After an exit poll that gave the opposition hope, reality dawned. With all the votes on the right, the prospects for the left and centre now look bleakFollowing Israel’s nail-biting election, nearly every political community in the country experienced triumph and despair. The initial results swung wildly from the first exit polls to the slow real-vote count; the bloc of parties loyal to the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, might yet win, and each side feels that its fate hangs in the balance.So far, only one certainty remains: Israel’s bitter divisions are deeper than ever.Dahlia Scheindlin is a political analyst in Tel Aviv Continue reading...