08:00:

Bayit HaYehudi leader Naftali Bennett announced following elections that the �Jewish Spring� is beginning.

08:56:

The Ra�am-Ta�al Arab party increased by 20% to five seats in the incoming 19th Knesset.

09:00:

The radical left-wing Meretz Party increased 100% from 3 seats in the outgoing Knesset to 6 seats in the 19th Knesset.

09:10:

Yaakov Peri, number 5 on the Yesh Atid list stated �It is an error to believe we are locked in the coalition as he tried to explain his party�s entry into a coalition is not a given.

09:11:

Most analysts believe the new coalition will be without chareidim, focusing on economic issues and the �sharing the burden,� the drafting of Bnei Yeshiva.

(YWN � Israel Desk, Jerusalem)