On Hold

It seems that whole world is on hold (and on edge) a little bit, waiting for the elections results here in Israel to be finalized and a new government to be formed. Nations and heads of nations are offering their opinions and their threats.

Such a tiny country, yet such world wide intrigue.

We are all waiting to see who will be the Prime Minister and what his government will look like - the "64 thousand dollar (shekel) questions."

Speaking of shekels and dollars, the dollar is very high against the shekel right now, as Stanley Fischer, head of the Bank of Israel, continues to buy dollars continues talk of dropping interest rates even more. All this to stave off more fall out from the economic woes in America, where Obama's stimulus package is the biggest news.

Still, when you read an article like one published by Israel National News, stating that Washington might extend some behind the scenes manipulations and meddling to force a unity government with Kadima and Likud, one has to wonder ...doesn't America have enough of it's OWN problems not to try in meddle in ours???

I don't know if such statements are true or not, but we do know that several US Presidents have definitely interfered in Israel's elections in the past. Bill Clinton even sent his ambassador to openly campaign for Shimon Peres when Bibi ran for office in 1996. It is certainly not unprecedented.

Waiting for Thursday........or maybe even tomorrow.......