [KSA, etal. = also read, SUNNI OIL STATES = OPEC, APEC]. US-VS-RUSSIA-N-CHINA NUCLEAR CONFRONTATION OER IRAN, VERSIES LOSS OF US CREDIBILITY WID REGIONAL MUSLIM + NON-MUSLIM ALLIES. Iff Iran = China = does NOT back down, GOOD FOR ANTI-US OWG-NWO + ANTI-US GLOBIES; iff Iran concedes or makes compromise, BAD FOR ANTI-US OWG-NWO + ANTI-US GLOBIES. 2014 = US State-Local Secession as per Events, Outcome of 2013 = YEAR OF "NATIONALISM'S" + "SOLE SOVEREIGNTY'S" GREAT SURVIVAL; OR THE YEAR OF SAME + FREE AMERICA'S END. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-01-23 00:12 |