The kiss of death?

Shas leader Eli Yishai announced on Tuesday that his Sephardic ultra-Orthodox party will only go into a coalition led by Binyamin Netanyahu and the Likud and not one led by Tzipora Livni and Kadima or Ehud Barak and Labor. Speaking at the ultra-Orthodox party's election campaign launching event, the industry, trade and Labor minister said that "Shas will recommend Benjamin Netanyahu to the