With alternatives to the status quo constrained, it has become clear that Israel is in a long transitional period in which old ideas don’t work and a new approach is needed. Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni’s Kadima party, opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, and Defense Minister Ehud Barak’s Labor party all fall – with only secondary variations – within a centrist consensus, which also reflects a popular national consensus.
由于现状之外的其他选择寥寥无几，很明显以色列正处在一个漫长的转折阶段，此时旧观点不再有效，需要新方法。外交部长齐皮·利夫尼的前进党、反对派领袖本雅明·内塔尼亚胡的利库德集团、国防部长埃胡德·巴拉克的工党在中立派的民意里相差无几，全部失利。这也反映了广泛的国民意见。