Friends,
it appears the pace of prophetic events is picking up again. It appears Netanyahu will form a coalition in Israel and on Friday we will experience a solar eclipse. The blood moons are a warning to the nation of Israel while the solar eclipse is a warning to the world to repent. Also we are mid way through the Shemitah year.
Bible prophecy says that the Palestinians (the
House of Edom and Esau) will never establish a nation; all they will do is
proclaim one, and then, their leaders shall suffer destruction. Here is what
God says: “They shall call its nobles to proclaim the kingdom, but nothing
shall be there, and all its princes shall be no more.” (Isaiah 34:12)
The millstone of
world events is grinding forward in this case. Soon, other nations will join
Sweden and other nations in recognizing the Palestinian State. At some point in
the very near future Palestinian and Hamas leaders (nobles) will declare that
the Palestinian State is now a reality. That proclamation will set in motion
God’s prophecy in Isaiah 34:12,”…..but nothing shall be there, and all its
princes shall be no more.” Watch the videos below about the Israeli election.
Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed victory in elections as exit polls
put him neck-and-neck with centre-left rivals after a late fightback in his bid
for a third straight term.
Figures
published by public Channel 1 and private Channel 10 television both gave
Netanyahu's Likud and Isaac Herzog's Zionist Union 27 seats each in the
120-member parliament.
A third poll by private Channel 2
gave Likud a one-seat lead.
"Against all odds we
achieved a great victory for the Likud. We achieved a great victory for the
national camp under the leadership of the Likud. We achieved a great victory
for our people of Israel!" Netanyahu told cheering supporters at campaign
headquarters in Tel Aviv.
"Now we have to build a strong and stable
government," he added.
But Herzog, 54, insisted he was still in the race to form
the next government.
"Everything is open," he told activists in Tel
Aviv.
"I intend to make every effort to build a real
social government in Israel."
The result of the vote is likely
to have implications for prospects for new Middle East peace talks and Israel's
troubled relations with its US ally.
In a late appeal
to the far-right ahead of the polls, Netanyahu ruled out the establishment of a
Palestinian state if reelected, effectively reneging on his 2009 endorsement of
a two-state solution.
Herzog has
repeatedly called for the creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel.
Netanyahu made a last-minute call on his supporters to go
to the polls to counter a high turnout among Arab Israelis.
"The rule of the rightwing is in danger. Arab voters
are going to the polls in droves!" he said in a video on Facebook.
"Go to the polling stations! Vote Likud!"
The main Arab parties took third place with 13 seats
after joining forces to challenge the premier, according to exit polls.
Likud activists at a temporary headquarters set up in a
Tel Aviv convention hall danced in celebration at the late surge.
"This is a great victory,
almost a miracle," Netanyahu confidant Ofir Akunis said.
"Now we need to focus on building the new
government. We will talk to every party, old and new."
His Likud had been trailing the Zionist Union by up to
four seats in surveys in the week leading up to the vote, which was seen as a
referendum on his premiership.
Experts said Netanyahu looked like the most likely party
leader to be asked by President Reuven Rivlin to form a government after the
official results, which are expected in the coming days.
"Netanyahu has done it. He has managed to catch up
in the final lap," said Claude Klein, a specialist in constitutional law
at Jerusalem's Hebrew University.
"On paper, Isaac Herzog has no chance of putting
together a majority which would depend on the support of the Arab List which
includes openly anti-Zionist MPs."
Under Israel's electoral system,
the prime minister is not the head of the party that gains the most seats but
whoever can build a coalition commanding a majority of at least 61 seats in
parliament.
Moshe Kahlon, once
a popular minister under Likud, could find himself in the position of kingmaker
after exit polls predicted his centre-right Kulanu party won 10 seats.
Kahlon talked to both Netanyahu and Herzog "and told
them both he'd make his decision based on the final results," his
spokesman said.
Israel Democracy Institute president Yohanan Plesner said
that although Netanyahu had made a remarkable recovery the outcome was still
not certain and in terms of overall voting the centre-left parties were
forecast to win 57 seats while the right and religious parties would get around
54.
"In the middle we have Kahlon, who is not committed
to either bloc," he said.
"I think the clearest political outcome is that he's
going to be the kingmaker and it really depends on how he decides TO PLAY
his
cards."
Some 5.8 million people were eligible to vote, with 25
parties vying for the Knesset.
Turnout was 71.8 percent, up from 67.8 percent in 2013.
"Israel has serious problems, and only a rightwing
leader can handle them," said a Jerusalem voter who gave his name as
Yehoshua, pledging support for Netanyahu.
But others took a different view.
"I'd like to see Netanyahu disappear for many, many
years. The most important issue is relations with the Palestinians," said
Shulamit Laron.
Netanyahu put SECURITY
at the
forefront of his campaign, arguing he is the only one capable of protecting
Israel from an Iranian nuclear threat and vowing never to allow the
Palestinians to establish a capital in east Jerusalem.
The Palestinians vowed to step up
their diplomatic campaign for statehood.
"It is clear that Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will form the next government, so we say clearly
that we will go to the International Criminal Court in the Hague and we will
speed up, pursue and intensify" all diplomatic efforts said chief
negotiator Saeb Erakat.
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