He's been close to decision-making for a long time and observed several prime ministers. He's had all the training that's required and he certainly has the capabilities.

No party will be able to get everything it wanted. A coalition is about sharing power.

There is a tendency over the past election campaigns of shrinking turnout and we are concerned about it.

They are trying to make Omri Sharon into a demon of the political system. What you see here is a catalog of the avarice of central committee members.

We can form a coalition very quickly but this may undermine its stability ... or we can take our time and design a coalition government that will be stable and stay the course for four years.

Everything is on the table, we have innumerable possibilities.