I do not know what position, if any, Sheikh Ahmad Shlash holds in the Syrian government or leadership, but he is described as "a senior member of the Syrian Parliament" tweeted the other day a statement taking credit for the presumed crash landing of the Beresheet lunar module on the moon.

According to his tweet, as translated by Google Translate and by various news sources, Shlash claimed that Syrian intelligence was behind the crash landing of the Israeli lunar module. He did not say how, but he says that just as promised, the battlefields of confrontation are unlimited and the Syrian intelligence operations will surprise everyone - implying that they were behind the crashing of the lunar module.

Quick thinking, Shlash. I'll give you that. Almost as good and funny as the fake Mossad twitter account.

The Prime Minister promised 2 ministerial appointments to the United Right party, and they received 5 mandates, so that will be the key for everyone else - 1 ministerial position per every 2.5 MKs.

  -- MK David Bitan (Likud)

that means we are looking at a minimum of 25 ministers, and maybe/possibly more.

1980's: Lavi fighter jet program fails, but boosts Israel's tech industry (software, semiconductors, materials).
2013: Project Better Place fails, but launches Israel's auto-tech industry.
2019: #Beresheet crashes on the moon...stay tuned.#StartUpNation

— Amir Mizroch (@Amirmizroch) April 11, 2019

the news has been crazy today with the up and down mandate numbers of different parties as the count keeps changing plus mistakes and clerical errors that have been discovered... but this takes the cake

The Central Electoral Board Did Not Count votes from 30 polling stations, mainly in Southern Israel

  -- Haaretz

oops

Besides for all the other problems, they simply forgot to count 30 polling stations. I have no idea how this is possible, but it happened. And if not for the discrepancies discovered because of the parties teetering on the edge and demanding a recount, and others fighting over a mandate that might go to one of a few parties, this never would have been discovered. Hundreds or thousands of votes would simply not have been counted. Computerize it!

this is fabulous. The Israel Airports Authority table for arrival times includes the Beresheet lunar landing scheduled for tonight! The time is slightly off, as it says the "Not Final" scheduled landing time is 22:00, but if I am not mistaken the landing maneuver will begin at 22:25. Either way, good job IAA!

The Board of Elections is a mess, with counting and recounting and we still do not have final results.

Inconsistencies are showing up, numbers do not match, people are complaining about irregularities with the results of their polling stations (such as numerous votes for arab parties in a few hardcore settlements, polling stations that showed no votes for this or that party when people who voted in those stations claim to have voted for those parties, etc)... A number of parties, not just the New Right, have called for a recount as their final results will be affected by the final totals.

It turns out the Israel will actually land on the moon before the final election results are known!
This election is a good example of the need to switch to some sort of computerized voting system where the results can be tallied quickly and efficiently rather than hand counting millions of paper ballots and tabulating them into a computer.

There is a lot of patronizing behavior on the side of the winners of the Israeli elections, from all the parties on the Right, in regards to the losing parties from the Left, and it kind of turns me off. I dont know why people have such a hard time winning gracefully.
That being said, this tweet is legitimately funny and is more personal against Lapid's track record in knesset..

יאיר לפיד הבטיח למרר לנו את החיים בכנסת. אני חושב שזו בשורה משמחת: סוף סוף נראה אותו בכנסת.

— Avi Dichter אבי דיכטר (@avidichter) April 11, 2019

lol