” “"Results that are a bit surprising but are not particularly outrageous". According to the Custodian of the Holy Land, father Pierbattista Pizzaballa, "perhaps no one expected such results: actually, Kadima has not achieved those 38-40 posts that it had been credited with, as well as no one thought of the good results that would have been achieved by Israel Beiteinu, the Russian-speaking right wing, led by Avigdor Lieberman, with 12 seats, which overtakes the Likud, which with 11 MPs has been heavily cut down by the voting". "Perhaps the analysts had slightly underestimated Israel’s domestic situation and gave more weight to the conflict with Palestinians stated the priest to SIR -. Now, it will be difficult to form a coalition" which if we look at the figures "could be centre-leftis,t with the backing of other groups. But it’s too early to draw any conclusion. We will have to see the agreements and the programs that are being discussed. Considering Israeli parties are fairly argumentative, it won’t be easy". "the result he adds has not been so much affected by Hamas’ victory in Palestine as by the domestic economic situation according to figures provided by the Executive Committee, in Israel there are over one million people living in distress, and unemployment is high. However, to solve the domestic situation, the crisis with the Palestinians must be dealt with. No matter how firmly they hold on to their positions, the two governments eventually will have to talk to each other. But for the moment everyone had better wait". ” “