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Donna Robinson Divine's avatar

Gideon Saar seems to have run a rather lack luster campaign. Although Pfizer head did not travel to Israel, he gave an interview where he stated that Bibi called him 30 times to negotiate the deal for vaccines. Interview helped illustrate both Netanyahu's intellect, talents, and dogged determination.

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Donna Robinson Divine's avatar

Yesterday--it may have been published on Thursday or Friday--I saw a survey by IDI--that 1/3 of Arabs may vote for Netanyahu. Ironically, Arabs may carry him over 61 or they may not if they do not vote in robust numbers

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Alan Dowty's avatar

Hadn't seen that survey -- still find it hard to believe. But I did hear it mentioned that Ra'am, the Arab party that split from the Joint List, is considered a possible coalition partner with Bibi -- if they pass the threshold. Maybe that's his strategy.

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Donna Robinson Divine's avatar

I don't know if this is an axis but the number who will not vote could have an enormous impact on whether this election can produce a stable coalition

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Alan Dowty's avatar

Haven't seen any projections on turn-out, but that could be a factor. Voter fatigue must come in to this at some point.

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