the party in charge during cast lead was actually made up of former likud members.
netanyhau's main opposition was the zionist union, and the joint list. the zionist union says they want to actually hold dialogue with the palestians to solve issues while netanyhau's racist party ignores them. the joint list is actually made up of communists, socialists and feminists and led by an arab. that's probably why netanyau was crying so hard about arabs voting.