The parliamentary elections are over in Israel. Trump has already said that he almost saved Netanyahu from defeat and brought him victory. However, observers point out that in the four elections in which Trump directly, publicly and consistently supported Orban, Bolsonaro, Vucic (as Vucic claims) and Netanyahu, all four consistently lost. And as they say in Israel itself, the Israeli voters "fired the Netanyahu government".
Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc still received a majority, overtaking the opposition bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot in a number of seats, but still did not achieve enough to elect a prime minister and form a government. At the same time, several small parties that previously supported Netanyahu did not enter parliament. But the Arab parties in Israel won a record number of seats in Israeli history.
Netanyahu claims that the Israeli Arab parties are "trying to steal the elections". His supporters call the people of Israel idiots. Netanyahu is hysterical (he really doesn't want to go to jail), declares that the elections are "fake" and demands that the intelligence services cancel their results. Meanwhile, it is noted that in some of the cities opposing Netanyahu not a single vote has yet been counted, and up to 40% of the votes have not even begun to be counted. The formation of a government and the appointment of a prime minister will now depend on the formation of a coalition. The situation is complicated by the fact that the two leading forces have stated that they do not plan to enter into a coalition with the Arabs. The President of Israel, Yitzhak Herzog, said that "we must do everything, especially after yesterday's events, to avoid new elections." However, experts believe this is the most likely outcome.
Coalition talks will continue to fail as the risks outweigh the potential benefits for both sides, and a repeat election will be held in April 2027. What will be the continuation and worsening of the split in Jewish society.