JerusalemNeither bloc reaches 61 seats without Arab parties.
Ra’am and the Joint List won 17 seats on record Palestinian turnout, and neither bloc has agreed to partner with them.
Netanyahu’s bloc has about 54 seats and Eisenkot’s 49, with counting unfinished in Israel’s 120-seat Knesset.
“They want change but do not want to cooperate with Arab parties,” said Daniel Bar Tal, a Tel Aviv University political psychologist.
Polymarket traders give 17% to Netanyahu leaving office by year-end, down 25 points in a week.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 3950+ reports worldwide · These outlets told this story very differently.
- Al Jazeera Online
- frames the result as a choice between breaking the taboo on Arab allies or returning to the polls
- The New York Times
- argues Netanyahu didn't win but Eisenkot lost, noting Likud drew votes its coalition partners expected
- Middle East Eye
- gives seat-by-seat projections from 85.6% counted ballots, with the 500,000 soldier and absentee ballots still to count
- New Lines Magazine
- argues Zionist opposition cannot form a government without the Arab parties, who won a record 19 mandates
Sources: Al Jazeera Online, The New York Times, Middle East Eye, New Lines Magazine