Always good to know what’s going on in Israel. To sum it up, Kadima, Ariel Sharons/ehud Olmerts party gained the most seats (28). but it was less then they thought they would get. Labor- Amir Peretz ,a.k.a Mr. 70’s mustache man party, came in second with 20 seats. Shas, the ultra religious party gained 13 seats. Yisrael Beytenu, A pary started in 1999, based on a platform of being the new immigrants party won 12 seats. And finally Likud, led by Bibi , got rocked and only won 11 seats. The great thing about Israel politics is that although most of these partys each have opposite ideology from one another. they will have to come together to get anything done. Expect another great year of brawls in the Kenneset.

  RESULTS
Kadima 28 seats
Labor 20 seats
Shas 13 seats
Yisrael Beitenu 12 seats
Likud 11 seats
National Union / NRP 9 seats
Gil (senior citizens) 7 seats
United Torah Judaism 6 seats
Meretz 4 seats
United Arab List 4 seats
Balad 3 seats
Hadash 3 seats
Kadima (28)

1. Ehud Olmert
2. Shimon Peres
3. Tzipi Livni
4. Meir Sheetrit
5. Avi Dichter
6. Marina Solodkin
7. Haim Ramon
8. Shaul Mofaz
9. Tzahi Hanegbi
10. Avraham Hirschson
11. Uriel Reichman
12. Gideon Ezra
13. Roni Bar-On
14. Dalia Itzik
15. Ze’ev Boim
16. Ya’akov Edri
17. Ze’ev Elkin
18. Majallie Whbee
19. Ruhama Avraham
20. Michael Ben-Sasson
21. Shlomo Brazanich
22. Eli Aflalo
23. David Tal
24. Avigdor Yitzhaki
25. Ronit Tirosh
26. Michael Nudelman
27. Otniel Shneller
28. Amira Dotan

Shas (13)

1. Eli Yishai
2. Yitzhak Cohen
3. Amnon Cohen
4. Meshulam Nahari
5. Ariel Atiyas
6. Shlomo Benizri
7. David Azoulay
8. Yitzhak Vaknin
9. Nissim Ze’ev
10. Ya’akov Margi
11. Chaim Amsalam
12. Avraham Michaeli
13. Mazor Beyana

Likud (11)

1. Binyamin Netanyahu
2. Silvan Shalom
3. Moshe Kahlon
4. Gilad Erdan
5. Gideon Sa’ar
6. Michael Eitan
7. Reuven Rivlin
8. Dan Naveh
9. Yuval Steinitz
10. Limor Livnat
11. Natan Sharansky

Pensioners (7)

1. Rafi Eitan
2. Ya’akov Ben-Izri
3. Moshe Sharoni
4. Yitzhak Ziv
5. Yitzhak Galanti
6. Elhanan Glazer
7. Sarah Marom

Meretz (4)

1. Yossi Beilin
2. Haim Oron
3. Ran Cohen
4. Zehava Gal-On
Labor (20)

1. Amir Peretz
2. Isaac Herzog
3. Ophir Paz-Pines
4. Avishai Braverman
5. Yuli Tamir
6. Ami Ayalon
7. Eitan Cabel
8. Binyamin Ben-Eliezer
9. Shelly Yacimovich
10. Michael Melchior
11. Matan Vilna’i
12. Collette Avital
13. Efraim Sneh
14. Danny Yatom
15. Nadia Hilu
16. Shalom Simhon
17. Orit Noked
18. Yoram Marciano
19. Ghaleb Majadle
20. Shakeef Shanan

Yisrael Beitenu (12)

1. Avigdor Lieberman
2. Yuri Shtern
3. Yisrael Hason
4. Yosef Hagall
5. Estherina Tartman
6. Stas Miseznicoff
7. Sofa Landver
8. Yitzhak Ahronovich
9. Robert Iltev
10. Alex Miller
11. Leah Shemtov
12. David Rotem

National Union/NRP (9)

1. Benny Eilon
2. Zevulun Orlev
3. Zvi Hendel
4. Effi Eitam
5. Nissan Slomiansky
6. Yitzhak Levy
7. Eli Gabai
8. Arye Eldad
9. Uri Ariel

United Torah Judaism (6)

1. Ya’acov Litzman
2. Avraham Ravitz
3. Meir Porush
4. Moshe Gafni
5. Shmuel Halpert
6. Yisrael Eichler

United Arab List (4)

1. Ibrahim Sarsour
2. Ahmed Tibi
3. Taleb a-Sanaa
4. Mohammed Kanaan

Balad (3)

1. Azmi Bishara
2. G’emal Zehalkah
3. Wasal Taha

Hadash (3)

1. Muhammad Barakei
2. Hanna Sweid
3. Dov Hanin