Netanyahu's bloc is leading in the Israeli elections, but without a majority. The opposition does not accept it even without Arab parties. The ruling bloc led by Binyamin Netanyahu's Likud leads in the parliamentary elections in Israel, but does not win the 61 mandates needed to form a government. After counting 57% of the polling stations, according to the Central Election Commission, the Netanyahu bloc receives 55 mandates in the Knesset, the opposition 49, Arab parties 16. The final results can only be published on Friday, the "Times of Israel" writes. The ruling bloc includes the Likud, the religious parties Shas and Torah Judaism as well as the extreme right Otzma Yehudit of Atmar Ben Gabir and the religious Zionism of Bezalel Smotrich. In 2022, this bloc won 64 seats. The situation is complicated by the Arab parties, the Joint List and Ream. According to exit polls, they could get a record 18 or 19 seats from the current 10. The voter turnout in the elections was about 77.7%, the highest since 1999. Arab parties are opposed to Netanyahu's new term, but the opposition has vowed not to rely on them to form a government. Netanyahu said after the exit polls that the right-wing bloc had won an "overwhelming majority" among the Israeli part of the voters and promised to form a right-wing government. Chief of Staff and former opposition chairman Gadi Eisenkot called on him to resign. If none of the forces can form a coalition, new elections will be held in the country, and Netanyahu will remain acting prime minister. In total, he has been in power for about 20 years.

Netanyahu's bloc is leading in the Israeli elections, but without a majority. The opposition does not accept it even without Arab parties. The ruling bloc led by Binyamin Netanyahu's Likud leads in the parliamentary elections in Israel, but does not win the 61 mandates needed to form a government. After counting 57% of the polling stations, according to the Central Election Commission, the Netanyahu bloc receives 55 mandates in the Knesset, the opposition 49, Arab parties 16. The final results can only be published on Friday, the "Times of Israel" writes. The ruling bloc includes the Likud, the religious parties Shas and Torah Judaism as well as the extreme right Otzma Yehudit of Atmar Ben Gabir and the religious Zionism of Bezalel Smotrich. In 2022, this bloc won 64 seats. The situation is complicated by the Arab parties, the Joint List and Ream. According to exit polls, they could get a record 18 or 19 seats from the current 10. The voter turnout in the elections was about 77.7%, the highest since 1999. Arab parties are opposed to Netanyahu's new term, but the opposition has vowed not to rely on them to form a government. Netanyahu said after the exit polls that the right-wing bloc had won an "overwhelming majority" among the Israeli part of the voters and promised to form a right-wing government. Chief of Staff and former opposition chairman Gadi Eisenkot called on him to resign. If none of the forces can form a coalition, new elections will be held in the country, and Netanyahu will remain acting prime minister. In total, he has been in power for about 20 years.