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A new Maagar Mohot poll ordered by Israel Radio paints a clear picture of how Israel’s public opinion changed over the Knesset’s 80 day summer recess. According to the poll, the Right would jump to 73 seats, compared to the Left’s 37 seats, while the Arab parties receive 10 seats.  If elections were to be held today only the Likud and Liberman’s Yisrael Beitanu parties would gain seats, while the other parties would either drop seats or would retain their current number.

If elections held today (expressed in Knesset seats) based on the 69% that
named a party.
Current Knesset seats in [brackets].

33 [27] Likud
26 [28] Kadima
21 [15] Yisrael Beiteinu
09 [13] Labor
09 [11] Shas
05 [05] Yahadut Hatorah
03 [03] Jewish Home/NRP
02 [03] Meretz
02 [04] Nat’l Union
10 [11] Arab parties

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Do you support or oppose the continuation of the freeze on Jewish
construction in the area of Judea and Samaria for sixty days today in return
for the receipt of guarantees and incentives from the United States?
Total: For extending 45% Against 42%
Among those planning now to vote Likud: For 44% Against 47%

Who is more appropriate to be prime minister, Netanyahu or Livni?
Netanyahu 48% Livni 23% Don’t know, Neither, Other replies 29%

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Telephone poll of a representative sample of 562 adult Israelis (including
Israeli Arabs) carried out by Maagar Mohot Survey Institute (headed by
Professor Yitzchak Katz for Israel Radio’s Hakol Diburim (It’s All Talk)
program on 5-6 October and broadcast on 7 October. Statistical error +/- 4.5
percentage points.

11 MKs voted on the issue in the House Committee and did not see a reason to bring it to a plenum vote. 3 Likud MKs, 3 Shas MKs, 2 Untied Torah Judiasm MKs, 1 Kadima MK, 1 Yisrael Beitanynu MK and 1 Jewish Home MK voted for the extension. There were also representatives from Meretz, Jewish Home and Kadima in the meeting.

The Parties that did not have representatives in the committee: Labor, National Union and the three Israeli Arab parties.

נכחו:
חברי הוועדה:
יריב לוין – היו”ר
רחל אדטו
זבולון אורלב
משה גפני
דני דנון
יצחק וקנין
נסים זאב
מנחם מאיר מוזס
אברהם מיכאלי
ציון פיניאן
דוד רותם

עו”ד סהר פינטו – יועץ משפטי, קדימה
תמי כנפו – סיעת הבית היהודי
רונית חייקין-יעקבי – סיעת מרצ

http://www.knesset.gov.il/protocols/data/html/knesset/2010-07-12.html

Somebody forgot to tell me that the MKs extended their recess for another week to Oct 11th. That raises the summer vacation to an even 80 days.

Monday, October 3rd, the Knesset plenum reopens after a 73-day recess that began on July 22. The Knesset’s plenum met just 36 times during the summer session. The upcoming winter session will be a long one. Prime Minister Netanyahu will attempt to pass another two-year budget. This task will prove challenging if Labor leaves the coalition following the end of the construction freeze, which would leave Bibi with a delicate 61-59 majority. Kadima’s repeated filibusters against the bi-annual budget will most likely keep them in the opposition, for now.

Monday’s session was just over three hours, cut short due to Tisha B’Av. The opposition spent most of that time trying to bring down the government and failed in four consecutive votes. It should be noted that the Yisrael Beitanu MKs did not show up for the vote. The opposition succeeded in delaying all the bills the government wanted to pass and push them from Monday to Wednesday. Tuesday would have no session due to Tisha B’Av.

The Government defeated four no-confidence motions.

  • Kadima’s titled “Netanyahu is dividing the nation” was defeated 29-59 with two abstaining (30 MKs did not vote).
  • Meretz’s titled “The Israeli government creates a rift within the Jewish people due to the law of conversion” was defeated 28-61 with one abstaining (30 MKs did not vote).
  • Ra’am-Ta’al, Chadash and Balad’s titled “Netanyahu government’s policy towards the Arab public” was defeated 29-60 with one abstaining (30 MKs did not vote).
  • National Union’s titled “Government incompetence against the occupation of entire neighborhoods in Tel Aviv and other cities in the country by the tens of thousands of infiltrators from Africa” was defeated 26-60 with three abstaining (34 MKs did not vote).

Other Non-Bill Items

  • House Committee Chairman Levin (Likud) announced the committee’s decisions on which bills in doubt will be discussed in which committees.
  • Interior Committee Chairman Azulai (Shas) asked the Knesset to approve the splitting of one bill into two. The Knesset approved the split 34-0.