The Israeli election results are pouring in. Haaretz reports that Kadima won 28 seats, Labor 20, Shas 13, Yisrael Beitenu 12 and Likud 11. Voter turnout was just over 63%, the lowest in Israeli history and ‘worsting’ the 68% previous record for the previous election. What does it all mean?
Peres and Olmert [...]
With Israeli voters about to go to the polls in one of the least compelling (though not because the issues are unimportant) elections in recent memory, Hamas has marked a revolutionary change by not punctuating the voting with suicide bombings. Such a fate is what torpedoed Shimon Peres’ best opportunity to become prime minister [...]
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Prof. Menachem Klein of Bar Ilan University and one of Israel’s Oslo negotiators and architects of the Geneva Accords will speak with Prof. Joel Migdal of the Jackson School of International Studies and Jewish Studies UW. They will analyze the results of the all-important March 28 Israeli election [...]
Robert Rosenberg (photo: ariga.com)
Polling today at 37 seats, it seems doubtful that anyone can dent Kadima’s lead in the three weeks remaining before Israeli elections. My heart is with Amir Peretz and Labor. But they’re holding steady at 20 seats, a small improvement over their current representation. Today’s Robert Rosenberg column [...]
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