BBC NEWS | Special Report | 1999 | 05/99 | Israel elections

Ehud Barak became Israel's new prime minister after a decisive election victory over incumbent Binyamin Netanyahu. BBC News Online's election special report covered the campaign issues, key figures and the implications for Israel and the peace process.

Barak pledges to unite Israel

Victorious Labour Party leader Ehud Barak promises to be a prime minister for all Israelis.

Healing a national wound
Analysis: New hope for peace?
Shift reflects distaste for media glitz
Result fuels optimism in Middle East
West greets Barak victory
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Tales from the campaign trail

Shaping Israel's destiny
Our Middle East correspondent, Paul Adams, has covered three Israeli election campaigns and finds this year's every bit as interesting as contests in 1992 and 1996.
Shas: Divided they stand
Scandal surrounding the leader of Shas, has exposed the deep rifts in Israeli society and politics.

Putting Arabs on the map
Azmi Bishara's campaign is all about Arab pride and about making Israel's leaders sit up and take notice.

Israel woos Russian vote
The major political parties are locked in a battle to win the votes of the country's biggest ethnic block - the Russians.

Small parties pack powerful punch
Blonde bombshell Pnina Rosenblum is leading just one of 33 parties fighting for election to the Israeli Knesset. But will they tear apart Israeli democracy?

Israel's new economic challenge
While the peace process was the focus of the election in 1996, many voters are asking questions about the economy in 1999.

A nation divided
Quite apart from differences over the peace process or economic policy, religion is one of the key fault lines threatening to split Israeli society in two.

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