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00:00ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT, WHAT EVERYBODY NEEDS TO KNOW. WE NEED TO KNOW A LOT FROM YOU TODAY. THERE IS NOT REALLY A HOPE THAT EITHER OF THE MAJOR LEADING CANDIDATES WILL GET A MAJORITY. WHO IS LIKELY TO COME OUT THE STRONGEST TO TRY TO FOREARM A COALITION? > > AT THIS POINT IT IS REALLY DANGEROUS TO PREDICT WHETHER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU WILL BE ABLE TO ASSEMBLY COALITION. THE PRE-ELECTION POLLS INDICATED THAT NEITHER CANDIDATE IS GOING TO FIND IT EASY TO PUT TOGETHER A GOVERNING COALITION, 61 OUT OF THE 120 AND PARLIAMENT. OVER THE LAST DECADE, BENJAMIN NETANYAHU HAD BEEN ABLE TO ASSEMBLE COALITIONS, HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH THE ORTHODOX PARTIES IN A WAY THAT THE CENTERLEFT, HIS RIVALS, HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO. THE CENTERLEFT PARTIES HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEEN LINKED TO WORKING WITH THE ARAB PARTIES AS WELL, SO THE ARITHMETIC TYPICALLY FAVORS BENJAMIN NETANYAHU OR A PRIME MINISTER FROM THE RIGHT, BUT A LOT DEPENDS ON HOW THE SMALLER PARTIES, WHETHER THEY ARE ABLE TO ENTER THAT -- AND HOW MANY SEATS THEY WILL PICK UP. DAVID: IT HAS ONLY BEEN SIX MONTHS SINCE THE LAST ELECTION, WHAT HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND AND COULD CHANGE IN THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION? DOV: ISRAELI POLITICAL VIEWS HAVE NOT SIGNIFICANTLY SHIFTED, A MAJORITY OF ISRAELIS STILL IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS RIGHT-WING. ATTITUDES TOWARD THE PRIME MINISTER HAVE NOT REALLY CHANGED. THERE ARE THOSE WHO LOVE HIM, THOSE WHO HATE HIM. SO LITTLE HAS CHANGED IN TERMS OF POLITICAL ATTITUDES, BUT SMALLER PARTIES HAVE CONSOLIDATED. SO THERE WILL BE LESS COMPETITION IN THE SELECTION, BUT THERE ARE 30 PARTIES STILL COMPETING. THE ONLY THING THAT REALLY HAS CHANGED IS THE ISSUE OF RELIGION IN STATE, WHICH WAS NOT REALLY A MAJOR ISSUE IN THE APRIL ELECTION, BUT IT HAS BECOME MUCH MORE OF AN ISSUE IN THIS ELECTION BECAUSE A SMALL SECTOR OF THE RIGHT-WING PARTY LED BY AVIGDOR LIBERMAN, WHO HAS USUALLY BEEN ALLIED WITH BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, AFTER THE LAST ELECTION HE REFUSED TO JOIN BENJAMIN NETANYAHU ' S COALITION AND THAT IS WHAT TRIGGERED THIS ELECTION. AS A RESULT, THE QUESTION OF THE ROLE OF THE ULTRA-ORTHODOX AND ISRAELI LIVES, BUT TAKE EARLY THE QUESTION OF THEIR PRESCRIPTION INTO THE MILITARY, HAS BECOME MUCH MORE OF AN ISSUE IN THIS ELECTION. DAVID: THOSE OF US IN THE U.S. WHO LOOK AT ISRAEL TEND TO THINK

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It Is Currently 'Dangerous' to Predict Israeli Elections, Says Northeastern University Professor

Dov Waxman, Northeastern University professor of political science, discusses the Israeli elections with David Westin on "Balance of Power." (Corrects name of university in description.) (Source: Bloomberg)

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