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An Israeli soldier committed suicide at Sarkozy's departure at the airport.

And you should have heard how the Palestinian band played La Marseillaise lol.

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I heard the Greenies might get 1-2 seats in the next election. They were very close last time IIRC.

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We're a little over two weeks from the election to replace Olmert; has anyone seen a poll, or something like that, to indicate who's likely to win?

Tzipi Livni IIRC.

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Elections are in 4 days; has there been any news?

Livni described herself as a centrist.

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Bump.  If no coalition is formed, when will the next elections be held?

Early next year, probably. But the chances of a new coalition are pretty small now.

Interesting.  Has anybody seen any polls recently?

Election will be Feb 10th

a recent poll

Kadima 29
Likud 28
Labor 11
Shas 11
Yisrael Beiteinu 9
New reeligous party (Mafdal + ichud leumi) 7
Agudat Israel 7
Meretz 6
Greens0-2
Gil 0-2
Chadash+ta'al+ ra'am 10

Interesting; is that an improvement for Likud?

A big one, they had all time loa of 12 seats in the outgoing Knesset because many of their leaders (Sharon, Olmart) moved to Kadima.

I meant in terms of the polls.

Oh, I see. They had 26 to 33 so this one is not that good.

Any idea why?

I guess with some old faces coming back this week to the party (Beny Begin, Dan Meridor) they might come better on the next poll.

Intersting.  Well, the election is coming soon, so we'll know.

February 10th is soon?

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Any word on possible coalitions yet?

Likud-Yisrael Beitenu-Kadima.

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Has he announced his official Cabinet yet?  I heard Natan Sharansky was going to be in it; is that accurate?

It is amusing how you love Israel yet you clearly don't follow Israeli news at all.

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Has he announced his official Cabinet yet?  I heard Natan Sharansky was going to be in it; is that accurate?

It is amusing how you love Israel yet you clearly don't follow Israeli news at all.

I read Haaretz daily for a while, but stopped.  I've now started up again, actually.

You certainly haven't read it in quite some time.