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Labor shakes up Israeli politics
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| Contributor | Karma Policeman |
| Last Edited | Karma Policeman Sep 29, 2011 11:34am |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Yossi Verter |
| Media | Newspaper - Ha Aretz |
| News Date | Thursday, September 29, 2011 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The poll published in Haaretz on Monday was both a dream and a nightmare scenario for Benjamin Netanyahu. The abhorred Kadima, which arose on Likud's ruins, had lost a third of its Knesset seats to Labor, turning it into a middling party with 18 seats. O, sweet revenge! He'd dreamed of this moment for years.
Yet Likud had not grown - it had only 26 seats. The right-wing bloc was still far ahead of the center-left bloc, but the prime minister's share had shrunk. If these were actual election results, Netanyahu would still be prime minister, but at an astronomical coalition price and with less freedom to maneuver. Once more, he would be utterly dependent on narrow parties such as Yisrael Beiteinu, Shas and United Torah Judaism. |
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