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Netanyahu triumphs despite Obama’s contempt, meddling
“One Voice,” former Obama campaign staffers, descended on Israeli election in taxpayer funded, anti-Netanyahu campaign
The Times of Israel reports TV exit polls Tuesday night showed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Likud set to retain the Israeli leadership at the end of a bitter election campaign. Netanyahu claimed victory early Wednesday morning, though his rival Isaac Herzog did not concede defeat.
Polling stations opened at 7 a.m. on Tuesday and Israeli citizens headed for the ballots to vote for Israel’s 20th Knesset. Polls from the end of last week had left options open for a tight race. The TV exit polls were published at 10 p.m., as polling stations closed, after which official results began to roll in. The official final results won’t be publicized until Thursday.
“Against all odds, we achieved a great victory for Likud. We achieved a great victory for our people,” he tells jubilant supporters.
“I’m proud of the people of Israel, that in the moment of truth they knew how to separate the important from the trivial, and to stand for what’s important, for a real defense, a responsible economy, and a socially conscious economy that we’re committed to…. I can tell you with confidence that we stand before diplomatic and defense challenges, and economic and social challenges. We promised to act on the cost of housing, and we’re going to do it.”
Read more from the Times of Israel (in time line mode) here.
The “One Voice” expose by Paul E. Vallely, Major General, US Army (retired) can be read here.
Source: https://seeingredaz.wordpress.com/2015/03/17/netanyahu-triumphs-despite-obamas-contempt-meddling/
