February 13th, 2009 // comments (0)

Moderates Lead In Israeli Vote

A quick update on the elections in Israel…:

JERUSALEM — Final results from Israel’s election, announced Thursday, leave the Kadima Party of moderate Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni with a slight lead over Benjamin Netanyahu’s hawkish Likud, but the hard-line bloc in the new parliament would have the power to stymie Mideast peace efforts.

Kadima will receive 28 seats in the 120-seat parliament and Likud 27, far less than the majority each would need to govern. Livni and Netanyahu are already hard at work trying to line up potential coalition partners.

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