Ariel Sharon’s Kadima Party Looking Good!
January 14, 2006
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As I have repeatedly stated in numerous Prophecy Updates and Blogs, I certainly do not claim to be an authority in predicting the final outcome of Israeli
elections, but I must say, with tongue in cheek, thus far things do seem to be progressing along the path I predicted on the day Sharon suffered his massive stroke. The Kadima Party did show a slight dip at first, as I said they would, but have also climbed again as I predicted, in fact, quicker than I thought.
The following quote is from our January 4th BLOG:
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“As to Ariel Sharon – As the situation appears today, I do not believe he will continue as Prime Minister.
As to Sharon’s newly formed Kadima (Forward) Party – I believe it will receive m ore votes than any other party at the March elections, and will f
orm a government with one or two other parties. As of this morning’s latest Israeli polls, the Kadima had drawn 42 potential seats for March in the Knesset (61 is required for a majority). Their support is likely to erode at first w ithout Sharon, but
it will increase again by March.
As to right now – Sharon has transferred power to his Deputy, Ehud Olmert, who will probably serve as acting Prime Minister until the next elections, and stands a chance to become Prime Minister after March elections.”
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Things are certainly looking good for the Kadima and acting Prime Minister as of January 14th. I extracted the following seven paragraphs from a lengthy January 13th article in the Jerusalem Post. They picture the current electoral situation in Israel.
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Ehud Olmert Earns 71% Public Approval Rating!
THE JERUSALEM POST
January 13, 2006
Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert scored a whopping 71 percent approval rating after his first week as acting prime minister, seemingly defying initial predictions that Sharon’s political camp, including his new Kadima Party, would disintegrate after his massive stroke.
Two polls published Friday indicated that support for Kadima keeps growing, and that Olmert is the overwhelming favorite to become prime minister in a March 28 general election. In the surveys, Kadima won 42 and 43 seats, respectively, in the 120-member parliament, meaning it would form the next government.
The results appeared to be a testament to Olmert’s deft handling of the transition at a time of uncertainty, but also signaled continued backing in Israel for a unilateral separation from the Palestinians,
by unloading much of the West Bank, regardless of who carries out the plan.
“He is going to be prime minister after the election, unless something incredible happens,” said political scientist Abraham Diskin.
“This first week was crucial and he passed it (the test).”
Olmert offered Sharon protege Tzipi Livni, a possible rival for Kadima leadership, the prestigious post of foreign minister.
He reportedly promised elder statesman Shimon Peres, a breakaway from the center-left Labor Party, the number two spot on Kadima’ s parliament li
st.
Earlier this week, Olmert, the former mayor of Jerusalem, defused a possible dispute with Washington by agreeing to the participation of Arab residents of the city in the Palestinian parliament election. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas had said he would call off the election if Israel were to ban voting in Jerusalem, claimed by Israel and the Palestinians as a capital.
The US has said it wants to see the election go ahead.
In Friday’s opinion polls in the Hebrew-language dailies, Olmert far outscored his two main competitors for prime minister former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Likud and ex-union boss Amir Peretz of Labor, getting more than 50 percent voter support in each. Both polls gave him an approval rating of 71 percent. The surveys, with just over 500 respondents each, had error margins of 4.4 and 4.5 percentage points, respectively.
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The nice thing about the coming election from my point of view is this: No matter which party wins the election, Kadima, Likud, or Labor, and no matter who ends up as the next Prime Minister, Olmert, Netanyahu, or Peretz, I promise you that the security barrier/wall/fence will be completed and a disengagement plan of some sort will continue.
The completed security barrier will mark the internal border of Israel.
Perez would direct the path of the wall to give a “bunch” of territory to the Palestinians. Olmert would direct its path to give a reasonable amount of territory to the Palestinians.
Netanyahu would give them very little.
But all three of them would secure the terrorists inside the wall, and access into Israel from the West Bank and Gaza Strip would be tighter than a lock nut.