Herzog Opens Coalition Talks

Jerusalem19 Arab-party seats now decide who governs Israel.

Netanyahu says their inclusion would dismantle Israel, but the elections commission found no evidence of irregularities.

Netanyahu’s bloc won 53 seats and Eisenkot’s 48, so Herzog picks whoever is best placed to reach 61.

“I condemn the coarseness and racist expressions that we have heard recently,” said President Isaac Herzog.

The nominee gets 28 days to form a government, or Israel votes again early next year.

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Al Jazeera Online: emphasizes that the 19 Arab-led seats are a record and that Netanyahu's 'dismantle Israel' warning is the frame for the coalition arithmetic