Netanyahu loses his majority as Israel certifies election results Israel's Central Election Commission certified the election on October 27, leaving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with 53 of 120 seats, eight short of a majority and down from 64 in 2022. The opposition bloc led by former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot won 48 seats, while the Arab-led parties took a record 19, so none of the blocs can form a government alone. The committee said it found no evidence of fraud, damage to the Netanyahu camp. Likud claimed, without evidence, that Arab-led parties "stole" the elections with Qatari money, which Qatar rejects. The Likud refused the certification and the Itamar Ben-Gabirs party objected. President Yitzhak Herzog has now begun discussions on who should form the next government, and according to reports, Eisenkot seems ready to take the first shot. He will hold a majority of 67 seats with the Arab-led parties, but in the past rejected a coalition with them.

Netanyahu loses his majority as Israel certifies election results Israel's Central Election Commission certified the election on October 27, leaving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with 53 of 120 seats, eight short of a majority and down from 64 in 2022. The opposition bloc led by former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot won 48 seats, while the Arab-led parties took a record 19, so none of the blocs can form a government alone. The committee said it found no evidence of fraud, damage to the Netanyahu camp. Likud claimed, without evidence, that Arab-led parties "stole" the elections with Qatari money, which Qatar rejects. The Likud refused the certification and the Itamar Ben-Gabirs party objected. President Yitzhak Herzog has now begun discussions on who should form the next government, and according to reports, Eisenkot seems ready to take the first shot. He will hold a majority of 67 seats with the Arab-led parties, but in the past rejected a coalition with them.