"What is love? Baby don't hurt me..." With the techno bumping in the background, Israel's leading politicians Tzipi Livni of the Kadima party and Benjamin Netanyahu of Likud met at 'Splash Go-Go', a new disco in downtown Tel Aviv to discuss Israel's next government. They sat in the lush new "Champag...

The voting was the easy part. In Israel's Election system, we vote for Knesset, parliament, Members but not Prime Minister, not the executive. The elected MK's then, post-election, wheel and deal to form a government. That's when the fun begins. It's fun for them I guess, since the big prizes go to ...

The media keeps telling us that because Kadima got a few more votes, equalling one more Knesset seat than the Likud, it means that the people chose Tsippi Livni to be the next Prime Minister of Israel. The Israeli political system is not all that simplistic. We have neither a two nor a three party "...

22 of the Eleventh Month 5769 This morning on the bus, I was held hostage by the bus driver's choice of radio listening pleasure. I don't know who it was. All of the leftists in Israel pretty much sound the same. The host was ranting and raving about the elections, and how horrible the results were,...

As Israeli leaders tried to break out of their political deadlock yesterday, a senior figure in Tzipi Livni's Kadima party said they would not join an extreme rightwing government led by their rival Binyamin Netanyahu. Kadima won Tuesday's elections by a single seat but is struggling to form a major...

Final results in Israel's general elections were announced today, confirming that the centrist Kadima party of the foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, won only one seat more than Binyamin Netanyahu's Likud party. With military and overseas ballots counted, Kadima had 28 seats – far short of the 61 need...

As Israelis fight to claim victory, the peace process takes its final gaspsBy Ray Hanania Why am I not surprised that both the leader on the left and the leader on the right have claimed victory in Israel’s elections this week? Tzipi Livni Israeli Foreign Minister and head of the Kadima Party, a m...

The search for silver linings in the murky cloud of yesterday's Israeli election requires a great effort of the will. There is not much to go on. You could draw comfort from the fact that Likud's Bibi Netanyahu, who thought he was such a dead cert to win a matter of weeks ago, was rejected, albeit n...

This morning my friend Shai, a politics junkie, changed his Facebook status to "It's complicated". He was referring not to his relationship with his wife, but rather to the inconclusive results of the Israeli elections. Right now, no one knows who will lead the next government. Tzipi Livni's Kadima ...

Despite being built on ethnic cleansing and still premised on rampant anti-Palestinian racism and ethno-religious chauvinism, Israeli politics are so much fun to watch. They really out shine America's routine, canned bonanza. The cast of characters is colorful and fully representative of the current...