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Oliver Schick

This sort of thing just makes you despair:

In separate statements, both declared victory.

“We won! The Israeli public has had their say!” the Blue and White party said. “These elections have a clear winner and a clear loser.”

It urged the Israeli president to “call on the winner to form the next government. There is no other option!”

Netanyahu said his right-wing bloc won a “clear victory.”

“I thank the citizens of Israel for the trust. I will already begin building a right-wing government with our natural partners tonight,” he said.

Israeli exit polls are notoriously imprecise, meaning the final results could still swing in either direction. Official results weren’t expected until Wednesday morning.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2019/apr/09/israel-election-2019-exit-polls-winner-netanyahu-benny-gantz-latest-live-news-vote-results-today?page=with:block-5cacf8338f0852bbb93b4f8f#block-5cacf8338f0852bbb93b4f8f

Always this 'shaping the narrative' rubbish. Well, it worked for George W. Bush in 2000 ...

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starfish&coffee in reply to @Oliver Schick

My impression is that there is some more nuance to this than what you say. Both of them are dependent on forming a coalition to be able to form a government. I get the impression their boisterous statements are more about telling their potential partners to hurry up if they want to be part of the coalition. It's not the same zero sum game as in Florida 2000.

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Oliver Schick in reply to @starfish&coffee

I'm sure you're right, but surely that's also part of controlling the narrative?

I really just meant to criticise the making of these premature announcements, not what they may have intended to achieve by them.

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