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With the final count unlikely to shift results significantly, experts say Gadi Eisenkot’s hopes of unseating Benjamin Netanyahu rest on his willingness to work with Palestinian parties Full report: Coalition talks loom in Israel Analysis: Israel’s choice: Netanyahu remaining in power or a Palestinian-backed coalition Yousef Jabareen, the leader of the Joint List – which represents a number of Israeli Arab parties – has told the ⁠Reuters news agency his party will seek to use its projected 11 seats “to facilitate getting rid of Netanyahu’s government and hopefully help to change the political situation in Israel.” Gadi Eisenkot’s opposition bloc is currently projected to receive 48 seats, well short of the 61 needed to form a majority government, but many in his bloc have ruled out governing with Palestinian-led parties which are projected to win 19 seats in total. We have our demands to protect our community, to ‌advance the rights of our community and to promote equality for our community.” Continue reading...

Projections show votes for Palestinian parties surged in a tight contest that saw the highest turnout in decades Israel election – live updates Israel election: what we know so far Analysis: Rise of Palestinian parties in Knesset will redraw Israel’s political landscape Israel’s future hung in the balance on Wednesday morning as it became clear that Benjamin Netanyahu had lost his governing majority, and his political fate now depends on whether opposition Jewish parties are prepared to forge a common front with Palestinian parties, whose support surged in Tuesday’s elections. The leader of the Jewish opposition bloc, the retired general Gadi Eisenkot, appeared to rule out such a broad coalition in a premature declaration of victory overnight for what he called a “Zionist majority”. Continue reading...

Israel’s first general election since the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks has largely been seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership.