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With 85% of votes counted, Netanyahu bloc has 53 seats, Eisenkot’s 48; Arab parties surge to 19
Confirmed
In Short: With 89.8% of votes counted, Netanyahu's bloc leads with 53 seats, while Eisenkot's bloc has 48, leaving both short of a majority.
The Central Election Committee (CEC) announced Wednesday that with 89.8 percent of ballots counted, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc is leading with 53 seats in the 120-member Knesset, while Yashar party chair Gadi Eisenkot's bloc has 48 seats, according to The Times of Israel (Israel).
The CEC also reported that around 430,000 to 480,000 double envelope votes remain to be counted, with the tally expected to be completed by Thursday evening, starting at 1 a.m. on Thursday.
The results represent a reversal from Tuesday night's exit polls, which showed Eisenkot's bloc ahead by two or three seats, according to The Times of Israel (Israel).
Eisenkot's bloc, comprising Yashar, B'Yachad, The Democrats, and Yisrael Beytenu, has secured 48 seats, falling 13 short of a majority, The Times of Israel (Israel) reported.
The two predominantly Arab parties are projected to win a historic 19 seats, potentially putting them in a kingmaker position, as Arab voters turned out in record numbers hoping to oust Netanyahu and his far-right allies from power, The Times of Israel (Israel) noted.
President Isaac Herzog will name a candidate with the best chance to form a government, not necessarily the party with the most seats, which the initial exit polls showed to be Netanyahu’s Likud, according to Kyivpost (Ukraine).
Netanyahu's bloc, while leading, is still short of a majority, leaving Israel with three possible outcomes: an opposition coalition, a unity government, or another election, Jpost (Israel) reported.
The Arab parties' combined seat total of 19 complicates coalition efforts, as they could tip the anti-Netanyahu bloc into a majority if all Zionist bloc members except The Democrats ruled out cooperating with Ra'am or the Joint List, The Times of Israel (Israel) stated.
What this adds
The exit polls showed Netanyahu's bloc and Eisenkot's camp each won around 51 seats, while Arab-led parties secured about 18, according to The Times of Israel (Israel) and The Independent (Ireland).
Netanyahu's bloc is projected to win 55 seats, and Eisenkot's bloc 49, according to Abc (Australia).
If no government is formed after 42 days, Netanyahu's current cabinet will stay on as a caretaker government and a new election will be called, Abc (Australia) reported.
What's confirmed
- The Central Election Committee (CEC) announced Wednesday that with 89.8 percent of ballots counted, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc is leading with 53 seats in the 120-member Knesset, while Yashar party chair Gadi Eisenkot's bloc has 48 seats, according to The Times of Israel (Israel).
- The CEC also reported that around 430,000 to 480,000 double envelope votes remain to be counted, with the tally expected to be completed by Thursday evening, starting at 1 a.m. on Thursday.
- The results represent a reversal from Tuesday night's exit polls, which showed Eisenkot's bloc ahead by two or three seats, according to The Times of Israel (Israel).
- Eisenkot's bloc, comprising Yashar, B'Yachad, The Democrats, and Yisrael Beytenu, has secured 48 seats, falling 13 short of a majority, The Times of Israel (Israel) reported.
- The two predominantly Arab parties are projected to win a historic 19 seats, potentially putting them in a kingmaker position, as Arab voters turned out in record numbers hoping to oust Netanyahu and his far-right allies from power, The Times of Israel (Israel) noted.
- President Isaac Herzog will name a candidate with the best chance to form a government, not necessarily the party with the most seats, which the initial exit polls showed to be Netanyahu’s Likud, according to Kyivpost (Ukraine).
- Netanyahu's bloc, while leading, is still short of a majority, leaving Israel with three possible outcomes: an opposition coalition, a unity government, or another election, Jpost (Israel) reported.
- The Arab parties' combined seat total of 19 complicates coalition efforts, as they could tip the anti-Netanyahu bloc into a majority if all Zionist bloc members except The Democrats ruled out cooperating with Ra'am or the Joint List, The Times of Israel (Israel) stated.
What's still developing
- In its update just after 9 p.m. on Wednesday, the CEC said 89.8% of total votes had been counted, representing the results from nearly all regular ballot boxes.
- While the results were not final, they weren’t expected to change dramatically.
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- "Together we will complete the mission," Netanyahu posted on social media after Trump's endorsement.
- PM pulls ahead of Eisenkot with close to five million votes counted, but both blocs fall short of majority. Arab parties predicted to reach combined seat total of 19, complicating coalition efforts According to the sources, Trump believes settler violence is undermining his regional vision and making it more difficult to implement.
- Public broadcaster Kan 11 and Channel 13 each projected 51 seats for Netanyahu’s bloc and Eisenkot’s bloc.
- But in a tight race in which nonaligned Arab parties are pushing for heavy turnout, there is a chance that neither Netanyahu’s religious and ultranationalist coalition nor the group of parties looking to remove him has enough support to win a parliamentary majority.
- He appeared in a video this week standing beside a missile-defense battery and warned Tehran it would face “a devastating blow” if it attacked Israel.
- Get Premium+ for only €65/year and receive a €75 O'Neills Gift Card Israel‘s election appeared deadlocked on Tuesday with neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor rival Gadi Eisenkot showing a clear path to power, exit polls showed, after record turnout in a wartime vote that raised the prospect of prolonged coalition bargaining or another election.
- Some Israeli media outlets, including pro-Netanyahu Channel 14, projected far stronger showing for Netanyahu and his parties, saying they would collectively win 60 seats.
- The two leading Israeli candidates are telling voters they will crack down hard on Hamas and fight Iran Gadi Eisenkot, a leading Israeli politician hoping to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in elections later this month, pledged Thursday that he would “destroy Hamas’s military wing” within 18 months of taking office.
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