Yair Lapid gestures as he delivers a speech at his "Yesh Atid" party in Tel-Aviv, early Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013. The party, formed just over a year ago, outdid forecasts by far and are predicted to capture as many as 19 seats, becoming parliament's second-largest party, after Netanyahu's Likud-Beiteinu bloc, which won 31, according to the exit polls.

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Naftali Bennett, head of Israel's Jewish Home party, greets his supporters at the party's headquarters in the city of Ramat Gan, Israel Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his hard line allies fared worse than expected in a parliamentary election Tuesday, preliminary results showed, possibly forcing him to reach across the aisle and court a popular political newcomer to cobble together a new coalition.

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