Bibi Won??? Been busy all afternoon..just saw it

[misterhighwasted]

Aaaghhhh!

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

1. War approaches

[misterhighwasted]

3. FFFUUUUUUCK!! Now saying Bibi declares victory BUT

Now saying too close to call.
Saying it will go down to the wire.

But Bibi has already publicly congratulated himself.
Jaysus!!!

[Spazito]

2. No, it will be a while, maybe as long as two weeks before it's clear ....

as to which parties will form a new coalition government. Both Netanyaho and and Hertzog are claiming victory as 2 out of 3 exit polls have them tied at 27 seats each.

[misterhighwasted]

4. He will not accept defeat if he does get 2nd place..

True. This may take awhile.
Guess with that there is still hope
Omg please ..no war.

[Spazito]

6. His last minute desperation ie racist rants about Israeli Arabs and dropping the...

pretense he would ever be a part of a two state solution brought in votes from other hard right parties reducing their number of seats which, hopefully, will make it hard for him to find enough parties to get him to the magic number of 61 seats.

[misterhighwasted]

8. So he took a page from the 47 Traitors & shot himself in the foot

I want Bibi to go down of course, but I also want the GOP Senators to feel that punch to the gut when their underhanded tricks gain them nothing.

[Spazito]

9. Too hard to say yet, it is now a numbers game...

and which party the President gives the first chance to try and form a coalition government. News reports have been saying the President is calling for a Unity Party, a coalition of the Likud party and the Zionist Union party, not seeing that happening at this point.

[Chan790]

5. Technically, he tied and declared himself the winner.

The actual winner will be whomever can assemble a coalition to get to 61 seats in the Knesset. It's less of a clear-cut election and more of a front-runner model largely dependent on political favor-trading.

Bibi will probably have to make major concessions, possibly including his resignation at the mid-point of his term to be replaced by the leader of a coalition-partner party, in order to actually win....but that looks like the more-likely outcome.

[misterhighwasted]

7. Ahh well then that will either cause him to lose or diminish

..his ability to move freely.
Interesting process they have.
Fingers crossed.
Thanks for the explanation

[Warpy]

11. Right, Israel has a weird system

So far, coalitions have favored the far right but that can change on a dime, especially given Netanyahu's desperation of the past several days. Since he's officially withdrawn the two state plan, one that a lot of people there think would lead to some stability instead of none, and since he bungled the demilitarization of Gaza after the war (didn't bother trying), he's not as popular as a Likud victory or even tie would suggest.

He's not irreplaceable, in other words, and coalition parties might insist on his stepping down.

[longship]

10. Bibi declares a mandate!!!

Watch for it. Just like the chimp.