{"id":1710741,"date":"2022-10-25T16:33:45","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T20:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1710741"},"modified":"2022-10-25T16:34:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T20:34:34","slug":"netanyahu-poised-for-comeback-as-israeli-elections-go-down-to-the-wire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-poised-for-comeback-as-israeli-elections-go-down-to-the-wire\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu Poised For Comeback As Israeli Elections Go Down To The Wire"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnetanyahu-poised-for-comeback-as-israeli-elections-go-down-to-the-wire%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1710741&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/daily-wire-exclusive-netanyahus-fierce-capitalism-if-youre-not-strong-you-disappear-youre-devoured\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> could be poised for a dramatic comeback as Israelis go to the polls Nov. 1 for the fifth time in less than four years.<\/p>\n<p>Polls show elections to the 25th Knesset headed down to the wire, with one showing a right-wing block led by Likud\u2019s Netanyahu likely eking out a 61-seat majority over the center-left block led by current interim Prime Minister Yair Lapid. But other polls, such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-elections\/article-720420\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KAN radio poll<\/a>, show neither side getting a majority, with the Netanyahu-led block stuck at 60 seats and the Lapid-led block with 56 seats. If that happens, voters will try again while Lapid\u2019s government rules until a new coalition materializes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you want to restore national pride? Reduce living costs? Restore personal safety?\u201d a smiling Netanyahu recently asked a crowd in a Central Israel town. When the crowd chanted, \u201cBibi the king,\u201d the 73-year-old politician replied, \u201cI\u2019m not a king. A king doesn\u2019t get elected. I need to be elected and that depends on you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli government is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.il\/apps\/elections\/elections-knesset-15\/heb\/lexicon\/esystem.html#:~:text=Summary%3A,is%20the%201.5%25%20qualifying%20threshold.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">elected<\/a> through a nationwide proportional representation system. Voters vote for a party, and the 120 seats of the Knesset are distributed based on the percentage of votes for each party topping a 3.25% threshold. Each party then chooses its representatives to the Knesset. The leader of any party that can cobble together a 61-seat majority will become the new prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>The president of Israel will usually task the leader of the largest party to try and form a coalition first. If the party leader is unsuccessful after 21 days, any other party can try to form a coalition. If no party is able to form a coalition, the Knesset is dissolved and new elections are scheduled for four months from the date of the dissolution.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-455225\" class=\"wp-image-455225 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1244210267-864x576.jpg\" alt=\"billboards for Yair Lapid, Israel&#039;s prime minister and leader of the Yesh Atid party, in Tel Aviv,\" width=\"864\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1244210267-864x576-1.jpg 864w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1244210267-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1244210267-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1244210267-1536x1025-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1244210267-2048x1366-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1244210267-1800x1200-1.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1244210267-1200x800-1.jpg 1200w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-455225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roadside election billboards for Yair Lapid, Israel\u2019s prime minister and leader of the Yesh Atid party, in Tel Aviv. (Kobi Wolf\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Following the previous election in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.idi.org.il\/israeli-elections-and-parties\/elections\/2022-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2021<\/a>, Naftali Bennett, whose right-wing party Yamina had only 6 seats, broke from a coalition supporting Netanyahu and formed a unity government with the center-left, including current interim Prime Minister Yair Lapid\u2019s party, Yesh Tikva. Israel\u2019s 36th government held a thin majority of 61 MKs, composed of eight parties representing a wide range of ideologies and varied interests, and was the first time that an Arab party was included in the coalition. The coalition encountered numerous disagreements among its members and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/israels-political-crisis-bennett-government-coalition-loses-majority-as-whip-idit-silman-resigns?_gl=1*y9ybdt*_ga*MTAyOTA2NzE2OS4xNjU4OTM4NTg5*_ga_CZKR9ZYKJP*MTY2NjY3ODc5My4xMy4xLjE2NjY2Nzg4OTIuMjUuMC4w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ultimately fell<\/a> after just one year in office. Once the Knesset was dissolved, Yair Lapid was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/israel-will-have-a-new-prime-minister-tonight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sworn<\/a> in as interim Prime Minister.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a quick look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.idi.org.il\/israeli-elections-and-parties\/elections\/2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">parties<\/a> running in the election:<\/p>\n<p>The right-wing block is led by the Likud Party. At its head sits Netanyahu. The Likud platform is security-focused, traditional religion-state status quo, and somewhat capitalist in economics. It won 30 seats in the previous election and is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/2-weeks-out-election-polls-see-renewed-gridlock-with-neither-bloc-winning-majority\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">projected<\/a> to win between 30 and 36 seats this time around.<\/p>\n<p>The Religious Zionism Party is projected to be the second-largest right-wing party and consists of a merger between Betzalel Smotrich\u2019s Religious Zionist Party and Itamar Ben-Gvir\u2019s Otzma Yehudit Party. Its platform is focused primarily on a strong Israel internally and internationally, religious freedom, security, law and order, civil liberties, and judicial reform. It won six seats in the previous election and is projected to win between 10 and 15 seats.<\/p>\n<p>The wild card is the rise of Ben-Gvir, a hardline conservative who has galvanized the right by calling for increased security by removing restrictions on the police and army in protecting Israel\u2019s citizens from terrorism. Ben-Gvir has been vilified by the Israeli left, who see him as the new kingmaker and a real threat to their agenda. As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-administration-seeks-to-stop-israel-from-turning-to-the-right-prompting-meddling-accusations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Wire<\/a>, Biden administration officials have signaled to Netanyahu that the White House would be \u201ctroubled by the possibility\u201d that Ben-Gvir might become a minister in the future Israeli government, prompting meddling accusations.<\/p>\n<p>The Haredi (ultra-religious) parties consist of Aryeh Deri\u2019s Shas Party, and Moshe Gafni\u2019s and Yitzchok Goldknopf\u2019s United Torah Judaism Party. Their platforms are similar, with each representing different segments of the Haredi population, championing ultra-Jewish religious and educational values, and securing funding for their private school systems. They generally sit in right-wing coalitions. Shas won nine seats in the previous election and are projected to win between six and eight seats. UTJ won 7 seats in the previous election and are projected to win between five and seven seats.<\/p>\n<p>Bennett\u2019s Yamina Party disbanded once he resigned from the premiership, and his deputy, Ayelet Shaked, is headlining the Bayit Hayehudi party. Yamina won six seats in the previous<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could be poised for a dramatic comeback as Israelis go to the polls Nov. 1 for the fifth time in less than four years. Polls show elections to the 25th Knesset headed down to the wire, with one showing a right-wing block led by Likud\u2019s Netanyahu likely eking out a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1710746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1710741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1710741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1710741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1710741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1710746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1710741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1710741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1710741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}