Netanyahu's Bloc Wins 53 Seats, Falls Short of Majority

Netanyahu's Bloc Wins 53 Seats, Falls Short of Majority

Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing bloc won fifty-three of Israel's one hundred twenty Knesset seats, while Gadi Eisenkot's opposition won forty-eight, leaving both short of the sixty-one needed to govern. Arab-led parties captured a record nineteen seats and could become kingmakers in coalition talks, while Likud alleges without evidence that the election was stolen by Arab parties.

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