Now the work of building a coalition begins. The Jerusalem Post has an interesting article here which examines voting patterns in different Israeli locales.
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The exit polls show Kadima ahead by the narrowest of margins. The New York Times sounds a warning: “But even if the official results reflect those exit polls, it is unclear if Kadima can muster enough partners for a stable coalition, leaving open the question of whether she (Livni) or Mr. Netanyahu would form the next government. Commentators were calling the initial results a recipe for political chaos in the coming weeks.”
“The dominating emotion of this most undecided of elections has been anguish. Normally reserved for the most troubling of love affairs, this anguish has seized my nights and conquered my days; the scenarios all laid out, the permutations thoroughly hypothesised.”
Read Alex Stein on his journey to the ballot box here.
This is a guest post by Kenneth Bandler, Director of Communications for the American Jewish Committee.
One of the first Israeli casualties in the recent war with Hamas was an Arab construction worker, felled by a missile fired from Gaza into Ashkelon. In an instant, Hamas made clear it does not distinguish its victims. All Israelis are fair game.
Here ’s a report from the Associated Press which yet again demonstrates that Israel is a proper democracy, with proper separation of powers between the legislature, executive and judiciary:
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