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| Bill proposal to dissolve Knesset will be approved Wednesday |
| 2018-12-25 |
| [Ynet] Following the coalition's decision to disperse the parliament and hold general election on April 9, minister will approve it via phone on Tuesday. The decision to go to the polls was apparently made after it became clear that the 61-member coalition, with its one-seat majority, would not be able to pass legislation on the draft of ultra-Orthodox into the army, which had a January 15 deadline. Earlier in the day, opposition parties Yesh Atid and Yisrael Beiteinu made it clear that they did not intend to support the law. Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid called the coalition's hoped-for compromise a payoff to draft dodgers. "It's perfectly reasonable to go to elections now," said a smiling Netanyahu, pointing out that elections would not have been appropriate a few weeks ago, when Israel was embarking on the IDF mission to locate and destroy Hezbollah attack tunnels dug from Leb in Israel. "Most of (Operation Northern Shield) is behind us. Now we have to go to elections and give the government a mandate to lead the country and to improve its security, economy and society," Netanyahu said. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 Rooters this morning: Easy Netanyahu win predicted in first poll since Israel election set The survey, published in Israel's Maariv newspaper, showed Netanyahu's Likud party winning 30 of parliament's 120 seats, the same number it took in the last election in 2015, and a governing majority for a Likud-led right-wing coalition bloc. Commentary accompanying the Maariv poll said that if Netanyahu wins the election, he should be able to able to fulfil a pledge he made on Monday to form a right-wing government similar to the one he currently leads. The poll surveyed 502 Israeli Jews and Arabs and had a margin of error of 4.3 percentage points. Other recent polls have shown Netanyahu has remained popular among Israelis despite the investigations against him. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-12-25 10:14 |
| #1 I keep Bibi. And I also have never figured out what your purpose in life is, Tzpi |
| Posted by: newc 2018-12-25 01:07 |