Dan Lefkovitz, the 22-year-old son of a diamond broker, studies accounting at Tel Aviv University. He has recently completed his service in the military.

On the issue of a divided Jerusalem, Lefkovitz said, "They have their religion; we have our religion. ... Our right to be there is not any more justified than their right."

Ahmed Bakir is a 17-year-old Arab Israeli living in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City. He works in a pizza parlor.

Bakir said Muslims and Jews could live peacefully together, but only if people did not "make religion a cover for what they want to do."

Rami Ahdood, 32, is partner in a jewelry shop in Jerusalem and a Netanyahu supporter.

Ahdood is confident that if Netanyahu wins a second term, the prime minister "will do better" because he has experience.

Michael Loeb, 24, studies political science at the University of Jerusalem.

Loeb says that if Netanyahu is re-elected, times will be better than three years ago, when "everyone was afraid" to ride a bus.

Uri Barlev is a retired engineer who now owns a photography shop in Tel Aviv. He was also a colonel in the military and is married with three children.

Barlev says Israel is a nation "split in half" on the issue of peace and contends that "it will be very hard" to come to a resolution with half the people always in opposition.

Dan Oren is a graphic designer in Tel Aviv.

Oren says Israel is "very close to peace."

Yossi Rofe owns a butcher shop in Tel Aviv. Once a farmer and officer in the military, Rofe is a third-generation Israeli.

Rofe maintains his confidence in the Labor Party and feels his nation is "stuck in the peace process."

Avi Lieber, 44, owns a film shop in Tel Aviv and has spent more than 20 years in the military. He holds a campaign sticker that says, "Bibi has lied to me too."

Lieber says some of the most important issues involve domestic policy, pointing out that he is 44 years old and still "serving time" in the army.

Lenoye Haim, 24, is a clinical project assistant at a research company in Tel Aviv. While in Israel's military, Haim had the duty of informing parents that their children had been injured or killed.

Haim says the violence in Israel "has to stop" and that a military general would make a good prime minister.

Cheryl Coco-Ettinger, a U.S. citizen, recently married an Israeli. She has dual citizenship in both countries, and this will be her first election as an Israeli. She hosted a local TV talk show and edited a local newspaper while living in America and now works as a fund-raiser in Israel.

One of the biggest issues facing Israel, Coco-Ettinger says, is communication between religious and secular Jews. She says that because she is a Reform Jew, certain factions do not consider her a real Jew.

Amos Ettinger is a renowned Israeli writer and journalist. Several of his works include forewords written by some of Israel's most significant people, including one by slain Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

After participating in five Israeli wars, Ettinger says peace is the only solution.

Or Coral, 30, is a news editor working on the international desk at the Ma'ariv daily.

She discusses differences between U.S. and Israeli viewpoints.