Meir Javadenfar, an analyst on Israel issues, saw Likud's 27 seats as a sign of preserving Netanyahu's vote base. He suggested that Netanyahu would use a new war against Iran to maintain power, but he saw it as unlikely that he would form a government and that Eisenkot's alliance with Arab parties was more likely.

Meir Javadenfar, an analyst on Israel issues, saw Likud's 27 seats as a sign of preserving Netanyahu's vote base. He suggested that Netanyahu would use a new war against Iran to maintain power, but he saw it as unlikely that he would form a government and that Eisenkot's alliance with Arab parties was more likely.