Israel General Election Thread: March 17 2015

[danny]

It's looking like Shaked got the first place in the JH primaries.

[MalaspinaGold]

The results:
1) Naftali Bennett,
2) Uri Ariel (Tekuma)
3) Ayelet Shaked
4) Eli Ben-Dahan
5) Nissan Slomiansky
6) Uri Orbach
7) Yinon Magal
Shuli Mualem
9) Bezalel Smotrich (Tekuma)
10) Moti Yogev
11) Avi Wortzman
12) Nir Orbach
13) Avi Ronski
14) Spot designated for a woman
15) Orit Struck (Tekuma)
16) Ronen Shoval
17) Spot designated for a woman.
18)Zvulun Kalfa

[Hnv1]

Minister Yair Shamir (son of) is the laters senior to be booted of Liberman's list.
Polls are giving him around 6-7 seats right now and I can't help but enjoying his fall.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Yes, there really is nothing quite like a big glass of schadenfreude sometimes.

[danny]

Lieberman seems to be embracing his corruption, saying that he is pleased with the results of the Labour primaries, because Moshe Mozrahi and Eldad Yaniv (two politicians whose main agenda is fighting coruption) lost, calling them (the Hebrew equivalent of) rats.

[danny]

The results:
...

Corrected results:
1) Naftali Bennett
2) Uri Ariel (Tekuma)
3) Ayelet Shaked
4) Eli Ben-Dahan
5) Nissan Slomiansky
6) Uri Orbach
7) Yinon Magal
8 ) Shuli Mualem
9) Bezalel Smotrich (Tekuma)
10) Moti Yogev
11) Avi Wortzman
12) Nir Orbach
13) Avi Ronski
14) Orit Struck (Tekuma)
15) Yehudit Shilat
16) Ronen Shoval
17) Sarah Eliash
18) Zvulun Kalfa (Tekuma)
19) Avihai Boaron
20) Moshe Solomon

[Famous Mortimer]

Someone named Or ran against Bennett for leader of Jewish Home? I didn't even hear about this. He lost 90/10. What was his platform? Was he a NRP type?

[MalaspinaGold]

Rabbi Shimon Or?
All I read about him is he wants the National Religious to seize control of the Israeli government from the seculars and run the country to suit themselves.

[danny]

Someone named Or ran against Bennett for leader of Jewish Home? I didn't even hear about this. He lost 90/10. What was his platform? Was he a NRP type?

He's a nobody, I doubt most of his voters even knew who he was.

[Famous Mortimer]

Kulanu list:

1 Moshe Kahlon
2 Yoav Galant (corrupt general)
3 Tzaga Malko (Ethiopian lady journalist)
4 Michael Oren (former Ambassador to the US)
5 Rachel Azaria (Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem)
6 Eli Alaluf (head of the Committee to Fight Poverty)
7 Yifat Sasa-Bitton (Former Deputy Mayor of Kiryat Shmona)
8 Eli Cohen (VP of Israel Land Development Company)
9 Roy Folkman (adviser to Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat)
10 Meirav Ben-Ari (Tel Aviv city councilwoman)
11 Shai Babad (head of commercial television and radio regulatory board)

[Hnv1]

Bibi announces no unity government after the election, brilliant move by him.

[Famous Mortimer]

Interesting but not important:

Former Hatunah MK Robert Tiviaev ran directly in the Labor primaries and is now number 28 on the list, although he received few votes and was bumped up for being an immigrant (he's Russian and also a former Beytenu member).

I think it's admirable that he choose to run in the primary. In retrospect though, he might have been better off staying in Hatunah and getting an appointment.

[danny]

The Legal wrangling is still going on in the Likud, Hotovely is now ahead of Dichter, and into the twentieth spot. Dichter will appeal.

[MalaspinaGold]

Interesting note: of the Hadash MKs that were elected in 2013, Khenin will be the only one in the next Knesset. Barakeh and Agbaria announced they're retiring today. This also leaves Tibi as the only lausible choice to head a joint list.

Zahalka got a 74% vote of confidence in the Balad primaries today, so he'll continue there.

Would the Israelis here know who else is running in these primaries?

[danny]

Ayman Ouda was elected as the new leader of Hadash, beating Samakh Iraqi 427-302. Ouda was against a united Arab party, so this might cause Hadash not to merge.

Zouabi will be number 2 again for Balad, beating Hiba Yazbek 201-189.

[danny]

Elazar Stern previously from the Movement is joining Yesh Atid.

Yair Shamir from Yisrael Beitenu won't run again saying that he can't identify with the parties leftward turn.

[danny]

Aida Toma beat Nabila Espanioli 330-316, for the number 2 spot in Hadash.

[danny]

Bassel Gatas will be number 3 for Balad again. Balad's list will be the same as last time.

[Famous Mortimer]

Wasn't Issam Makhoul running for something in Hadash?

[Famous Mortimer]

Aida Toma beat Nabila Espanioli 330-316, for the number 2 spot in Hadash.

Nabila Espanioli is a Christian lady who was number 5 last time and just missed out on entering the Knesset.

[danny]

Wasn't Issam Makhoul running for something in Hadash?

Not for the first 3 spots, don't know about after that.

[Hnv1]

Elazar Stern previously from the Movement is joining Yesh Atid.

Yair Shamir from Yisrael Beitenu won't run again saying that he can't identify with the parties leftward turn.

With Stern, Piron, and Lipman YA will be aiming hard for the religious light vote. identified as not very devout and more modern with centre-right defence views.

Makhoul indeed ran for leadership but left the race.

[Hnv1]

Ben Caspit, Maariv top columnist who is very anti-bibi and pro-Liberman hinted that with the falling results in polls for Liberman he might quit the race.

[Famous Mortimer]

Elazar Stern previously from the Movement is joining Yesh Atid.

Yair Shamir from Yisrael Beitenu won't run again saying that he can't identify with the parties leftward turn.

With Stern, Piron, and Lipman YA will be aiming hard for the religious light vote. identified as not very devout and more modern with centre-right defence views.

Makhoul indeed ran for leadership but left the race.

Did he drop out to make it a clean choice between a united Arab party and going it alone? Know which side he came down on?

[Hnv1]

Elazar Stern previously from the Movement is joining Yesh Atid.

Yair Shamir from Yisrael Beitenu won't run again saying that he can't identify with the parties leftward turn.

With Stern, Piron, and Lipman YA will be aiming hard for the religious light vote. identified as not very devout and more modern with centre-right defence views.

Makhoul indeed ran for leadership but left the race.

Did he drop out to make it a clean choice between a united Arab party and going it alone? Know which side he came down on?

Not sure why he left, I suspact that due to the low support he was going to get. As he is a Maki man more than Hadash I'm sure he's against a wide union and more for a small one with Ta'al