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Reflections, Obervations, and Analysis From Israeli Elections

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  I am political junkie and with the exception of the constant barrage of negative ad campaigns, I love the election process.   The polling, the analysis, the strategy; it’s great theater and drama.   This week, I was able to experience an Israeli Parliamentary election for the first time, and if you think American elections have drama and political gamesmanship, it can pale in comparison to the Israeli version with its 10 or so competitive parties.   And while there was great disappointment in the Israeli left, likewise on the U.S. left, the drama created from a “too close to call” on election night to a comfortable win by Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party the next morning offered flashbacks to US Presidential elections in 2000 and 2004.   It was a frantic and frenetic final 72 hours indeed. But first a little background on Israel and parliamentary elections.   Unlike in the U.S., where the electorate directly chooses the executive and legislative representatives from two major