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Arutz Sheva Daily Israel Report http://www.IsraelNationalNews.com ------------------------------------------------ Delivered Daily via Email, Sunday thru Friday Thursday, Sep. 19 '19, י"ט באלול תשע"ט HEADLINES: 1. 'BENNY, WE MUST ESTABLISH A BROAD UNITY GOVERNMENT' 2. PERES' GRANDDAUGHTER SLAMS PM IN SPEECH SPONSORED BY EMBASSY 3. PUTIN: RUSSIANS CONSIDER ISRAEL A 'RUSSIAN-SPEAKING COUNTRY' 4. GANTZ: YOU DON'T COME TO A UNITY GOVERNMENT WITH BLOCS AND SPINS 5. NETANYAHU, GANTZ DEADLOCKED AFTER REPEAT ELECTION 6. LIVE UPDATES: OFFICIAL RESULTS IN ELECTION TO THE 22ND KNESSET 7. FIRST EXIT POLLS: STALEMATE, BLUE AND WHITE LARGEST PARTY 8. LABOR TO NETANYAHU: DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME, WE WON'T SIT WITH YOU 1. 'BENNY, WE MUST ESTABLISH A BROAD UNITY GOVERNMENT' by Hezki Baruch Prime Minister and Likud Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday called on Blue and White Chairman Benny Gantz to establish a broad unity government with him. “During the elections, I called for the establishment of the right-wing government. But unfortunately the election results show that this is not possible. The people did not decide between the two blocs. Therefore, there is no choice but to form a broad unity government, as broad as possible, made up of all the factions to whom the State of Israel is dear,” Netanyahu said. “Yesterday, I met with my friends in the right-wing parties and we agreed that we were going as one bloc with one joint delegation into negotiations. “Now I call on you, MK Benny Gantz: Benny, we must establish a broad unity government today. The people expect us, both of us, to show responsibility and work for cooperation. “That's why I call on you - Benny, let's meet today, any hour, any time, to kick-start this move which is the order of the day. We are not allowed to reach, and there is no reason for, a third election - I am against it. The order of the day - a broad unity government, today.” 📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/269134 2. PERES' GRANDDAUGHTER SLAMS PM IN SPEECH SPONSORED BY EMBASSY by Mordechai Sones The Israeli Embassy in Germany sponsored an award event in honor of President Shimon Peres, during which Peres' granddaughter, Mika Almog, delivered a speech critical of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, reports Israel Hayom. The event was held yesterday in the Berlin municipality, on behalf of the Future Fund, set up by the German and Israeli governments to develop relations between the two countries. Speaking at the event, Peres' granddaughter said: "The current government in Israel is a nightmare circus headed by someone nicknamed 'The Wizard' - and rightly so, because deception is by far his greatest talent. And what an impressive show: Here he walks a tightrope over the abyss as he might have to pay for his actions - for corruption, for racism, for incitement - but the magician not only marches forward on safe footing, he adds juggling tricks! "Everything he collects to himself he throws into the air: the premiership, the foreign portfolio, the defense portfolio, the health portfolio, immigration and absorption, the Diaspora, the media, and the circle gets more and more crowded as more things start flying - here's Case 1,000, Case 2,000, Case 3,000, and 4,000. And if for a moment there's fear the audience will lose interest, or remember that what's flying there in the air is all of our lives, the future of our children, a whole generation that's grown up without ever experiencing a change of government; who has throughout its life absorbed the perverted notion that there can be only one man to head the government; that tyrannical government centralization is a reasonable and normal thing - right away the wizard spices up the show with flaming torches, and suddenly the borders are heating up, Iran's in the doorway, we're all going to die!" Almog, who circulated similar incitement against Netanyahu in the previous Knesset election, spoke to the distinguished audience attended by Israel's Ambassador to Germany Jeremy Issacharoff, and also posted her speech on Facebook. 3. PUTIN: RUSSIANS CONSIDER ISRAEL A 'RUSSIAN-SPEAKING COUNTRY' by Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA Russia considers Israel a Russian-speaking nation, President Vladimir Putin said. Putin made the statement, his strongest public expression of kinship with the Jewish state to date, during a speech Tuesday in Moscow at an event organized by the United Israel Appeal, a Zionist organization responsible for collecting funds. “Citizens of Russia and Israel are connected by ties of family, kinship and friendship. This is a real network, a common family, I say without exaggeration. Israel has almost 2 million Russian-speaking citizens. We consider Israel a Russian-speaking state,” he said. Putin also said he would travel to Israel in January at the invitation of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin to attend events dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp and International Holocaust Remembrance Day. “Of course, I will definitely take advantage of this invitation,” Putin said. Trade between Israel and Russia rose by 9 percent in 2018 over the previous year, he added. Russia maintains strong ties with some Russian-speaking countries, offering them beneficial trading terms and political support. It also has demonstrated a high level of intervention, sometimes hostile, in Russian-speaking countries. Under Putin, Russia has deepened its alliance with Iran, despite calls by that country to destroy Israel and alleged attempts to develop nuclear and other arms in the context of Iran’s conflict with Israel. Russia also supports Syrian President Bashar Assad and Hezbollah, and is one of the few major powers in the world with official relations with Hamas officials. 4. GANTZ: YOU DON'T COME TO A UNITY GOVERNMENT WITH BLOCS AND SPINS by Mordechai Sones The Blue and White faction convened at noon today for the first session since the Knesset elections last Tuesday, in an ambiance of uncertainty over the political situation. Party Chairman Benny Gantz said at the opening of the meeting, "It is appropriate that we all put the good of the people above all other considerations. The people chose unity, the people asked that Israel be above all. "Blue and White won the election, Blue and White is the biggest party. Netanyahu failed to get the blocking political bloc he was aiming for," said Gantz. "I want to establish a broad and liberal unity government headed by me to bring about the will of the people. The work of the government has begun. We will listen to everyone attentively but will not give in to any dictates," added Gantz. Gantz noted, "Negotiations will require perseverance and determination and adherence to the political principles known to everyone. Political paralysis will not benefit Israeli citizens. "You don't approach establishing a unity government with blocs and spins. I intend to act in the spirit of the note that I put in between the stones of the Western Wall on the eve of the elections. 'Bring peace to us and make peace among us'," Gantz concluded. Prime Minister Netanyahu responded to Gantz' claims: "I was surprised and disappointed that at this time Benny Gantz still refuses to respond to my call to meet. The President called for unity, and without a meeting between the two major party leaders, it is impossible to form a unity government. The State of Israel needs as broad a unity government as possible - not another election and certainly not a government that relies on anti-Zionist parties. Gantz, my suggestion for a meeting between us still stands. This is what the public expects from us." 5. NETANYAHU, GANTZ DEADLOCKED AFTER REPEAT ELECTION by David Rosenberg Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his main challenger, Blue and White chief Benny Gantz, remain deadlocked Wednesday after Tuesday’s Knesset election, raising the possibility of a unity government or even the possibility of a third general election. With more than 90 percent of the vote counted, Blue and White holds a narrow lead over the Likud, with 25.66% of the vote to 25.03% for the Likud. Preliminary results now show Blue and White with 32 seats to 31 for the Likud. Blue and White currently leads the Likud by roughly 25,000 votes, with less than half a million votes left to count. 📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/269088 The predominantly Arab Joint List party has 13 seats, according to the current results, while Shas is on track to receive nine seats, and United Torah Judaism to receive eight. The right-wing Yamina party is currently projected to win seven seats, compared to six for the Labor-Gesher alliance, and five for the Democratic Union, an alliance of the far-left Meretz party with Ehud Barak’s new Israel Democratic Party. Otzma Yehudit, which some polls showed entering the Knesset, is far from the 3.25% needed to win representation in the legislature, with less than 2% of the vote according to the latest count, which showed Otzma with less than 75,000 votes. The right-wing – religious bloc – including the Likud, Yamina, UTJ, and Shas – is currently projected to win 55 seats, down from 60 in the April election. By contrast, the left-wing bloc, including the Joint Arab List, is currently projected to win 56 seats. Neither the right-wing nor the left-wing bloc is expected to secure the 61 seats necessary for an outright majority. Yisrael Beytenu, which is expected to win nine seats, is not included in either bloc, and has called for a national unity government. 6. LIVE UPDATES: OFFICIAL RESULTS IN ELECTION TO THE 22ND KNESSET by Arutz Sheva Staff According to an informal count of 90% of the votes in Tuesday’s elections for the 22nd Knesset, Blue and White has a slight advantage over the Likud. Blue and White has 33 seats, Likud - 32, Joint List - 11, Shas 9, Yisrael Beytenu - 9, United Torah Judaism - 8, Yamina - 7, Labor-Gesher - 6 and the Democratic Union has 5 seats. The right-wing bloc has 56 seats and the center-left has 55. Both these numbers do not include Yisrael Beytenu’s 9. The voter turnout in Tuesday’s election was 69.4 percent, 1.5 percent higher than the voter turnout at the end of the previous election in April of 2019. Exit polls published on Tuesday night showed that Blue and White was the largest party in the Knesset and is followed by the Likud, but it does not appear that either party has enough seats to form a coalition. Avigdor Liberman’s Yisrael Beytenu party will probably be the deciding factor in determining who will head Israel’s next government – Binyamin Netanyahu or Benny Gantz. 7. FIRST EXIT POLLS: STALEMATE, BLUE AND WHITE LARGEST PARTY by Gary Willig The first exit polls were published shortly after polls closed at 10 PM Tuesday night. According to an exit poll published by Channel 12 News, the Blue and White party emerged as the largest party with 34 Knesset seats. The Likud party finished a close second with 33 seats. The Joint Arab List finished third with 11 seats. Yamina and Yisrael Beyteinu both received eight seats, as did haredi parties Shas and United Torah Judaism. Labor and the Democratic Union received five seats each. The Otzma Yehudit party failed to clear the electoral threshold. According to these initial results, the right-wing bloc received 57 seats without the Yisrael Beyteinu party, and the left-wing-Arab bloc received 55 seats. A Channel 13 exit poll showed the left overtaking the right with 58 seats compared to 54, while a Kan poll showed Blue and White tied with Likud at 32 seats apiece and the right ahead by two seats. All three polls show neither side able to form a coalition without Avigdor Liberman's Yisrael Beyteinu party. 8. LABOR TO NETANYAHU: DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME, WE WON'T SIT WITH YOU by Arutz Sheva Staff Labor-Gesher Party Chairman Amir Peretz said he intends to stand by his election promise not to sit in a coalition headed by Benjamin Netanyahu. "We said it, we committed to it, we will fulfill it," Peretz emphasized in a joint statement he made with the Chairwoman of Gesher, Orly Levi-Abekasis, at Beit Ha’itonaim in Tel Aviv. MK Peretz addressed Netanyahu: "Mr. Prime Minister, save the time on the phone and the attempts to contact us. I served as mayor, I am not looking for a job. You have nothing with which to entice us." "Netanyahu's incitement is eating away at Israeli democracy," Peretz added. "Netanyahu's incitement against Arab citizens is unbearable. Whoever wants to be prime minister in Israel should denounce it and condemn it, and dispel racist language from the political discourse in Israel. We’re not intending to downshift to second and third gear. Our drive will be forward. I intend to open the gates of the party to tens of thousands of new supporters.” Levi-Abakasis said of the election results: "Everybody wanted to drink up [our votes]. The alliance between Amir and me is a brave one, it is a long-term strategic one, and we are building a new home here that has room for everyone."

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