Have you been following the elections?

I’m looking all over for good accurate news but not finding much. Who pulled it out?

Last I heard it was too close to call.

That’s what I’m finding too.

Not following the blow by blow but awaiting the outcome.

I’m aware of the election. I’ve noted it’s too close to call and some published comments from Netanyahu.

Isn’t all the current reporting based on exit polls only? Not terribly reliable – and rather bold of Netenyahu to claim victory on that basis. Not that this is surprising, I suppose.

Disappointed. I was hoping that there would finally be someone to cobble together a centrist coalition that might make progress towards real peace.

@zenvelo I agree. This eye-for-eye stuff is only making things worse and ensures the conflict will last another generation. I want to see Israel as the “good guys” again. I want to see a prosperous Palestinian state too. One where people are too happy living their lives to ever want to blow themselves up.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/18/world/middleeast/israel-election-netanyahu-herzog.html

Crap.

Does a “stunning turnabout” from the polls of only a week ago seem suspicious to you or is it just me? Surely vote or election rigging would not occur in Israel?!

Seven a.m. here… Seems like another Bibi govt.

It looks like Likud is blustering. It’s uncertain if they can form a coalition but they’re loudly proclaiming victory.

Reminds me of 2000 in the US.

@jaytkay I was thinking that, too. Were the exit poll results being announced while the polls were still open? I hate that. It must influence voting.

@jaytkay in 2013 we discussed the 34 parties and insane system… You mentioned that you are interested in Israeli politics. :-)

Seems like no-one expected the 30–24 win of the Likud over Labour.

I, for one, am very distraught.

See you all in another 18–24 months again.

Italy, here we come.

Does anyone know if they use these voting machines that we use here?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=u4FPuLNjvAc

I am shocked and appalled at the results just as I’m sure many around the world were shocked at the results of the American elections. I see little hope for any peace anywhere.

Doesn’t it smell a bit that he was celebrating his victory before the results were in? I thought it was too close to call?

The safest assumption when predicting elections is more of the same. Dramatic turnovers can and do occur but they are more the exception than the rule. In that vein, I am predicting that Rahm Emanuel will win in Chicago despite all the talk about dissatisfaction with his performance. As much as I would like to see him go, he is the incumbent with a double digit lead a few weeks before the election.

Ben’s in. skin of the teeth.