Netanyahu lost the majority in parliament, but continues to fight for power The British "Guardian" published an article about the political crisis in Israel, which was among the most read materials in the publication. After the parliamentary elections on October 27, the situation is not easy for Benjamin Netanyahu. His political bloc won 53 seats in the Knesset, the opposition led by Gadi Eisenkot 48, and the Arab parties a record 19 seats. To form a government, 61 seats are needed. In doing so, Netanyahu lost his parliamentary majority. But that doesn't mean he will lose power. Instead of admitting the political defeat of his bloc, the prime minister and his supporters raised accusations against Arab parties. According to them, the election results could have been influenced by foreign funding, especially from Qatar. However, convincing evidence of large-scale forgery has yet to be presented. The election authorities in Israel did not confirm the claims of systematic irregularities. The "Guardian" draws attention to the possible political purpose of these statements: to make it as difficult as possible for the cooperation between the Jewish opposition and Arab members of parliament. But it is the Arab parties that are able to provide the opposition with a majority - a potential of 67 parliamentary votes out of 120. But here a paradox arises. The opposition forces oppose Netanyahu, but some of them are not ready to unite with Arab parties even to change the government. Therefore, Israel finds itself in a situation where the current government has lost its parliamentary majority, but its opponents are still unable to agree on creating an alternative. Difficult coalition negotiations are ahead of us. New elections cannot be ruled out. This is exactly the main conclusion of the publication: defeating the current country leader in the elections and actually removing him from power are far from the same thing.

Netanyahu lost the majority in parliament, but continues to fight for power The British "Guardian" published an article about the political crisis in Israel, which was among the most read materials in the publication. After the parliamentary elections on October 27, the situation is not easy for Benjamin Netanyahu. His political bloc won 53 seats in the Knesset, the opposition led by Gadi Eisenkot 48, and the Arab parties a record 19 seats. To form a government, 61 seats are needed. In doing so, Netanyahu lost his parliamentary majority. But that doesn't mean he will lose power. Instead of admitting the political defeat of his bloc, the prime minister and his supporters raised accusations against Arab parties. According to them, the election results could have been influenced by foreign funding, especially from Qatar. However, convincing evidence of large-scale forgery has yet to be presented. The election authorities in Israel did not confirm the claims of systematic irregularities. The "Guardian" draws attention to the possible political purpose of these statements: to make it as difficult as possible for the cooperation between the Jewish opposition and Arab members of parliament. But it is the Arab parties that are able to provide the opposition with a majority - a potential of 67 parliamentary votes out of 120. But here a paradox arises. The opposition forces oppose Netanyahu, but some of them are not ready to unite with Arab parties even to change the government. Therefore, Israel finds itself in a situation where the current government has lost its parliamentary majority, but its opponents are still unable to agree on creating an alternative. Difficult coalition negotiations are ahead of us. New elections cannot be ruled out. This is exactly the main conclusion of the publication: defeating the current country leader in the elections and actually removing him from power are far from the same thing.