++Josh Marshall at Talkingpointsmemo has the must read piece on the elections since he was the only blogger who understands Israeli politics. His point was that Bibi made a cynical but accurate move in the last few days of the election when polls weren't allowed.
++He raised the alarm that the foreign countries, the NGOs and others were trying to defeat him, he appealed to the racist voter in Israel by his attacks on Israeli Arabs, asserted there would be no Palestinian state on his watch. This resulted in a late surge by the end of the day from the right parties.
++Basically,the polls weren't off because they had calibrated the right votes accurately. Josh says that the right voter made a rational decision to shift toward Bibi.
++Hence you got the astounding comeback.
++Sadly,this leaves Israel more isolated internationally,its alliance with the United States fraying and Israel in a more perilous situation strategically.
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