Much of the world woke up yesterday morning to find that Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu (Israel Our Home) party had won 15 of 120 seats in the Knesset, overtaking the venerable Labor Party as Israel's third largest.  Those who cared enough, or were obsessed enough, to stay up late following the election returns found out the previous night.  The results have left journalists and diplomats scrambling to decide what it all means, which in a sad and sorry way puts me ahead of the game: I've been condemning Lieberman since 1999.

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