Send Page to a Friend JCRC holds forum   By Nicole Tubman The Jewish Advocate   More than 200 people gathered last Thursday at Temple Shir Tikvah in Wayland for a panel discussion on "Elections in the Middle East" that analyzed the results of the Palestinian elections and the upcoming Israeli elections. Hosted by the Jewish Community Relations Council's Israel Action Center, guests included Nimrod Hurvitz, senior lecturer at Ben Gurion University in Israel, and Nir Eisikovits, a lecturer at Boston University. Hurvitz, who began with a "tentative analysis" of the reasons behind Hamas' victory, said there were four reasons for the win: their religious agenda, nationalist struggle, corruption and the choice of candidates in the election. He said the the attraction to the Hamas party is linking to helping members of the lower class. "If most voters vote for hamas for nationalist goals, then the peace process has come to a very sharp halt. However, if they vote because Hamas helps people, then the voters will expect hamas to give good answers to peace," Hurvitz said. "Don't expect things to blow up right away. They will want to clean up the house first, get their people networked." eisikovits detailed the four Israeli political parties: Kadima, labor, Likud and Shas. He said Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is the candidate most likely to win the March election because of Israel's "fundamental ambivalence" about a competent negotiating partner and the nation's realization that Israel cannot remain a democratic state by staying in Gaza. Temple Beth Elohim of Wellesley, Temple Israel of Natick and Temple Beth Am of Framingham also co-sponsored the event.