Likud Primary Night Election Politics …

Poll: Bibi Wins Likud Vote

IMPORTANT NOTE: The actual votes are still being tallied. This article relates only to a poll! MB

Excerpts;

Bibi wins: Knesset Member Benjamin Netanyahu is Monday’s big winner and Likud’s new leader, after winning 47 percent of the vote in the ruling party primaries, according to an Israel Radio exit poll.”

“According to the poll, Foreign Minister Shalom came in second with 32 percent of the vote. Moshe Feiglin came in third with 15 percent and Agriculture Minister Yisrael Katz only got 6 percent ….” read more

Overnight Election Politics …

[Reuters Report:] Israel’s Netanyahu Takes Big Lead in Likud Race[Poll: Feiglin @ 15%]

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“Polls in the Maariv and Yedioth Ahronoth newspapers found that Netanyahu would win about 45 percent of the vote in a Likud primary on December 19. That would be enough to avoid a second round, which polls predict Netanyahu would win soundly anyway.”

“Polls show Netanyahu’s main rival, Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom, winning between 22 and 30 percent of the vote in the Likud primary. … Moshe Feiglin would come in third with about 15 percent. read more

Has Shaul Mofaz’s Blind Hatred and Rank Political Imcompetence Queered His Political Career?

Earlier, we reported that Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz defected from the Likud(arrow down) to join the Prime Minister’s party “Kadima”.

A number of prominent personalities have checked in with reactions to Shaul Mofaz’s defection to Sharon’s “Kadima” Party;

Former Gush Katif Spokesman Slams Mofaz, Says Indicative of Behavior That Allowed Expulsion

Click here to view some of Mofaz’s diatribe upon dumping the Likud.

Netanyahu: Kadima, a Den of Opportunists and Anti-Democratic Norms read more

Sharon’s “March Surprise?” — Saturday Night Electoral Political Madness …

This author includes the story regarding Israel attacking Iran’s Nuclear Facilities as it is integral in Sharon’s political game-plan in the run-up to the 28 March, 2006 Elections. Please read on through this entire category to see how all of the ends pull against the middle leading to Kadima’s implosion. MB

Report: Israel Will Attack Iran’s Nuclear Facilities

Excerpt:

“The British Sunday Times reported Sunday that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has ordered the IDF to prepare to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities at the end of March 2006, after Israeli intelligence supposedly discovered a number of secret uranium enrichment sites that were disguised as civilian buildings. read more

Overnight Election Politics …

AND THE WINNER IS …

Virtual Likud Candidates Debate: On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!

Moshe Feiglin and the Manhigut Yehudit Faction: Hands down, a No Brainer! Easily the most concise positions of all the Likud Candidates. No word-games, no monkey-business, no machinations. What you hear and see is what’ll you’ll get!

Very little that this author can add to Feiglin’s devastating virtual debate rout of Bibi, Mofaz, Katz and Shalom. Wish that we could have seen this on TV! read more

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Today’s Election Political News …

Rightists Around World Upset at Landau

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“Landau explained that he decided to quit because he had no chance of winning and because Netanyahu offered him a series of commitments that reassured him that he would be loyal to right-wing ideology if elected prime minister. Netanyahu and Landau, who studied together at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will present their 17-point agreement in a press conference in Tel Aviv on Wednesday.”

In the deal, Netanyahu promised never to withdraw unilaterally from settlements, to bring any major decision to a Likud faction vote or a national referendum and to appoint Landau to head a ministerial committee that would help Gush Katif evacuees. Netanyahu would not commit to keeping the Likud out of a government led by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, but Landau said he believed Netanyahu would keep the Likud in the opposition if it loses the March 28 election.” read more

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Overnight Election Political Madness …

Iran Threatens Counter-Strike

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“Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman says recent Israeli statements on Iran’s nuclear project show Israeli government is frustrated from failure to bring international community to pressure Iran: ‘Zionist authorities are well aware that if they make a foolish mistake against Iran, Iran’s harsh response will be destructive and determined'”

This blog does not normally cover or comment on items such as the Iran Nuke situation as it is an issue totally separate from the expulsion or it’s implications and consequences. However, in light of the possible directions this election campaign might take, don’t discount the possibility of a Sharon “March Surprise” attack on Iran’s Nuke Reactor(s) in the weeks before the vote. MB read more

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Election Politics …

The Holiness of the Land, Israel’s Security Seem Expedient to Arik Sharon’s Agenda … and, An Election Endorsement …

Sharon Seeks Out Extremist Arab Mayor for New Party

Commentary:

These two #1, #2 posts from the IRIS (Information Regarding Israel’s Security) Blog are Must-Reads.

What is Sharon’s Agenda? This has been written and spoken about enough on this blog, it’s predessesor and othe medium. But it can be summed up in a few words; Alleged Blackmail and Legal protexia regarding various alleged graft and corruption charges against his sons and himself, long and deep-seeded true agenda of a truncated Israel going back to the Shlomzion Party prior to Begin’s victory in 1977, and finally to Alleged Personal Profit and self-enrichment via Casinos and the like built in Gaza on the horror and persecution of the Jews expelled from Gush Katif. read more

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Israel: To “Disengage” or to Reach for the “Kingdom of David?”

A few days ago, this appeared on Ynet, as well as ion other English-language News sites; Rabbi: Disengage From State.

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A prominent Jewish messianist has called for religious Jews to disengage from the State of Israel due to the evacuation of Jewish communities in the Gaza Strip last summer.

“In a new book entitled ‘Between Light and Darkness,’ Rabbi Shalom Dov Wolpe, a leader of the Chabad Chassidic sect that believes its Chief Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson is the messiah, says religious Jews should view the secular government as an “administrative body, like the British government who controlled Israel before the country’s establishment. read more

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