Likud leader Binyamin Netanyahu told supporters over the weekend that victory is not a certainty urging everyone to get out and vote. Netanyahu is well-aware that pre-weekend polls continue to show Likud losing votes to Yisrael Beitenu while Kadima continues to close the gap between the two leading parties.

Most analysts believe that most of the parties will recommend to President Shimon Peres that Netanyahu be tapped to form a coalition government, enjoying the support of the right-wing parties, but it is entirely possible that Yisrael Lieberman and his Yisrael Beitenu Party can make the difference.

It is unlikely that Lieberman will recommend Tzipi Livni and her Kadima Party, but it is nonetheless within the realm of possibility.

It does appear based on polls that for the first time in its history, the Labor Party will become the fourth largest party, dropping behind Yisrael Beitenu, but during weekend election rallies, party members such a Binyamin (Fuad) Ben-Eliezer continued to express optimism, stating he remains hopeful that Labor will earn at least 20 seats.

Spending the weekend in the south, Lieberman told an election rally that his goal for the next elections in 2013 is a minimum of 30 seats.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)