1.   And despite his lack of popularity abroad, Netanyahu remains well-liked with the Israeli electorate as terrorism has stayed low and economic growth relatively high.

2.   But it is very difficult to gauge the Israeli electorate in polls.

3.   But that pie in the sky came too late as the aroused Israeli electorate threw Barak out of office in the most resounding landslide in its history.

4.   Continued negotiating progress between Israel and the PLO depends, however, on peace winning a vote of confidence from the Israeli electorate next month.

5.   Somewhere between the radicals of right and left in the Israeli electorate lie the masses, turned emotionally by each and every event in the Middle East.

6.   The Israeli electorate is different from that in most democracies because there is a relatively small center.

7.   Ultra-orthodox voters are estimated to make up about seven percent of the Israeli electorate.