Mr. SHAVIT: This is a very promising election campaign in the sense that the Israeli public, the Israeli voters really have a choice between three different options.
Mr. Shavit says the Prime Minister's creation of the new Centrist party Kadima, indicated he had a clear vision of Israel's future, which he was prepared to pursue.
Mr. Shavit says that, if Hamas becomes dominant in Palestinian politics, there is likely to be a resurgence of the Israeli right wing and the Centrist Kadima will be marginalized.
Mr. ARI SHAVIT (Columnist, Israeli Newspaper Ha'aretz): He probably had in mind something quite limited yet significant, of probably evacuating 20 perhaps a bit more settlements in the coming years, within the context of the roadmap.