On Tuesday 22 January 2013 Israelis have gone to the polls to elect a new parliament and government. Despite the tight race between the center-left and the right wing, the vote is expected to usher in a government which will shift Israel further to the right and Benjamin Netanyahu is widely believed to retain his post, forming a coalition with a grouping of nationalist, religious and orthodox parties. This probable outcome rises the prospect of a greater diplomatic isolation for Israel and the chances of a peace deal with the Palestinians are likely to fade. For many, it seems that the only hope for improvements lay outside the domestic Israeli/Palestinian setting: maybe within Europe?