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ISRAELIS GO TO THE POLLS TOMORROW AFTER WHAT HAS BEEN THE LONGEST, NASTIEST AND MOST DISPIRITING POLITICAL CAMPAIGN IN THEIR NATION’S HISTORY . AFTER FIVE MONTHS OF ELECTIONEERING IN WHICH THE CRTICAL ISSUES FACING THEM WERE BARELY DISCUSSED, BITTERLY DIVIDED AND DISGUSTED ISRAELIS TODAY AGREE ON ONLY ONE THING: THANK GOD IT’S FINALLY OVER