To sum up the current political situation in one word, one would best describe it as �meetings�, ongoing and non-stop meetings towards negotiating the best possible deal and to secure a respectable place in the 18th Knesset.
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Negotiations are ongoing between the two leading parties, Kadima and Likud, meeting with the negotiators of the other parties are they desperately seek to close a deal ahead of meeting with President Shimon Peres next week.
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Both Netanyahu and Livni have met with most of their potential coalition partners, but the experts predict that Livni does not have a real chance of assembling a coalition.
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Even Chaim Oron, who leads the left-wing secular Meretz Party, announced �with a heavy heart� that it is obvious the next prime minister will undoubtedly be Binyamin Netanyahu. He added that his party will not join a Kadima coalition that includes Yisrael Beitenu and he is preparing to take up his position in opposition.�

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)