Who Really Won in Israel?

If Secretary of State John Kerry cannot get Israel to acknowledge that it is an occupying power in the Palestinian territories, then his visit is an exercise in futility.

Mazal Mualem reviews five lessons learned from the Israeli elections.

Ben Caspit writes that Yair Lapid, the biggest winner of the elections, owes his success to the fact that he represents for many the "ultimate Israeli."

Akiva Eldar talks to Meretz leader Zehava Gal-On, who pledges to mount a strong opposition, but admits that she sometimes wishes to work in the government.

The Israeli Arabs' abstention from voting expressed a much more profound disappointment in their own Knesset members than in the Israeli electoral system, writes Shlomi Eldar.

As far as Palestinians in Gaza are concerned, the results of Israel's elections will produce the same outcome for them, irrespective of the winner, Mohammed Suliman writes.

Clovis Maksoud examines the results of the Israeli elections and calls for Palestinian unity.

An analysis of the prospects for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations after the elections.

Daoud Kuttab assesses the mixed reactions of Palestinians to the Israeli elections.

Akiva Eldar breaks down the meaning of Israel's election results and finds both a crisis of leadership and a crisis of faith in democracy.