CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OCTOBER 29, 2026
ONCE AGAIN, THE POLLS WERE WRONG. THIS TIME IN THE ISRAELI ELECTION.
PREDICTIONS THAT ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU WOULD LOSE WERE A GIVEN. THOUSANDS OF ISRAELI EX-PATS HAD FLOWN BACK TO ISRAEL TO VOTE AND THE MEDIA ASSUMED MOST WOULD VOTE FOR NETANYAHU’S OPPONENT, GADI EISENKOT.
INITIAL RESULTS SHOW NETANYAHU’S LIKUD PARTY WINNING 54 SEATS, THE OPPOSITION WINNING 49 SEATS AND ARAB PARTIES 17. 65 SEATS ARE NEEDED TO CLAIM THE PRIME MINISTERSHIP.
NETANYAHU AND EISENKOT WILL TRY TO LURE MEMBERS OF THE MINORITY PARTIES TO BUILD A COALITION THAT WILL GAIN A MAJORITY. THE OTHER POSSIBILITY – AND IT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE – IS A COALITION GOVERNMENT WHERE NETANYAHU AND EISENKOT SHARE POWER. THIS WILL LIKELY TAKE DAYS, EVEN WEEKS, TO SORT OUT.
IN MY VIEW AND WITH THE TERRIBLE EXCEPTION OF THE OCTOBER 7 MASSACRE FROM TERRORISTS IN GAZA, NETANYAHU HAS BEEN ISRAEL’S GREATEST PRIME MINISTER AND PROTECTOR AND DESERVES ANOTHER TERM.
IN AMERICA, COULD OUR POLLSTERS BE WRONG AGAIN? COULD LIGHTNING STRIKE TWICE? I’M CAL THOMAS.
