‘Israeli’ Political Deadlock Likely To Persist, First Poll Suggests

By Staff, Agencies

The first opinion polls taken since the Zionist parliament voted to dissolve Wednesday night, setting a new election for September 17, showed ‘Israeli’ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is unlikely to be able to form a coalition without Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beitenu party -- suggesting no end in sight to the occupation entity’s political crisis.

The Channel 13 survey canvased some 720 ‘Israelis’, predicting 57 seats for a Likud-led right-wing bloc and 54 seats for the center-left bloc led by the Blue and White party of Yair Lapid and ex-military chief Benny Gantz.

Lieberman’s party earned a strong showing of nine seats, thus retaining its grip on the balance of power in the 120-seat Knesset.

Netanyahu faced one of the biggest setbacks of his political career after failing to form a coalition and choosing instead to hold an unprecedented second election.

In a defiant address on Thursday, Netanyahu accused his one-time associate of being a "serial toppler of right-wing governments."

The ‘Israeli’ apartheid entity will now head to the polls again on September 17, just about five months after an April election that saw Netanyahu and his right-wing and religious allies win a majority.