What's the deal with the 11/1 Israeli election?

Based on the polls from four days before the election, the pro-Bibi bloc will end up with around 60 seats, and the anti-Bibi Lapid bloc around 56. Even if those polls are pretty accurate, they don’t necessarily predict the final results because shifting one or two seats can change everything.

The election is just the first part of the political process. Depending on the results, once the votes are counted, the politics truly begin. Unless one of the two blocs receives enough votes to get 61 Knesset seats, the horse-trading begins.

For the Americans who are reading this, do you remember all the deals that were made in the Senate to pass Obamacare, like when Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson got all the extra benefits for his state to change his vote? Well, folks, you ain’t seen nuttin’ yet!