Good luck - you will need it. That's a certainty. Enjoy.

Kadimah won but our stupid electoral system has given Bibi Netanyahu the chance to put his money where his mouth is! Give him enough rope and he will hang himself. Let him form a coalition. Of course he will sell his soul to Shas and the religious extremists and Shas will humiliate him and the Likud. They will demand billions of shekels, the Education Ministry and the end of freedom of choice of lifestyle. Let him stand up to international pressure. Yes, we know he can sell ice to an Eskimo but let's not forget that Obama comes from Hawaii and not the North Pole! Bibi is all mouth. We saw that last time and he will show his true face very soon. Unfortunately there will be a heavy price. It will cost the elderly, the handicapped and the sick their means to survive. He will reduce taxation of the rich and he will let the Golan and the Galilee die of neglect! Tzippy, we elected you to lead, not to serve an outdated party and an egotistical Prime Minister. Stick to your guns!

The people voted Tzipi Livni for PM. As in Canada, she should have the firtst opportunity to form a coalition government, and if she can't then the other parties should have an opportunity. This is a disgrace to democratic principles.

The results are in, the votes have been counted, and there is no doubt as to the outcome of Israel's elections yesterday: this was a clear and decisive victory for Israel's right-wing. Sure, Tzipi Livni's Kadima party may have come out ahead of the Likud in terms of the number of seats that it garnered. And yes, just a few weeks ago, the Likud was leading Kadima by a large gap in the polls. But the bottom line is this: the left-wing parties combined got just 44 seats (not including the 3 Arab parties), while the right came home with 65. And that number may yet change even more in the right's favor in the coming days, as the votes of the soldiers and security forces are counted as well. In other words, the right received a whopping 50% more votes than the parties on the left. That, my friends, is what is known as a good ol' fashioned landslide. Indeed, no matter how one looks at it, the left on its own can not form a coalition. Thus, the unavoidable conclusion is that the people of Israel have spoken loudly and clearly. They have rejected the outgoing government and its policies of appeasment, and voted to replace it with a strong, nationalist administration. The media, of course, is carefully trying to play down this point, empashizing instead Livni's "victory" and "comeback". But all the spin-meisters in the world can not obscure the reality that the people of Israel have spoken - and they have sent the left packing.

But Israel and Canada are two different countries with two different systems of government. In Israel winning the most seats (and we still don't have a certified count) is only one of three criteria for being tapped to form a government. The recommendations of faction heads and the practical ability to form a coalition with a majority are equally important. Livni is in trouble in that regard. Meretz and Labor are going into the opposition, Shas and the Arabs have refused her out of the gate, and Israel Beiteinu isn't enough for her to build a government with - even if they do go with her. She needs Bibi to break the threshold, but he doesn't need her, and she knows it. What she also knows is that in this system there's no vague moral notion he should just bend over backwards for her, either.

its not democratic. Democratically, more people voted for parties that support netanyahu than livni.

If this cannot be resolved without dividing the country then one solution would be to hold a special election with only Kadima and Likud. That will clearly show the intent of the people. However, the intent is already shown with the right being the winner so the rest should just except it.

Bar'On fails to mention that Livni has already met with Lieberman. What's the difference? Does one seat give her the right to look for support but Bibi doesn't have that same right? The Kadima mouths run on.

Wasn't Bibi once involved in a deal called Bar On for Hevron? Can we reinvoke this deal? Give the Arabs Bar On and we get Hevron back from them? I'm willing to sweeten the deal, and throw in Ramon and Gal-on too Bar on, Ramon Galon for Hevron