JERUSALEM

With 31 parties for votes in today's election, the intriguing prospect
looms of the balance of power in a coalition being held by a party
pledged to legalise marijuana.

A Gallup poll shows Green Leaf likely to win two or three seats. The
party's television ads have been more like a rave party, with the
words "love", "sex" and "marijuana" flashing over a trippy-techno beat
in English, Hebrew, Russian and Arabic.

It may look like a fantasy, but if long negotiations are needed to
stitch together a government, the Green Leafers, may insist on a
herbal spliff with their prospective partners....

Also standing, is Rights of the Man in the Family, whose symbol is the
Hebrew letter Zayin which also means penis..

The Casino Party wants to legalise gambling, and Pnina Rosenblum, a
former beauty queen and cosmetics tycoon who has highlighted domestic
violence, looks set to win at least one seat....