REVERSAL: Two Israeli stations now projecting victory for Netanyahu!

by The Right Scoop

It looks like Netanyahu and the Likud Party may pull out a narrow victory in Israel’s elections after all.

All day it’s been reported that the party elections are very close, but two stations who were projecting a victory for Gantz have now switched to Netanyahu.

Here’s more from the AP:

Two Israeli TV stations have changed their forecasts for final election results and are now projecting a narrow victory by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party.

Channels 12 and 13 are projecting Likud will capture 35 seats in the 120-seat parliament, compared to 34 for Benny Gantz’s centrist Blue and White party. Earlier, Channel 13 had projected the parties deadlocked at 36 seats apiece, while Channel 12 gave Gantz a solid 37-33 lead.

Both stations early Wednesday also showed Likud and its religious-nationalist bloc of allies controlling a majority in the 120-seat parliament.

Their updated projects mirrored partial results, which gave Likud a slight lead with about a quarter of votes counted.

Official results are expected later Wednesday.

A Haaretz senior columnist tweets:

After Channel 12 updates exit poll from 37-33 Gantz to 35-34 Netanyahu, the left is left with hardly a prayer. It is an extraordinary triumph for Bibi and a crushing, deflating moment for his critics and opponents.

A few quotes from Netanyahu’s victory speech:


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