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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
With nearly 99% of votes counted, the pro-Netanyahu bloc is just ahead of the anti-Netanyahu bloc, but neither grouping is expected to win a majority, with tough coalition talks ahead. Follow DW.
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
With 85% of the votes examined, everything points to a dead end. New elections are most likely to take place.
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.
Netanyahu's right-wing bloc leads but is falling short of the votes needed to form a government.
The scrutiny, already advanced, does not give the majority to the bloc in favour of either the Prime Minister or the Jewish opposition. Arab parties become indispensable partners, but the Executive accuses them of electoral fraud
In the absence of the completion of the final count, the Palestinian citizens of Israel are moving towards a record number of seats in Parliament, becoming a decisive force for the formation of a government. While these parties have shown their willingness to work together to unblock Benjamin Netanyahu, the leaders of the Jewish opposition face the dilemma of access to a cooperation that they promised in campaign not to carry out.
In Israel, the surprises only start with election night. They're still counting ballots in a vote that featured the highest turnout in decades, historic inroads by Arab parties and Benjamin Netanyahu's worst result since 1999. And yet, Israel's longest-serving prime minister still has a path to staying in power. As we await the definitive makeup of the next parliament, our panel breaks out the calculators and pie charts: in what scenario does Netanyahu survive? Is the issue with the right-wing Likud leader or his policies?
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former military chief Gadi Eisenkot are both claiming victory in Israel’s election
The image claims to show Arab-Israelis queueing to vote, but BBC Verify analysis shows that it has been generated or manipulated by AI.
With 99% of ballots counted, Netanyahu's Likud party and its allies are set to win 53 seats in the 120-seat Knesset.
Uncertainty hung over Israel’s election Wednesday as neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing, religious bloc nor the bloc formed by his centrist rival Gadi Eisenkot appeared to be heading for a majority in the Knesset. But there was a surprise: an unusually strong showing by Arab parties could make them unexpected kingmakers.
The two main blocks do not seem to have enough seats to form the next government without relying on minority parties, including the Arabs who achieved a record result in the Israeli elections.
If the anti-Netanyahu bloc wishes to form a government, it is obliged to negotiate with these formations. Prime Minister's party reports that "they stole the elections"
The Likud party, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is currently leading the polls in the parliamentary elections in Israel with 20.8% of the votes, while its main rival, the Yashar party of Eisenkot, is 16.1%. However, none of the coalition parties would reach the 61 seats required to obtain the majority. Report from our correspondent, Janira Gómez Muñoz.
Will Benjamin Netanyahu manage to stay in power? As expected, the first results of the parliamentary elections are very tight between the outgoing Prime Minister and Gadi Eisenkot – while Benjamin Netanyahu's security record since the attacks of 7 October 2023 and his judicial reform are strongly contested. Beyond the fate of the Prime Minister, it is the democratic future of the country, the place of the far right and the prospects for coexistence with the Palestinians that are playing out.
After an electoral blockade in which neither the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, nor his rival, Gadi Eisenkot, achieved a majority for their respective blocks, Netanyahu has promised to form a new government, stating that no leader should rule with the support of the Israeli Arabs, whose parties made significant progress. The extreme left-wing opposition leader, Yousef Jabareen, responded by advocating a "true Jewish-Arab association" to unbank Netanyahu. Follow our live website to get to know the latest news.
Anxious Israelis watched election results take shape Wednesday after the highest turnout in over a quarter-century, as no clear winner emerged and weeks of negotiating could lie ahead for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and an array of opposition parties trying to unseat him. France 24 correspondent in Jerusalem Noga Tarnopolsky reports the latest.
