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Friday, 12 March 2021

Bibi Netanyahu has a handler - his wife Sara

 MIND CONTROL MARRIAGE: SARA NETANYAHU’S STRANGE MANIPULATION OF BIBI

Today on TruNews, we discuss who is really in control of the nuclear-armed State of Israel. We detail reports of a legal contract between the long serving prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife which surrenders the power to hire and fire the heads of Mossad, Shin Bet, and the IDF, to the First Lady, who just happens to be a trained psychological evaluator for Israeli intelligence.

We also address the prospect of President Trump being arrested and Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s attack on Christian-owned social media platform Gab.

Rick Wiles, Doc Burkhart, Edward Szall. Airdate 03/11/2021

Watch the broadcast HERE


A video making waves on social media in recent days claims that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara have a legal contract between them that gives her sweeping control over core aspects of Israel’s national affairs. This includes provisions for her to sit-in at top-secret meetings and to sign off on appointments of the heads of the Mossad intelligence agency, Shin Bet domestic security service, and the Israeli military.

In the video, David Arzi, former vice president of commercial and civil aviation at Israel Aerospace Industries, explains how he came to see the clauses of what he says is a 15-page contract that bears both their signatures. Arzi says he was allowed to read the document in 1999, during Netanyahu’s first stint as prime minister, by Netanyahu’s longtime lawyer and cousin David Shimron.

Arzi claims Shimron had recently been fired from a job and was trying to impress him with how deeply connected he was to the prime minister.

According to Arzi, the contract also includes the prime minister promising that any trip with an overnight stay will include his wife.

“She can take part in all the most secret meetings, even though she does not have security clearance. That jumped out at me,” Arzi says in the video, part of an interview in Hebrew with journalist Dan Raviv. (Below)

“She authorizes the following appointments, the head of the Mossad, the head of the Shin Bet and the IDF chief of staff. And that is in writing, she has to give the authorization in writing, if not, it is a violation of the contract,” he said, adding that “violation would mean he forfeits all their property to her.”

The alleged contract further makes various stipulations that give Sara major control over the couple’s finances.

“There was a very detailed section that she would handle their finances,” Arzi said. “It was written how; that he would not have credit cards, only she would. And if he needed money she would give it to him.”

Journalist Ben Caspit, who has written a biography of Netanyahu, published the results of two polygraph tests taken in recent days by Arzi that found him to be telling the truth.

Netanyahu’s office strongly denied the claims, saying they are “a complete and recycled lie that will be handled legally.”

Shimron also called Arzi’s comments a “blatant lie.”

“I have never drawn up an agreement between Benjamin and Sara Netanyahu, I have not seen an agreement drawn up by someone else and I certainly have never shown such an agreement to anyone,” he said, threatening to sue Arzi for libel.

The allegations are not the first time that Sara Netanyahu has been accused of wielding control over her husband, including in affairs of state.

In a leaked transcript from the police investigation into corruption charges against Netanyahu, Miriam Adelson, the wife of the late casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, told interrogators that Sara had vetoed Netanyahu forming a coalition with current Yamina candidates Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked, both of whom formerly worked as Netanyahu aides.

“I was furious after the previous election when he [Netanyahu] was refusing to not build a coalition with Bennett because she [Sara] hates him,” Miriam Adelson said, in an apparent reference to the post-2015 election coalition negotiations when the prime minister reportedly weighed not including them in his government.

“I mean, the fate of the Jewish people is doomed because the lady hates Bennett and Shaked, so he does not make a coalition with the right man who fits,” Adelson told investigators.

In other leaked transcripts, Sara Netanyahu told police that the couple had not had credit cards for 15 years because they kept losing them.

In June 2019, Sara Netanyahu was convicted of misusing public funds as part of a plea deal in a case involving allegations she illegally procured and then misreported catering services at the Prime Minister’s Residence.

The agreement saw Netanyahu escape a conviction of aggravated fraud, but confess to a lesser charge of taking advantage of a mistake. She was ordered to pay NIS 55,000 ($15,210) to the state — NIS 10,000 as a fine, and the rest as restitution.

The prime minister is also currently on trial for bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three criminal cases. He denies the charges against him.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/video-alleges-contract-between-pm-wife-gives-her-veto-over-mossad-idf-chiefs/

From 2000



As former Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu celebrated his election victory in June 1996, his wife Sara surprised everyone by insisting on a seat beside him on the podium.

But Mrs Netanyahu's attempts to carve herself the role of an American-style First Lady soon met with unrelenting hostility from the media which portrayed her as vindictive and delusional.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/693517.stm




Miriam and Sheldon Adelson reportedly told police that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife Sara is “absolutely crazy” and obsessed with her physical appearance.

The comments from the billionaire owners of the pro-Netanyahu Israel Hayom tabloid came from transcripts published by Channel 13 on Sunday from the couple’s questioning in one of three corruption probes into the prime minister.

According to the transcripts, Sheldon Adelson told investigators that Sara “would tell my wife that ‘if Iran were to attack [Israel], it would be on your head, because we did not advertise favorable photos of her.'”

https://www.timesofisrael.com/adelsons-tell-police-sara-netanyahu-is-absolutely-crazy-report/



https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/1m-price-of-sarah-s-secrets-1357666.html




Taking the jab - faking it

Bibi Netanyahu has received his jab – or did he?

Thursday, 12 November 2020

Rumours of a rift between Trump and Netanyahu

Did Donald Trump unfollow Israel's Netanyahu for congratulating Biden?

 


10 November, 2020

Rumours alleging a rift between Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have surfaced this week after a Twitter response on the US election from one of the president's staunchest international allies.

A Twitter user claimed Trump had allegedly unfollowed Netanyahu in an angry response to the latter's congratulatory message to president-elect Joe Biden.

The message was soon shared on social media and even landed in a pro-Trump forum where many staunch supporters of the current president supported his alleged move to unfollow the Israeli PM for "disloyalty".

While Netanyahu's account does not show up on Trump's "following" list, this obviously does not mean the Israeli PM was recently unfollowed.

According to a Business Insider article published in 2018, Trump has never followed Netanyahu on Twitter.

This may come as quite a shock to many considering the close relationship between the two officials, especially considering Netanyahu's Twitter account still dons an image of the Israeli leader and Trump.

The rumours surfaced after Netanyahu sent a tweet to congratulate Biden for his victory after the 2020 elections on Sunday.

"Congratulations @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris. Joe, we've had a long & warm personal relationship for nearly 40 years, and I know you as a great friend of Israel. I look forward to working with both of you to further strengthen the special alliance between the U.S. and Israel," the Israeli leader said on Twitter.

"Thank you @realDonaldTrump for the friendship you have shown the state of Israel and me personally, for recognizing Jerusalem and the Golan, for standing up to Iran, for the historic peace accords and for bringing the American-Israeli alliance to unprecedented heights."

Netanyahu's well-wishes for Biden followed several messages from other world leaders and even ministers in his own government.

It also came several hours after Trump refused to concede the election and announced the launch of legal challenges to the result.

Trump has has consistently and baselessly slammed the election as "fraudulent" since Biden started taking the lead in the vote count.

Relations between Israel and its long-term ally moved even closer during the Trump administration, who adopted a more reckless approach to his predecessors in terms of domestic and foreign policy.

Trump notoriously pulled the US out of a landmark and historic Iran nuclear deal.

He also sparked global and regional outrage after moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to the contested holy city of Jerusalem - a move seen as highly detrimental to the peace process.

Trump also green lighted the expansion of Israel's illegal annexation of Palestinian land and refused to condemn the expansion and building of settlements.

Most recently, Trump coordinated between several Arab states to normalise relations with Israel.

An agreement to form ties between the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain was formally signed at the White House on 15 September. 

Several weeks later, Sudan also followed suit, with a number of countries expected to normalise, according to Trump.

Though he has previously professed to being a proud supporter of the Israeli state, the incoming US Democrat president has vowed to restore the Iran nuclear deal and get tough on the annexation of Palestinian land.

Wednesday, 30 September 2020

Netanyahu threatens preemptive strike against Iran

 In the midst of everything else...

OCTOBER SURPRISE: EMBATTLED NETANYAHU THREATENS PREEMPTIVE STRIKE AGAINST IRAN



Watch the broadcast HERE

Thursday, 6 August 2020

Bibi Netanyahu under threat domestically

Bibi Netanyahu is in similar trouble in Israel as Trump is in America. Would he launch a war as distraction from his political woes?

Netanyahu posts video 

highlighting “incitement and 

murder”against him

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted a video Friday to his social media 

accounts that he said highlights examples of “incitement” against him at recent 

anti-government protests.


The video clip, posted to the premier’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram

pages, opens with the text, “The incitement to murder PM Benjamin

Netanyahu and his family is breaking records.”


https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-posts-video-highlighting-incitement-to-murder-against-him

Listen to "Bibi and The Donald: Will Wars Save Them From the Revolutions?" on Spreaker.

Tuesday, 3 March 2020

Indicted for corruption Bibi Netanyahu wins 3rd election within a year

The principle is, that if you want to avoid going to jail for corruption to keep calling an election until you get the result you want


https://prepareforchange.net/2020/03/01/netanyahu-aide-in-leaked-recording-hate-is-what-unites-our-camp/

Israeli Prime Minister 

Netanyahu Declares Victory 

in Election

Supporters react as results of the exit polls in Israel's elections are announced at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel March 2, 2020
2 March, 2020

Israeli exit polls showed earlier that Netanyahu's right-wing Likud Party was leading in Monday's vote, followed by the opposition Blue and White party of Benny Gantz.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared victory in the general election held on Monday.
"We won by believing in our own way and by the people of Israel", Netanyahu tweeted and attached a picture of a man "three weeks in intensive care" who voted for Likud.
Meanwhile, the exit poll of Channel 13 showed the potential coalition led by Netanyahu's Likud gaining 59 seats in the Knesset, two seats short of a majority.

According to the preliminary data by the Central Elections Committee, Netanyahu's right-wing Likud Party gained 31.49 percent of the vote, followed by the opposition Blue and White party of Benny Gantz with 23.90 percent. The Joint List, an alliance of four main Arab political parties in Israel, took its usual third place with 11.60 percent, and the religious Shas is in fourth place with 8.24 percent.
Commenting on his victory, Netanyahu made clear what he wanted to achieve in the coming years as the Israeli prime minister. This included applying sovereignty in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) and the Jordan Valley, a "historic alliance" with the United States, and establishing peace with leading Arab states, as quoted by Kann News.
He also said that it was high time to stop the election rounds and form a government in Israel, though he did not elaborate on the details of a future government coalition.
"It's time for reconciliation", the Israeli premier said.
Recent polls projected Netanyahu was most likely to build a coalition with Benny Gantz. Speaking to voters, Gantz did not state clearly if he would agree to a coalition with Likud.
While the structure of the coalition is in question, Head of Yisrael Beiteinu (Israel Our Home) party Avigdor Lieberman tweeted he would not join "any government led by Netanyahu and Shas and United Torah Judaism".
Earlier, Netanyahu thanked his party's supporters via Twitter as early exit polls said Likud was set to gain a majority of seats in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament. Defence Minister Naftali Bennet also tweeted he would advise the president to mandate Netanyahu to form the government.
The 2 March snap parliamentary vote was an unprecedented case in the history of Israel, as it was the third election held in a row within less than a year. In April and September respectively, Likud failed to either secure a majority in the Knesset or negotiate a broader coalition with the opposition.

Thursday, 30 January 2020

Netanyahu indicted on corruption charges

Another headline that was very easy to miss.




Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was formally indicted on corruption charges Tuesday, just hours before he was set to meet President Donald Trump for the unveiling of the US administration's long-anticipated Middle East plan.

Netanyahu has been charged with bribery and fraud and breach of trust in three separate corruption cases. Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit submitted the indictment in Jerusalem District Court on Tuesday shortly after Netanyahu withdrew his request for parliamentary immunity, a request he was almost certain to lose.

Netanyahu has insisted he is innocent, calling the investigations an "attempted coup" driven by the left and the media.
The charges in court mean that Netanyahu will be the first sitting prime minister to face trial in the country's history. A trial date has not been set yet, but the legal process could possibly take years.
Under Israeli law, Netanyahu does not have to resign upon indictment. Instead, he only has to resign if he is convicted and that conviction is upheld through the appeals process.
The Knesset was due to start debating Tuesday whether to convene the committee tasked with weighing the immunity request. Lawmakers appeared certain to reject his bid, a factor likely to have influenced Netanyahu's decision not to proceed.
Trump says administration's Middle East plan to be unveiled Tuesday
Trump says administration's Middle East plan to be unveiled Tuesday
The Trump administration's plan to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will be released with Netanyahu standing next to Trump, in a powerful image for Israel's embattled leader, reinforcing his claim that this is a "historic" opportunity.
"At this fateful hour for the people of Israel, while I am in the United States on a historic mission to shape the final borders of Israel and safeguard our security for generations to come, another show in the immunity-removal circus is set to begin," Netanyahu wrote on his Facebook page before his indictment.
Renewing his strategy of seeking to delegitimize the corruption cases and the investigation process, Netanyahu added: "This is the continuation of a personal and obsessive hunt against me by the 'Anyone But Bibi' people. Instead of understanding the magnitude of the hour and rising above political considerations, they continue to deal in cheap politics that endangers a crucial moment in the history of the nation.
"I will not allow my political opponents to use this matter to interfere with the historical move I'm leading," he said.
Rival Benny Gantz, whose Blue and White party emerged the largest in the Knesset after the last elections, said Netanyahu cannot lead the country and deal with his legal problems.
"Netanyahu goes to trial. We must proceed," Gantz said on Twitter.
"The citizens of Israel have a clear choice -- a Prime Minister that will work for them or a Prime Minister dealing with himself. No one can run a country and at the same time run three severe criminal cases on bribery, fraud and breach of trust."
Political deadlock
The charges against Netanyahu, which relate to three separate corruption cases, were unveiled in November.
Prosecutors say that in the most serious case, known as Case 4000, Netanyahu advanced regulatory benefits worth more than 1 billion shekels (approximately $280 million) to his friend, millionaire Shaul Elovitch, who owned the Walla! News website as part of his control of the Bezeq telecommunications company.
Prosecutors say that in exchange Netanyahu, who also served at that time as Israel's Minister of Communications, received favorable news coverage on Walla! as well as influence over the choice of stories and language used.
Netanyahu has maintained his innocence throughout the ongoing criminal proceedings, calling it an "attempted coup" led by the left and the media.
Meanwhile Israel has also been gripped by political deadlock, following elections in April and September, both of which failed to result in the formation of a new government.
Voters have a third chance to decide the fate of the country in March, though opinion polls suggest little change on the previous two results.

Friday, 22 November 2019

Netanyahu indicted for bribery and corruption

Netanyahoo, Indicted For Bribery, Fraud And Breach Of Trust, Becomes More Dangerous



Moon of Alabama,
22 November, 2019


The Attorney General of Israel just indicted Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahoo in three cases. The announcement comes at a time of political stalemate. It might help to resolve it.


Israel had two parliament elections this year which both ended in a political stalemate. Neither Prime Minister Netanyahoo of the Likud Party nor Blue and White coalition leader Benny Gantz managed to form a government. Both were unable to find enough additional votes to form a coalition and to gain a majority.


Now the parliament has 21 days to find a majority. It will likely fail and a third election seems inevitable.

It is curious that Israel's Attorney General used this point in time to finally charge Netanyahoo:


Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit announced Thursday Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would be charged with bribery, fraud and breach in three corruption cases, dubbed Cases 4000, 2000 and 1000.

In the most serious case Netanyahoo is alleged to have changed regulations in exchange for more positive press coverage:


Case 4000 is considered the most serious, and revolves around an alleged bribery deal between Netanyahu and businessman Shaul Elovich, who controlled the Bezeq telecommunications company and the Walla News site. According to the indictment, Netanyahu and Elovich engaged in a quid-pro-pro deal in which Netanyahu – as communication minister – led regulatory steps directly tied to Elovich's businesses and interests that yielded the tycoon some $500 million

In return, according to the indictment, Netanyahu and his wife Sara made consistent requests to alter the coverage on the Walla News website in order to serve the Netanyahus' interests and target their opponents. Elovich allegedly pressed the editors of the website to comply with the Netanyahus' demands.


Walla publisher Elovich as well as Arnon Mozes, publisher of the Yedioth Ahronot media group, will also be indicted for bribery.


The charges have been known for quite some time and the timing of the official announcement seems political.


Netanyahoo will now come under intense pressure to resign. It is very much his personality that blocked the forming of a new government. Should he be removed over the next 21 days it might be possible for the parliament to form a government and to avoid a third election.



But Netanyahoo will fight tooth and nail to gain and keep immunity. He will try to delegitimize the judicative and he will use any available trick to stay in office.


That makes him even more dangerous than he usually is.


He might even decide to do something, like starting a big war, to prevent his removal from power.



Lebanon, Syria and Iran must watch out.


DEFIANT NETANYAHU 

RAILS AGAINST 

‘ATTEMPTED COUP’ 

INDICTMENT

The Israeli Prime Minister Wants His Own “Investigation Of The Investigation” By An Independent Commission.


22 November, 2019

Despite growing calls for his resignation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to fight on against what he calls an “attempted coup” by police and state prosecutors.


At 7:30 p.m. local time (11:30 a.m. EST) Thursday, Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced the nation’s longest-serving premier would be charged with three counts each of fraud and breach of trust and one count of bribery. This is the first time in Israel’s history that a serving prime minister has faced criminal charges.


Mandelblit called it a “difficult and sad day,” adding he made his ruling “with a heavy heart, but also with a whole heart”:


“In the prime minister’s affairs, I found there was evidence pointing to grave actions allegedly being committed, which carry a reasonable likelihood of conviction. For this reason, it is my duty by law to indict. It is not a choice. It is an obligation. Thus, it is in the case of any citizen, and thus I acted here.


“Law enforcement isn’t optional. It’s not a question of politics. It’s a duty incumbent upon us … We were not swayed by slander from all sides, and acted only to enforce the law.”


The attorney general also addressed “many lies” made about the prosecution and police—particularly by Netanyahu and his supporters. He said it was dangerous and those engaging in it were “playing with fire,” adding:


“It must stop. I call on everyone, and first and foremost the leaders of the state, you must distance yourself from discourse that threatens law enforcement officials. We’re not infallible or above criticism. But we acted without fear or prejudice, for the rule of law.”


Immediately following Mandelblit’s announcement, the prime minister’s Likud party rallied its members outside the premier’s Jerusalem residence as a show of support. Several hundred rallied outside as he gave his forceful response inside:


“I’ve given my life for this country. I fought for this country, was wounded for this country. I deeply respect the justice system of Israel, but you have to be blind not to see that something bad is happening to police investigators and the prosecution. We are seeing an attempted coup by the police with false accusations.”


After running down a long list of complaints about the conduct of police investigators and prosecutors, Netanyahu said these issues emphasize “how much this process is tainted.” He blamed the political left and the “slanted media” for attacking him over an agenda he says would result in a “strong country, not a weak, shrunken, bowed country.”


He concluded with a call for an independent investigation into the “tainted investigation.” He said it’s not just about “transparency,” but also “accountability.” He added:


“My sense of justice burns within me. I cannot believe that the country I fought for and was wounded for, that I’ve brought to such achievements, that in this country, in its democracy, there will be this kind of tainted justice, of selective enforcement. I won’t let the lie win. I will continue to lead this country with devotion. For this country, for the rule of law, for justice, we have to do one thing: to finally investigate the investigators.”


State Prosecutor Shai Nitzan said that now that Netanyahu has been formally indicted, he will have to give up the other ministerial portfolios he currently holds. Prior to the indictment, he held the health, welfare, and diaspora portfolios—and until just recently, he also held the foreign affairs and defense portfolios.


Under Israeli law, a minister must step down if charged with a criminal offense. That law does not, however, apply to the prime minister. But it does impact Netanyahu during the current impasse over forming a government.


Nitzan also noted that the premier is now barred from attempting to form a government. He is prohibited from receiving the mandate to form a government because of the criminal charges against him.


Earlier in the day, President Reuven Rivlin took the unprecedented step of handing the mandate to form a government to Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein. This move means that every member of the legislative body may now attempt to form a coalition government, if they can receive the support of a majority of the 120-member body.


The Knesset now has 21 days to form a coalition, an unlikely proposition given the fact neither of the leading parties had been able to do so when they each held the mandate themselves. But Rivlin’s move fulfills his promise to the Israeli people to explore every option at his disposal to prevent a third election, which now seems likely to be held in March.


Netanyahu’s chief rival for leadership of Likud—in anticipation of the likely upcoming election—has demanded a leadership election under the party’s rules. Gideon Sa’ar says that if the party is to face a third round of elections, it would only make sense to have a prime minister that can unite the country and win an outright majority:


“I can form a government and unite the nation and politics. We must set a date for primaries as we are a democratic party and Yesh Atid, which cancels internal elections. In Likud, there has not been primaries for a number of years.”


Sa’ar, who previously held Cabinet positions in Netanyahu’s government, has not yet weighed in on the premier’s indictment.


Center and Left politicians in the Knesset quickly jumped on the bandwagon to call for Netanyahu’s resignation. The prime minister’s chief rival, Blue & White Coalition leader Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz (ret.) pointed out that 11 years ago his former boss had said that a premier “neck deep in investigations”—a reference to then-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert—“has no moral or public mandate to make fateful decisions for the State of Israel.”


Gantz called today’s announcement a “very sad day for the State of Israel.” His coalition partner, Yair Lapid, also called on the prime minister to resign:


“It is unthinkable that a prime minister will order strikes in Syria at night and fight with witnesses in the morning. It is unthinkable that he will drag the entire country down into dangerous depths that will end in an unprecedented internal crisis and even violence.


“Until the last few years, Benjamin Netanyahu dedicated his life to strengthening the State of Israel. If he still cares about the country, he should do one more thing for it—resign.”


Those sentiments were also shared by Democratic Camp leader Nitzan Horowitz, Arab Joint List leader Ayman Odeh, and Labor-Gesher leader Amir Peretz. But curiously, the prime minister’s biggest political nemesis in the past 10 months, Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman, pulled up short of calling for his resignation—instead saying he wanted to see the justice system do its work and provide the premier a chance to prove his innocence in court.


A snap poll conducted by Channel 12 showed 46 percent of Israelis surveyed felt Netanyahu should resign due to the nature of the criminal charges against him. Seventeen percent said they thought he should at least stand down temporarily until the matter is resolved. Only 30 percent said he should remain in power.


One Israeli political analyst has noted that even though the indictments were announced today, it could be months before Netanyahu would have to face them. That’s because it’s widely believed he will formally ask the Knesset for immunity.


That’s a decision that can only be made by the Knesset House Committee and its plenum, which have not convened because a government coalition has not been formed. It will be at least 21 days before a new election can be called. It is widely believed the third election date will be set in March.


Depending on the outcome of a third election, it could still be a few more weeks before a new government is formed and the new House Committee is able to convene and consider the prime minister’s request. During that entire time, the criminal cases against Netanyahu will not be allowed to proceed.


Some have speculated that gives the prime minister plenty of time to trigger a national crisis in a bid to rally support around his leadership. One such crisis could be a war with Iran.


Just hours before Mandelblit’s announcement, DEBKAfile reported that Israel was on “war alert” out of fear Iran would retaliate for the Israeli airstrikes earlier this week against Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps positions in Syria.


Additionally, Iran’s state-run English-language PressTV reports that the Islamic Republic’s air force is conducting a massive air defense drill. The exercise reportedly simulates war in the Persian Gulf region.


All this as PressTV also reports Iran has dispatched “64 naval fleets” to the “Gulf of Aden” in a massive military buildup in the region.

Wednesday, 18 September 2019

The election in Israel


Exit Polls Show 'Dramatic 

Deadlock' In Israel: 

Netanyahu Could Finally Go 

Down


17 September, 2019

Exit poll numbers show Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party look to come up short in Tuesday's major and historic snap election on which Netanyahu personally has a lot riding — not just cinching a record 5th term as prime minister, but his grand vision to annex key swathes of the West Bank and then the even closer to home reality that he could go to jail in that he needs to win to gain immunity from various corruption charges. 
Exit polls conducted by the country's three main TV channels suggest he could be facing a disastrous defeat, based on his right wing coalition not gaining 61 seats needed for a majority. The exit numbers per Axios:
  • According to Channel 13 exit poll: Likud won 31 seats to 33 for Blue and White. Netanyahu's right-wing bloc won 54 seats and the center-left bloc led by Benny Gantz won 58.
  • According to Channel 12 poll: Likud (33) trails Blue and White (34). The right-wing bloc has 57, while the center-left gets 55. 
  • According to the Channel 11 poll: Likud (32) and Blue and White (32) are dead even. The right-wing bloc gets 56 seats and center-left 54. 

Benny Gantz, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, via The Times of Israel




The Knesset has 120 members, with blocs needing 61 votes to keep a simple majority.
The Wall Street Journal reports it remains too close to call, given also the three major television polls have been wrong in the past when the official votes were tallied. 
However, the last round of polls published Friday had showed Likud tied with Netanyahu opponent Benny Gantz's Blue and White party, with 32 seats each — suggesting Tuesday's elections look to swing in Gantz's favor. 

Though the exit polling shows Netanyahu's Likud has failed to produce a decisive victory, it's still fluid enough to be uncertain whether Gantz definitively won.

Because he's headed for jail
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to fight on even as exit polls showed him tied or lagging behind his main opposition rival, with a slim chance of assembling the coalition needed for a fifth term.

“We won’t have and can’t have a government dependent on anti-Zionist Arab parties,” Netanyahu proclaimed as the crowd of his supporters booed and chanted 'we don't want unity.'

Israel needs a strong government, a stable government, a Zionist government, a government that is committed to Israel as the nation state of the Jewish people.


The embattled PM stopped short of claiming a victory – or conceding his defeat – saying instead “we are waiting for the real results. One thing is clear: Israel is at a historic juncture.”
https://www.rt.com/news/469039-netanyahu-gantz-israel-elections/