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Netanyahu takes advantage of the demand to try to avoid an agreement between the Jewish and Arab opposition parties that will unblock him from power after the elections
The Likud turns the polls and achieves a new victory after exploiting the fear of the majority of Israel of a nuclear Iran and racism towards the Arabs
The 27 October elections in Israel had the highest participation rate since 1999, however, no block reached the 61 seats required to form a coalition. While the Netanyahu block is ahead of that of Eisenkot, it does not reach the majority. On the other hand, the opposition bloc could form a coalition if it was to join the Arab parties, a scenario to which several of its partners are opposed. Why are Arab parties determining? Can there be change of government in Israel? We analyzed it with Efraim Davidi, Professor of History at the University of Tel Aviv, at
The Israelis were divided after the legislative elections. The preliminary results place Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc as the most voted force, though without a clear majority to form government. While some citizens celebrate the result and expect political stability, others express their rejection of a new Prime Minister's mandate. In the occupied West Bank, many Palestinians claim that they want to leave Netanyahu, but they doubt that there are substantial changes, considering that the main parties hold similar positions on the conflict.
In a letter published in his X account, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro questioned the recent election results and attacked Brazil's justice.
The Israeli parties open an arduous, week-long negotiation in which Arab formations will play a key role
Both the block headed by Netanyahu and that of its rivals, led by Gadi Eisenkot, do not reach the majority to form a government without the support of Arab lists
With the emerging elections in several countries we talk and write about political cycle changes and pendular movements in the vote among other concepts, but the question is whether this process is real or is a misinterpretation.
In Vox concerns that, with the election of candidates such as Albiol or Alvarez de Toledo, the PP fights for the vote of the already convinced rather than trying to attract the undecided
With 37% surveyed, the Likud leads 21.7% of the votes and the Arab left ascends to third force
The Prime Minister stresses the "historic opportunity" to "eliminate Iran's regime with the United States forever. His party, the Likud, won the election with 27 seats, five less than in 2022
Two important elections are held on different continents within a week. The results will mark geopolitical and global economy.
The outcome of the Israeli parliamentary elections remained uncertain on Wednesday, 28 October, in the morning. The ballot polls showed a tie between the blocks of opposition Gadi Eisenkot and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Neither side had a clear path to form government after elections in which participation reached 77.7%, the highest in more than two decades.
The prime minister-friendly block would achieve 54 seats over 120, and the Jewish opposition, 49, once more than 70% of the votes were counted. Arab parties will be key to negotiations
The legislative elections in Israel recorded a historic participation, on a day marked as the first held since the attacks of 7 October 2023. Urn-mouth surveys anticipate a very tight contest between Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eizenkot, but the final result may take even weeks to meet. In the Israeli electoral system, the role of coalitions is key to forming government and even after the counting of votes, the country could face a new call to the polls. Damian Szvalb, international politologist and analyst, a
On October 27, Israel experienced crucial parliamentary elections, the first since the 7-0 Hamas attack, which shook the country and plunged the Middle East into chaos. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government is at stake and his centrist rivals promise to inaugurate a new era, but it may be weeks before consolidated results are known.
In our Context section we analyze the historic participation in the elections in Israel. While the Benjamin Netanyahu Government encouraged its followers to vote, stirring the fear of the Arab population's suffrage, the opposition sectors did the same, but motivating the population to choose a 'change'.
United Nations A few meters from the polling stations in Israel, the political parties redouble their efforts to convince the undecided at the last minute.
The Executive believes that the PP clings to a no-go controversy because the precampaign is going wrong.
