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Today is election day but it is also Yom HaAliyah in Israel – a national day to honor Aliyah. We are praying for a government that honors Gods plans and purposes for Israel as a nation including:

• Isaiah 9:6-7 we declare your word over Israel from Isaiah that the government rests on Messiah’s shoulders and of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this.
• Protect Israeli politics and elections from spiritual forces of globalism, international manipulation and witchcraft, because there is no witchcraft which can be effective against Jacob according to Numbers 23:23.
• Fear of God and not trusting in man – We ask for a leader who will stand on your principles and not be afraid of the nations according to Judges 11:14-27. Grant Israel leaders who will be free of the idolatry of believing that they need any nation to bring them success or defend them, even their ally the United States of America.
• Do not allow any leaders who support a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians. Joel 3 – specifically we can now ask that Yair Lapid not be relected.
• Grant Israel a government that is both pro-life, and pro Aliyah.
• According to Obadiah 17, 1 Samuel15:23, bring in politicians who will allow Israel to ‘possess all of its possessions’ including Judea and Samaria which are called the West Bank.
• Proverbs 21:21 -We ask you to provide government in Israel through which you can best move to accomplish your purposes at this season for your people.
• Psalm 75:6-7 – God raises up leaders and takes down leaders so we cry out to You to raise up leaders who will align with the purposes of Your heart. As Derek Prince says, “Grant us leaders who, in having success, will bring glory to Your name.”
• We asked that anti-Messiah strongholds in the government be replaced by those that will open wide the gates and ancient doors to the king of glory that He may come in according to Psalm 24:7,9.
• Graciously exposed truth from false accusations concerning Israel’s government and give wisdom to restore justice and righteousness for the foundations of your throne – Psalm 89: 14.
• Move on the hearts of the Israeli electorate to align and vote according to Your will.

From Fox News. As Israelis trudge to the polls for the fifth time in less than four years, both the public and pundits agree that this election — just like the previous four — is about whether former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should return to power as the country’s leader.

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Most also agree that the Nov. 1 vote will do little to shift the logjam that has left the country in political limbo since December 2018.

Relegated to the role of opposition leader for more than a year, Netanyahu, who is also embroiled in a criminal trial over allegations of breach of trust, bribery and fraud, has become the single most divisive issue in the country’s 74-year history.

Fierce debates and even altercations over whether he should be allowed to serve as prime minister — even as he appears in court — triggered the first election; it is also what has prevented any new government from forming and enduring ever since.

But, love him or hate him — and Israelis appear pretty equally divided on this — Netanyahu is fighting vigorously to return to power and, according to the latest polls, there’s a small chance he might just be able to do it this time.

“Anyone who gives a yes or no answer on the question of whether Netanyahu can return is someone you should stop listening to. And there’s no better proof than the fact that we’re going for a fifth election in three and a half years,” Reuven Hazan, a professor of political science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, told Fox News Digital in an interview.

“If we knew in advance exactly where we were going, we would have done that after the first or the second round, definitely the third. We really don’t need five elections, and the reason we are at five is because we don’t know,” he said. “Every poll shows that it’s coming down to the wire.”

A poll published Friday — among the final polls taken ahead of Election Day — by Israel’s highest-rated news show, Channel 12, shows Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party receiving 31 seats in Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, and the bloc of parties that have committed to supporting the former prime minister receiving only 60, making him still one seat short of what he needs to form a solid coalition. …

“In other words, there are 120 members in the Israeli parliament, and in order to form a government because it’s a parliamentary system, not a presidential democracy, as in the U.S., you need a majority of at least 61 seats, and he [Netanyahu] doesn’t have that yet,” said Hazan. …

While most elections worldwide usually hinge on a group of undecided voters who stand somewhere in the middle of the political spectrum, in Israel the vote appears to hinge on those whose views are somewhere on the fringes.

On the far right of Israel’s political spectrum lies the Religious Zionism party, a conglomeration of what some claim are extremist, once persona non-grata agitators who have tried to clean up their act to make inroads into Israel’s parliament. They have committed to supporting Netanyahu and Bibi, much to the chagrin of some Western governments and Jewish communities worldwide. …

Latest polls show them drawing as many as 14 seats in Israel’s parliament, making it the third-largest faction and the potential kingmakers who could bestow Netanyahu the prime ministerial crown.

On the far left of Israel’s political map are three Arab parties, which could be an equally decisive factor in whether Netanyahu wins or loses. Previously united, the three factions once formed a significant power bloc in the Knesset, but the endless cycle of elections has left them squabbling and running separately in this round.

According to polls, each party hovers on the electoral threshold, and a defeated and dejected Arab public — roughly 20% of Israel’s population — appears more apathetic than ever toward Israel’s politics. The failure of any one of these parties, as well as three additional smaller parties, to receive the requisite 3.25% of the vote could drastically change the outcome of the election. …

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(Excerpt from Fox News. Photo Credit: Getty Images)