Hardships and increasing number of israelis jews and arabs alike are bearing. Well look at the forces driving the elections in telaviv and discuss the way forward for israel at home and on the world stage and find out what any change means to president obama and his goals. Israels election. Its the inside story. Politicians trying to push their own supporters to the polls for a not yet 70yearold country about the size of new jersey israel has core complicated politics. Religious and secular, native born and immigrant, jew, muslim, christian, settler in the occupied territories or supporters of a two state solution with the palestinians the political spectrum has splintered into an array of small parties and alliances and since israel has a power playry system, the sitting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could lead his likud party to a second place finish and still be the next Prime Minister. In the last days before the polls opened netanyahu confirmed what many in israel and the Unit
To all of the heads of the parties, of the Zionist Union and i call them to join me and to set up a government of israel without delay. Without delay the people of israel expect us to reform, quickly reform the government that will work for them, and this is what well do i ask and i want to thank you friends who have shown extraordinary spirit in the movement against incredible challenges. You did it and im proud of you, and i love you. I want to thank the mingsters and my friends and parliamentary members and the reality of the and i want to thank the heads of the towns and the volunteers, and all of those who support, who have dealt with the elections. My goodness, how i pressured you, and how you pressured back. And all of my congratulations to you all. I also want to thank the magic is yours. Youre the supporters. From north west, south and east, this is the people of israel, and this is very good. I want to thank you israel, each and every one of you that is coming today to the bo
Motorbike company so it looks like Binyamin Netanyahu will remain israels Prime Minister. Isaac herzog called Binyamin Netanyahu to congratulate hum on a win. The next step is for the president to attempt to form a coalition. Here are the numbers. 99 of the votes are counted. Results show the likud party has won 29 seats giving it a lead. It looks set to take 24 seats. Binyamin netanyahus promised not to allow the creeition of a palestinian state if he wins a fourth. The Zionist Union backs a 2state solution. The newly formed arab party is on course to take 14 sheets. The joint will be the Third Largest Political Force in the knesset. We look at the implications of this unprecedented development. In a country where it takes up a fifth of the population the joint list is the Third Largest party in the knesset. Its an alignment of four parties running under one ticket and want to change the rules. Its believed if isaac herzog is chosen to form a Coalition Government hed have to approach
With all the sport including back in monty car low. Are hoping to make Champions League history as they take on monaco in the quarter final. Israelis have two hours left to vote in an election that is expected to be a very close race. Already served three terms as Prime Minister he has put Security First condemning any International Deal that allowed iran to have Nuclear Facilities which is made up of the leftist labor party and former foreign minister party. They have promise add renewed push for peace and to mend israels strained ties with the united states. They have also focused on rising cost of living which has become central issue for israelis. Correspondent standing by at the headquarters the labor party, and the joint list of arab parties. Let a go first what is the move there like at the moment . Certainly there is a mood of anxiety as members of the party arrive. They are expecting to hear an address from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but it is all indicated that that th
[cheers and applause] [speaking spanish] [cheers and applause] im david, and welcome to one of the most anticipated events of this or any other year. Noam chomsky. [cheers and applause] and backstage i was joking with noam, i held up this flyer it said, sold out, which will be, uhuh think ammunition for his enemies ammunition, i think, for his enemies. Noam chomsky has never sold out. [applause] in pursuit of cultural Freedom Series which organized this event, thanks also tolannon for digitizing our noam chomsky audio archive which now numbers close to 250 recordings. You can go to alternativeradio. Org. Thanks lannon. [applause] i started alternative radio because of noam chomsky. I wrote him a letter he wrote back. We started corresponding. Then after a while i suggested we do an interview. He said yes, of course. That was 31 years ago. Its an honor for me to introduce no, maam chomsky, but how to noam chomsky but how to introduce who, as they say, needs no introduction . Well, do so