1.   His message was aimed at the undecided middle ground of Israeli politics.

2.   A surge by Tsomet from two to eight seats was seen as representing a new phenomenon in Israeli politics right-wing anti-religious sentiment.

3.   And Israeli politics will remain messy, because this is still a nation in the making.

4.   And observers say it displays how the American-style of political techniques is now so common in Israeli politics.

5.   As it is, the White House has often been too deeply involved in Israeli politics.

6.   As the first nationally elected government leader, Netanyahu was supposed to be immune to the paralyzing bickering among the many small parties that has traditionally marked Israeli politics.

7.   A veteran of Israeli politics, he knows, too, that compromises Bush is suggesting would likely undo his ruling coalition.

8.   After all, as divisive as Israeli politics is, the last political assassination took place before the founding of the state.

9.   Bringing Carville to Israeli politics is a service along the lines of carrying gasoline to a fire, as a hedge against it burning itself out.

10.   But Israeli politics, like politics elsewhere, often comes down to a choice of what may seem the lesser evil.