Israel Election Ends Inconclusive

Israel just held its first national election since the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas invasion, and the voters handed back a result about as tidy as a fence line after a bull has been through it. The Washington Examiner reports Likud lost one-sixth of its seats, and Netanyahu's coalition still came up short of a majority. Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party finished behind Likud, and the Arab parties won a record number of seats, which the Examiner says could complicate forming a government. A government takes 61 of the 120 seats, and nobody has that yet. Out at the sale barn, a crowd this split would still be arguing about the price. The article even floats another trip to the polls in six months. I've seen smarter decisions made by a cow stuck in a gate.