Yom Shishee
Friday
13 Elul 5782
September 9 2022
The Friday Poll: from the Maariv newspaper
(compared to the Maariv poll last week)
31 (unchanged): Likud (Netanyahu)
25 (+1): Yesh Atid (Lapid)
13 (unchanged): Otzma (Ben Gvir)+National Zionism
12 (-1): Kahol Levan/New Hope–renamed “State Camp (Gantz/Saar/Eizenkot)
8 (unchanged): Shas (Sephardic Orthodox)
7 (+1): United Torah Judaism (Ashkenazi Orthodox)
6 (unchanged): Joint Arab List
5 (unchanged): Yisrael Beiteinu (Liberman)
5 (unchanged): Meretz (Gal-On)
4 (unchanged): Ra’am Islamic Party (Abbas)
4 (-1) : Labor (Michaeli)
0 (unchanged): Zionist Spirit (Shaked)
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Netanyahu bloc: 59 (+1)
Lapid bloc: 55 (-1)
Not affiliated: 6 (Joint Arab List)
The summary: the two blocs remain nearly the same with the Netanyahu bloc showing a slight increase. Unless there is a dramatic change, it will all come down to the Joint Arab List–which today voted not to recommend any person for the prime ministership after the election.
A new party set to enter the fray and which is already making waves is the “Burning Youth” party headed by 20-year-old Tiktok phenomenon Hadar Mokhtar.
Hadar Mokhtar.
Mokhtar’s party is wholly consumed with the high cost of living–particularly as it affects young people. In a message to Knesset members she recently wrote: “I can’t stand Yair Lapid. I can’t stand Bibi Netanyahu. And I’m disappointed in you. Instead of dealing with sh*t, deal with the fact that your children don’t have a future.”
There are now 53 days until the election.
The Friday Corona Update
902 Israelis tested positive yesterday (out of 11,188 tested).
The positive test rate was 8.06%; the coefficient of infection was 0.97%.
97 Israelis are seriously ill; 47 are critically ill—41 of these are on ventilators.
11,648 have died–28 since last Friday.
The summary: with the exception of the coefficient of infection which continues to rise, the other numbers have improved. We are now down to 4 deaths per day attributed to Corona.
The News on the Israeli Street
Palestinian terror in the last 24 hours . . .
An Israeli was moderately wounded when Palestinian terrorists opened fire on his car in the area of Hawara. The terrorists are still at large.
Palestinian terrorists attacked buses with Molotovs, IEDs, and “rocks” at Hawara south of Shechem, between Avitar and Ozrin, and at Deir Nizam.
Palestinian terrorists attacked Israeli motorists with Molotovs, IEDs, and “rocks” between Ariel and Tufuh, on Road 5 between Gitti Avishar and Ariel, at El Moayyir, on Road 446 south of Efraim, north of Kiryat Arba, and at other locations.
The Iranian nuclear weapons appeasement deal . . .
It is beginning to appear that due to ever more Iranian demands, the agreement will not be signed before the midterm U.S. elections.
Election tidbits . . .
Yesh Atid supporters tore down Likud signs on streets in Tel Aviv.
Noam activists demonstrated for “Jewish identity” at 101 intersections.
TODAY’S BLOG
Which IDF Unit Won The Competition?
For the past week, the IDF has conducted its annual Arrowhead competition among its elite units to find out which one is the best.
The Units included Magellan unit, Givati Patrol, Agoz, Carob Patrol, and Golani Patrol.
The events included Krav Maga and multiple shooting positions: rifle, sniper rifle, and machine gun.
So which unit won–for the 3rd year in a row?
Can you read the unit flag?
The winners were the Golani Patrol.
Kolakevod!
A student from Malawi, who had worked with an Israeli health volunteer in his country battling AIDS, came up to us as we walked down the street in the UC-Davis Picnic Day Parade and wanted to carry the Israeli flag.