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Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Arab-led parties of stealing the election in which neither major bloc earned a parliamentary majority.
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Israel faces weeks, possibly months, of political limbo after final election results show there’s no clear winner in its elections.
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Israel faces weeks, possibly months, of political limbo after final results show there’s no clear winner in its elections. Neither of the two main blocs – one led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party, the other led by the centrist Yashar party of his main rival, Gadi Eisenkot – have reached the required 61-seat majority to form a government in Israel’s 120-seat parliament. CNN’s Nic Robertson reports.
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The inconclusive result of the Israeli election, with neither Netanyahu nor the opposition gaining majority, means weeks of messy and complicated negotiations.
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Israeli election projections show that neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his main rival Gadi Eisenkot are within reach of the 61 seats needed for a governing majority in the 120-seat parliament, the Knesset. So where does the country go from here? CNN’s Oren Liebermann reports.
Weeks of haggling and horse-trading between various parties – as Benjamin Netanyahu and his rival Gadi Eisenkot curry favour from allies and potential enemies – is on the cards.
With 85% of ballots counted, Netanyahu's Likud party and its allies are set to win 53 seats in the 120-seat Knesset.
Netanyahu's right-wing bloc leads but is falling short of the votes needed to form a government.
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