No, I’m not talking about the low turnout so far. That was predicted. I’m talking about the Guardian Newsblog where Lisa Goldman is blogging about the election (and the country) in a remarkably sympathetic manner for the British newspaper whose opinons about the Jewish state are often… well, the less said the better. The Guardian is the last place I would have looked for coverage of the Israeli election had it not been for Pajamas’ own Allison.
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I think if you read the newsblog entry carefully, you’ll find it’s by Lisa Goldman, an Israeli blogger, and not by Kirsten Broomhall, who just wrote the intro.
Oops, thank you. I saw that on An Unsealed Room and thought somehow Kirsten was Lisa’s pen name. My bad.
Still, you have to give the Guardian some points for choosing two Israeli bloggers with centrist views — to write about the elections on their newsblog. Lisa is actually the more left-leaning of the two, Shai, who has three Guardian posts up also, has said he is voting for Kadima.
KADIMA 29-32; LABOR 20-22; LIKUD 11-12
Well, here’s the range of election polls:
Kadima, 29-32 seats
Labor, 20-22 seats
Likud, 11-12 seats
Gil/Pensioners, 6-8 seats (more than meretz!!!)
If these exit polls prove correct, I’m a bit surprised at the utter collapse of Likud. Given the talk of voter apathy (63.2%, the lowest ever in an Israeli general election), I figured it was the passionate right that was out voting in droves. Apparently not.
Will be interesting to see who Olmert cobbles together to get 61 MKs for a government, but most importantly, though, how things play out after the dust settles. Kadima party discipline has been quite strong since Sharon was incapacitated… Can it last given some of the pivotal decisions ahead?
I am surprised at the vote. It seem people are prepared to give the center left the government.
Terrye;
From what I read labor is only increased their seat total one or two seats. The center right split in two so of course the center left would benifit. It looks like Likud should pack it in.