Al-Mayadin: Netanyahu and Eisenkot failed to obtain the required quorum Al-Mayadin reporter reported that after counting half of the votes in Israel's parliamentary elections, the Likud party won 27 seats as an independent party and 57 seats as a coalition. The Ishar party coalition led by Gadi Eisenkot, Netanyahu's opponent, also won 49 seats in the parliament. Likud and Ishar have so far failed to obtain the quorum of seats in parliament to form a cabinet.