Israel may be openly hoping that Republican challenger Mitt Romney will end up stealing the presidency from Barack Obama, but for the Palestinians it makes little difference who takes over the White House.
Figures published in a Peace Index poll showed a clear majority of Jewish Israelis -- 57 percent -- believe that when it comes to Israel's interests, Romney would be the best president, compared with 22 percent for Obama.
Netanyahu himself "would prefer Romney, because he feels that relations with Obama were tense, that there was not enough cooperation -- neither personally nor nationally," Gilboa explained.
On the Palestinian side, there is little enthusiasm about the election.