The Elections to the 19th Knesset, 2013: Some Thoughts

Abstract

In mid-October 2012 a general election for the 19 th Knesset was called for January 22 2013 and was expected to result in radical change to the political landscape.  Kadima , the party founded in late 2005 by former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and which had won the largest number of seats in the election of February 2009, had virtually disintegrated. Ehud Barak, the Defence Minister and another ex-Prime Minister, had announced his departure from politics.