The last 150,000 votes will be counted in the Knesset today - those of the soldiers, prison inmates, hospital patients, and diplomats abroad. Shinui and Yisrael B'Aliyah are close to an extra mandate, while the Arab parties may end up losing one. The final results are expected by late this afternoon.
The National Religious Party's Rabbi Yitzchak Levy says that his party will not enter the coalition government if its guidelines include the Road Map plan. "A government committed to the Road Map," Levy said, "will be the first one to ever include the establishment of a Palestinian state in its guidelines, and the NRP cannot agree to that."
The National Religious Party's Rabbi Yitzchak Levy says that his party will not enter the coalition government if its guidelines include the Road Map plan. "A government committed to the Road Map," Levy said, "will be the first one to ever include the establishment of a Palestinian state in its guidelines, and the NRP cannot agree to that."