Israel's final election results: Netanyahu's bloc falls as deadlock deepens The official count of the Central Election Commission (CEC) has been completed, and Israel is facing a political deadlock, with none of the major blocs securing the 61 seats required to form a government. The official Central Election Commission (CEC) count has been completed, and Israel is facing a political deadlock, with none of the major blocs securing the 61 seats required to form a government. The final math: Netanyahu Bloc: 53 seats (Likud remains the largest party with 27) Opposition Bloc: 48 seats (Eisenkots Ishar won 21, Bennetts in the Union 12) Arab parties: a record 19 seats (Joint List 11, Ream 8) The CEC officially declared that the integrity of the vote was preserved. while undermining Likud's claims that the elections were "stolen" by Arab voters. The chaotic way forward: Yair Golan is actively pushing for the formation of a minority government supported from the outside by Arab parties to oust Netanyahu. However, this path faces a major roadblock on the part of Avigdor Lieberman, who refuses to sit down with either Arab parties or Netanyahu, demanding to establish an "only Israeli" coalition without the current prime minister. Meanwhile, Gadi Eisenkot and Naftali Bennett met to discuss forming a unity government as quickly as possible, although Eisenkot had previously ruled out serving under Netanyahu. As the political vacuum widens, President Yitzhak Herzog urges leaders to avoid dragging the country into another election, while at the same time calling for a full investigation into alleged Qatari interference. substack | talk.

Israel's final election results: Netanyahu's bloc falls as deadlock deepens The official count of the Central Election Commission (CEC) has been completed, and Israel is facing a political deadlock, with none of the major blocs securing the 61 seats required to form a government. The official Central Election Commission (CEC) count has been completed, and Israel is facing a political deadlock, with none of the major blocs securing the 61 seats required to form a government. The final math: Netanyahu Bloc: 53 seats (Likud remains the largest party with 27) Opposition Bloc: 48 seats (Eisenkots Ishar won 21, Bennetts in the Union 12) Arab parties: a record 19 seats (Joint List 11, Ream 8) The CEC officially declared that the integrity of the vote was preserved. while undermining Likud's claims that the elections were "stolen" by Arab voters. The chaotic way forward: Yair Golan is actively pushing for the formation of a minority government supported from the outside by Arab parties to oust Netanyahu. However, this path faces a major roadblock on the part of Avigdor Lieberman, who refuses to sit down with either Arab parties or Netanyahu, demanding to establish an "only Israeli" coalition without the current prime minister. Meanwhile, Gadi Eisenkot and Naftali Bennett met to discuss forming a unity government as quickly as possible, although Eisenkot had previously ruled out serving under Netanyahu. As the political vacuum widens, President Yitzhak Herzog urges leaders to avoid dragging the country into another election, while at the same time calling for a full investigation into alleged Qatari interference. substack | talk.