Noam Sheizaf on what to keep your eye on
In online magazine +972, Noam Sheizaf offers a roundup of what to watch for as the election results unfold, including several potential coalition makeups:
- If the opposition (Zionist Camp, Meretz, Joint List and Yesh Atid) can get 60 seats or more, Netanyahu will find it difficult - or impossible - to form a government and is likely to retire from politics immediately
- If Netanyahu, the Right (Jewish Home Party, Yahad and Yisrael Beitenu) and ultra-orthodox parties (Shas and United Torah Judaism) can get to 60, Netanayhu, of course, will find the task of forming a government easier. He will also take power away from Moshe Kahlon of the centrist Kalanu party which Kahlon, a former Likud minister, formed last year. Kahlon, who is expected to get 10 seats and has not named who he will support, is looking like this election's kingmaker.