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#IsraElex2020 update: 1,430,449 votes tallied (31.23%).

Significant changes this time!

The results so far:
Likud 36
Blue & White 29
Joint List 12
Shas 11
UTJ 11
Yamina 8
L-G-M 7
Lieberman 6

Right bloc 66
Left bloc 48
Lieberman 6
As things stand:
* The Bader-Ofer law gave Blue & White an extra seat at Lieberman's expense. The Joint List could have grabbed that seat by signing a vote-sharing agreement with Lieberman.
As things stand:
* The Likud could have taken a seat from Yamina by signing a VSA with Lieberman.
* Otzma still doesn't have enough votes for even a single seat.
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Comienzan las elecciones para el parlamento de #Israel. Algunos datos:
-se vota desde las 7 y hasta las 22 hs.
-votar es optativo
-se eligen representantes y ellos eligen al PM
Abajo el #doodle de @Google de hoy.
#FelizDemocracia
#IsraElex2020 #Knesset23 Image
Más datos:
-no hay veda electoral, los candidatos siguen en campaña hasta el cierre de urnas (y más también)
-al ser el día sabado, día festivo y el domingo laborable, la elecciones se hacen en un día común de semana Image
-el día de la elecciones se cierran espacios públicos como shoppings y museos
-el transporte interurbano es gratis todo el día para cada ciudadano pueda acercarse a votar (especialmente si no cambio su domicilio)
-se vota en colegios
-el día siguiente hay clases normalmente Image
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Polls in Israel are predicting that the Joint List will expand its representation in the Knesset in tomorrow’s national election, the third to occur in less than a year. 1/ timesofisrael.com/final-surveys-… #IsraElex2020
If Netanyahu is defeated, the next big challenge for the Joint List will be how to deal with Benny Gantz who is Netanyahu-lite only without indictment on corruption charges. 2/
The Joint-List is walking a very fine line between fulfilling a desire on behalf of Arab voters to end Netanyahu’s political career and his racist govt and risking to be co-opted by a political system that inherently rejects their legitimacy as a non-Zionist political party. 3/
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Tomorrow, Israelis vote for the 3rd time in a year with little expectation of a clear outcome. Our society, (like others) is deadlocked, without the majority needed in a multi-party parliamentary system. #IsraElex2020 1/n
On the plus side, and despite intense differences, passion, and uncertainty, the democratic process is respected - no street violence. The system is strained, but continues to function. Not trivial. 2/n
The two main Jewish blocs are divided by culture including religious tradition (or secularism), socio-economic class, perspectives re Palestinians, etc. The differences are folded into core division over @netanyahu - one bloc passionately for, the other against. 3/n
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