Israeli Elections in March 2006
January 5, 2006
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As I stated in the last BLOG of January 4: “As to Ariel Sharon – As the situation appears today, I do not believe he will continue as Prime Minister.”
Even if Sharon recovers from his severe stroke, he will never be able to again fulfill the office of Prime Minister.
His days as a member or head of the Knesset are behind him.
Between now and the March elections, you will see three parties battle for control of the government
following the outcome of the elections – Kadima, the right wing moderate party newly formed by Sharon; Likud, the far right party out of which Sharon departed; and Labor, the left wing party that joined Sharon’s former Likud party to form the present government.
These three will do battle for a majority of seats in a 120 member Knesset, 61 needed to make a majority.
As has been the case in the past, none of them will be able to obtain that many seats on their own to form a new government after the elections.
It seems likely that Kadima will win the largest number of seats, but
will have to join with one or more other parties to form a government.
The Israeli people strongly support the completion of the security wall around the West Bank and Gaza Strip, so all three parties are pledged to complete the barrier. This security barrier completion will produce a period of relative false peace once it is completed and its check points are fully functional.
I do not expect it to be completed until June 2007.
The heads of the Likud, Labor, and Shas Parties are already in place for the coming elections.
The leading candidates to replace Sharon as head of the Kadima Party are the acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Tzipi Livni, Shaul Mofaz, and Meir Sheetrit.
In all honesty, I have no idea who will win the Kadima Party’s vote of approval.
It will be interesting to see if Likud Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu decides to soften his extreme conservative stance on issues in order to pull support away from the Kadima Party. I have always admired his strong stand in supporting the Jewish settlers in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
I have never supported giving back to the Palestinians any of the land the Lord gave to Israel through his promise to their father Abraham through Isaac and Jacob, the man whom God renamed Israel.