Understanding the Elections
Now that all the votes have been tallied, there is still much to be decided in the Knesset. The results were confusing- Tzipi Livni and Kadima pulled ahead, just barely, winning 28 seats. But Bibi Netanyahu’s Likud came in a very close second with 27 seats and a margin of only 30,000 votes. So the big question is now- who really won? Who can form the coalition and lead the country?
We’ll explore the new developments on Club Israel through the next few weeks, but in the meantime, this article from the New York Times does a good job of explaining the situation.
Below is a video from the Associated Press which also lays out the difficulties in the elections.