MADELEINE BRAND, Host: It is still unclear who will run Israel a day after elections there. With nearly all of the votes counted, the centrist Kadima party, headed by Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, won 28 seats in the 120-seat parliament. The hard-line Likud bloc, headed by former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is just one seat behind. Linda Gradstein reports.</s>GRADSTEIN: Tzipi Livni defied opinion polls taken before the vote, and her centrist Kadima party emerged as the single largest party in the Knesset, Israel's parliament. Speaking to party supporters in Tel Aviv last night, she said she will form the next government.</s>F: (Foreign language spoken)</s>GRADSTEIN: Lieberman, last night, told supporters he would prefer a right-wing government headed by Netanyahu, but he added he wouldn't rule anything out.</s>GRADSTEIN: Speaking at Lieberman's party headquarters, Knesset member David Rotem says the party's first priority is passing a law that calls for all citizens of Israel, including Arabs, to swear an oath of loyalty to the state.</s>MADELEINE BRAND, Host: Every Israeli who wants to be a citizen will he have to take an oath of loyalty and serve in the army or in national service. You can't get rights without duties.</s>GRADSTEIN: Many Arab citizens of Israel have attacked the plan as racist, meant to disenfranchise them. The proposal has increased Arab-Jewish tensions in Israel. Some of Livni's supporters are calling for a national unity government between Kadima and Likud that leaves Yisrael Beiteinu in opposition. Under such a deal, Livni and Netanyahu could each take a turn being prime minister. Whatever coalition is formed, it's likely to take weeks or months. For NPR News, I'm Linda Gradstein in Jerusalem.
Israel's parliamentary elections concluded Tuesday with a split decision.