parliament they got roughly 31, 32, 33, seats each, but also a dead heat in the sense of the coalitions that both men can build. the blocs, benjamin netanyahu's right-wing bloc, benny gantz's center-left bloc appear to be more or less in a heat as well it does appear the victoring if you like, in the election is the one who might well be kingmaker, a man who used to be a nightclub bouncer once but then went on to be a defense minister and foreign minister, victor lieberman. it would appear he's got eight to ten seats he could be the one who decides as well, of course, israel's president, who will be israel's leader going forward. >> i caution our viewers it may take a couple days before we see this all settle in it is, after all, israeli politics bill neely, nbc's chief global correspondent in tel aviv.