Netanyahu's said on the eve of the election that he rules out a PLO state because there's every chance it could lead to Iran and ISIS penetrating into the region:
Netanyahu explained that during his tenure, he has refused to “give in” to international organizations and hostile states that have demanded Israel retreat to its 1967 borders—a position which many have deemed militarily indefensible. “We stood fast against huge pressure, and we will continue to do so,” he added.So let's hope all voting today understand the seriousness of the issue, and that they won't vote for Moshe Kahlon's Kulanu party if they're willing to join a left-wing coalition.
Last week, Netanyahu expressed worry that a future Palestinian state, governed by its current leadership, would ultimately end up being heavily influenced by state sponsors of terror such as Iran or Sunni jihadi terrorist groups like the Islamic State.
“Any evacuated territory would fall into the hands of Islamic extremism and terror organizations supported by Iran. Therefore, there will be no concessions and no withdrawals. It is simply irrelevant,” the Israeli Prime Minister told a Likud Party rally last week.
The “two-state solution” for peace—which is the only platform largely supported by the international community—has shown to be a complete failure in securing peace for both Israel and the Palestinian people.
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9:20 p.m. At 8p.m. the IPS said that the polls had closed at the nation's prisons and that the overall voter turnout for inmates stood at 81.74%, well over the nationwide percentage, which was around 65% by late evening.
9:00 p.m. Yahad party leader Eli Yishai said he had been informed Tuesday evening that his faction was lacking thousands of votes in order to reach the electoral threshold, and called on all Israeli citizens who had not yet cast their ballots to support him.
7:32 p.m. The Likud reacted angrily on Tuesday to the Central Elections Committee's decision to bar the broadcast of Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu's press conference on radio and television on the grounds that it constitutes illegal electioneering on voting day. "While Tzipi and Buji have interviewed on all the television stations all day long, the first that they decided to ban the broadcast of was the prime minister. They will not shut our mouths. The prime minister will put out his comments on the Internet."
5:59: 51 criminal cases have been opened thus far Tuesday for people impersonating others at voting booths, theft of vote slips, or for threatening staffers.
Ch 2. exit poll: Likud 28, ZU 27, United List 13, Lapid 12, Kulanu 9, Bayit Yehudi 8, Shas 7, UTJ 5, Meretz 5
Channel 10 and Channel 1 said Likud and the Zionist Union had secured 27 seats each in the 120-member Knesset, while Channel 2 said that Mr Netanyahu had eked out a narrow victory, winning 28 seats to 27 for Mr Herzog.
Final results are not expected until early on Wednesday morning. UKTelegraph
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